Retropie R2D2

[simpleethat]

After finally performing the last modification I finally finished cramming a 3B+ into a fairly large R2D2.

He stands about eighteen inches high:

I used an overdone heatsink/case and then epoxied standoffs from the part of another case. I used hook & loop tape to be able to remove the board (also the hard drive, not pictured):

I attached a dual port USB panel mount extension to the front. On the back there is an HDMI panel mount extension and a very short Micro USB power panel mount. I also used a MicroSD extension to be able to easily access the card for reflashing, updates (so I can disable wifi), etc. You can also see the other side of the hook & loop and where the board and hard drive will mount:

The USB and HDMI were located where there were originally small detail parts that I removed and then very slowly used a file to get the hole sized correctly. Both the Micro SD port and Micro USB port were cutout with an X-Acto Knife. Everything was held in place with hot glue so if any parts failed it would be easier to remove them than if I used epoxy.

Here's everything mounted inside:

Before I decided to use a hard drive internally I had originally planned to repurpose the battery compartment cover and MicroSD card cases to store extra cards for system specific builds. I decided to still implement the idea so I have some added flexibility for testing, utilizing a system specific setup or whatever.
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Unfortunately I can't find the pictures I took before I painted the battery compartment cover but I epoxied a few magnets to the cover and to the corresponding locations of the body so a screwdriver wouldn't be needed to access the SD cards.

What do y'all think?

If anybody is curious about specific parts or anything let me know!

[IanDaemon]

@simpleethat Do you have any issues with the magnets right next to the micro-SD cards?

[simpleethat]

@IanDaemon there isn't anything in an SD card that they can actually do anything to. The hard drive location concerned me as it's a conventional disc but the magnets don't have the reach to affect it.

[IanDaemon]

Why did you use round ports on square portions of the housing?

[simpleethat]

@IanDaemon 1. I wanted them to match (couldn't find square HMDI readily)
2. The places I put them are actually round details. Apparently the paint I was using didn't particularly like rubbery material