Case design
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How is it intended to get power to the 3.5" disks? |
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There is a SATA power connector on the board. |
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Yes, with something like this (but replacing the Molex connector with a JST one to plug to the board): |
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Here's how the case ended up looking like:
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Along with the circuit design, I have a case design that is in progress. It's meant to be 3D printed and holds four 3.5" hard drives, a 92mm fan on the bottom and the board with its PCIe daughter.
Here are a few screenshots (EDIT: they're out of date, but still give a good idea):
The idea behind the base design is to help channel the air for the fan, but I mostly think it looks cool and have no idea how much it actually helps.
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It's meant to expect a 12V barrel jack and an Ethernet connection. A nice improvement would be to power it with POE.
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