macegr 10 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Hi...I was experimenting with some cases and bumpers to protect LaunchPads as they float around on a desk or in a box of parts. The regular LaunchPad bumper is based on some existing concepts, which I used to create a new design in Autodesk Inventor. The 5529 bumper-case is the same basic idea but with a snap-on lid to protect those easily-bent pins on the top. I just moved to Dallas and need to dig out my 3D printer (among other things) in order to refine the designs a little, but should be able to post some STLs in here soon if there's interest. tripwire and dubnet 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
macegr 10 Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 Haha, was playing with the 5529 case and suddenly realized I'd accidentally designed it to allow snapping the lid onto the bottom of the case, too. tripwire, abecedarian and LariSan 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
abecedarian 330 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Haha, was playing with the 5529 case and suddenly realized I'd accidentally designed it to allow snapping the lid onto the bottom of the case, too.Well, that means you have come up with a way for 'extension rings' for projects more than a board deep? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fred 453 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Nice. The clips on yours look a bit more sturdy than the ones on the 5529 case I did. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cubeberg 540 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I'd love to print some of these off - I say post the STLs! I've seen the bottom - love the lid though - that's pretty cool looking. GeekDoc 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ILAMtitan 86 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I'm very interested in getting the STLs. We just got a 3D printer in the MSP430 lab! spirilis, KatiePier and LariSan 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timotet 44 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Those look great ! Nice Job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
macegr 10 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 OK I just uploaded them rather than try to fix them first...you all can probably handle it anyway msp430launchpadbumper.ipt: Inventor part file for the basic Launchpad bumper msp430launchpadbumper.stl: Printable STL file for the basic Launchpad bumper 5529LaunchPadBumper.stl: Printable STL file for the 5529 bumper only (no lid) 5529case.stl: Printable STL file for the 5529 bumper and lid together 5529LaunchPadBumper.ipt: Inventor part file for the 5529 bumper only I don't have the Inventor file for the lid only, because I made a few mistakes referencing it to the other half of the case...it's hard to flip it over to orient the STL output correctly. You'll also find that the lid slides horizontally off the 5529 bumper pretty easily, because I don't have any stops to prevent that...it's what I planned to fix before uploading but haven't gotten to it yet. The forum won't allow uploading ipt or stl files directly, so it's all rolled into a ZIP. LPbumpers.zip RedoX and bluehash 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
D^2 24 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Courtesy of @@ILAMtitan running the new 3-D printer in our lab. The case turns out pretty good. As you can see, we're already thinking about extending this to enclose LP + a BoosterPack. The one shown here is an NFC one, maybe a display one as well. Let's wait for @@ILAMtitan to work his 3-D design magic. KatiePier, ILAMtitan and bluehash 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ILAMtitan 86 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I was able to extract the cover from Garrett's STL file and extend it a bit to fit the TRF-7970 NFC BoosterPack. I added 6mm to it as you can see here: It should be able to fit with many other Boosters as well, but I haven't really tested it out. It sits only a few mm off of the Booster PCB so that the NFC tag is close to it. And here's the file for you guys to play with. 7970_5529Top.zip KatiePier, D^2 and GeekDoc 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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