Polycase’s New Enclosure Keeps the Raspberry Pi Microcomputer Safe

Tekkie Tekkie Muna (Hang around a bit, may ikukuwento ako so listen up and sit), to all the lovers of the Raspberry Pi, here’s another case from Polycase.

Polycase announces the release of their new ABS plastic case for the Raspberry Pi microcomputer. The Pi Series case is an affordable ABS plastic enclosure for the credit-card sized computer with pricing as low as $9.29 per unit with no minimum order requirement. Molded in black flame-retardant ABS plastic with a flame rating of UL94-5VA, this curvaceous enclosure brings an attractive new look to the market.

Raspberry Pi Customized Case

Check out this cool customized case for the Raspberry Pi. It’s available on a per order basis from TipidPC senior member Cham E Lyon, TipidPC’s senior master modder.

When it comes to craftmanship, you can always rely on the superior quality that our master modder gives to his work. Every creation guarantees satisfaction, or your money back!

Raspberry Pi Model B Revision 2.0

Good news guys.... RPI model b rev 2 will be manufactured in UK not in China.

Based on what I've read, from the very start they really planned on producing the Raspberry Pi in the UK but at that time they couldn't find a company who could do it, that's why they decided to have it manufactured from China.

Choosing My Raspberry Pi Enclosure

You can really save money if you use the Raspberry Pi for torrent downloading (your electric consumption is like just charging your smartphone 24/7) rather than using HTPC or desktop which is using 300w or higher.

There's also the headless setup. For torrent-ing, using only the power and lan cable: <click here for link>
Above is a stackable laser cut Raspberry Pi Casing from 3mm clear acrylic. You can see more pictures from this FB Photo album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.438278512878016&type=1

It only cost Php 400 each.

Debian Squeeze

What distro are you using on your Raspberry Pi?

 I'm using Debian Squeeze with updated kernel/firmware: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/

Raspberry Pi Upcoming Board Revisions

"In the six months since we launched Raspberry Pi, we’ve received a lot of feedback about the original board design. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be gradually rolling out a new revision 2.0 PCB which incorporates some of the most popular suggestions." - Eben
Reset, cam-GPIO, updated GPIO, mounting holes, enough power to run external hard drives, etc.

Details here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1929#comments