I see in a recent thread that you are planning to upload a case design to GrabCad for the RT1062, I am particularly interested in 3D-printing my own IP65/67 case. I was wondering, do you have any ETA on when this might be available? It would be awesome to have this as a starting point for future designs.
Hi, we’re going to be making 3D pritnable case designs over the next month. However, these will not be IP rated. However, technically, if you seal with with some glue or something they could be. However, you’re not going to be able to easily open then again if you do that.
Any IP rated case we make cannot be 3D printed as you’ll need a gasket seal which has to be custom made.
Thank you @kwagyeman . I really look forward to these. Having them in a CAD format especially (vs just STLs) will help to make it adjustable and I am thankful for your effort here.
We’ll have STL and STEP files.
Also, we’re going to be making a lot of case designs. E.g. to fit different shield combinations. The goal is to have enough variants pre-made so that you start 95% done with whatever case you need.
Hi OpenMV team, I was wondering if you have made any progress or have any updated ETAs for RT1062 cases? I am really looking forward to these, I have a meeting on Monday to show off a project with the RT1062 and having a case I can 3D print would really make the demo pop. If I design any myself I will be sure to post any progress here, but I am still at the Tinkercad-only stage of CAD design.
Here you go:
We have case designs up for all camera modules, RT, H7/P, M7, M4.
We’ll be working on covers for the shields next before moving on to doing the IP65/67 injection molded case.
By doing the 3D printed cases first it has allowed us to uncover how to deal with a lot of things. So, it will make building the IP-rated case a lot easier.
Thanks! I tested the case for the RT, but unfortunately the tolerances of either my 3D printer or the header pins themselves on the unit are not good enough, so I cannot fit the camera all the way into the base - and I do not want to use force and damage the header pins. Is there a version of the base without these pins that I could use if I de-soldered them? Or a version of the file where I can modify it myself and try to remove this or widen the holes? Happy to contribute any modifications I make back.
Yeah, it’s a little tricky to get in, but they should be wide enough. I may be able to get you an updated file today with the holes slightly wider. The default camera and parts should work nicely, though. You do need to straighten the pins.
The printer I’ve been using has a 0.4mm nozzle.
RT1062 V4 Base.stl (2.0 MB)
Try this file. It makes it a lot easier to push the camera in.