I sent an RFP for printout of the V2 of the case in Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM) technology.
Different from what I originally planned, but much cheaper then SLS, Objet or stereolitography printout.
V2 of the case have several improvements:
- Keyboard was completely redesigned. Each key is now printed separately, to ensure 100% functionality.
- I increased the size of the engraved letters on the keyboard. Previous ones were too tiny for 3D printing. With some luck these should be big enough to be visible.
- DTV board was a tight fit, so I added a 0,25 mm for DTV board place.
- I found that SD2IEC reset button would come quite handy (actually to quickly return to root directory of SD card) so I added another button to right side of the case.
- Increased the slot for SD cards, so fat SD adapters can fit.
- Returned to original idea of having separate led's for drive operation, so this model has 2 leds on the right side of the keyboard.
We'll see what happens.
Here is a pair of crude renderings of the model: