3D files of boards for case design.

[Francesco Pessolano]

I have made a thread inviting everybody to post their designs. My first one os there, I am making a redux one for the mini dock now. Nothing fancy, all very functional

[patrick gunderson]

As an FYI, there are technical drawings published for the Omega1 and docs that should be helpful w/ regards to developing cases for Omega2. https://wiki.onion.io/Documentation/Hardware/Technical-Drawings/Omega-and-Expansions-Technical

@Boken-Lin are there plans to update these for Omega2? Any plans to open the wiki for us to share knowledge?

[Kit Bishop]

@patrick-gunderson In the Omega2 documentation in the Hardware Overview section (at https://docs.onion.io/omega2-docs/hardware-overview.html) there are separate sections on each of the boards. Some of these have a sub-section entitled Mechanical Drawing
When such sub-sections exist, they include a link to a PDF for the mechanical drawings.
E.G. for Omega2 and Omega2+ these link to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OnionIoT/technical-drawings/master/Mechanical/OM-O2.PDF

Unfortunately:

• Not all boards have a Hardware Overview section
• For some that do, the link to a PDF leads to a 404 Not found error - E.G. this is so for the link https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OnionIoT/technical-drawings/master/Mechanical/OM-D-EXP.PDF for the expansion board
• The link for the Arduino Dock 2 (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OnionIoT/technical-drawings/master/Mechanical/OM-D-ARD.PDF) leads to drawings which are clearly for the original Arduino Dock, not for the Arduino Dock 2

So, I would support the comment from @patrick-gunderson asking for ALL the drwaings to be made available

[patrick gunderson]

@Kit-Bishop repo-link to all published drawings, for reference https://github.com/OnionIoT/technical-drawings

[Kit Bishop]

@patrick-gunderson Great, thanks.

Pity there is still not decent clarity between Omega1 (e.g. as at https://wiki.onion.io/Documentation/Hardware/Technical-Drawings/Omega-and-Expansions-Technical) and Omega2 (e.g. as at https://github.com/OnionIoT/technical-drawings)

Also:

• Despite the existence of drawing at https://github.com/OnionIoT/technical-drawings, it is a pity that some of the links in the Hardware Overview section (at https://docs.onion.io/omega2-docs/hardware-overview.html)are dead
• The Arduino Dock 2 drawing in https://github.com/OnionIoT/technical-drawings at https://github.com/OnionIoT/technical-drawings/blob/master/Mechanical/OM-D-ARD.PDF are clearly thos of the original Arduino Dock and don't match the image at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OnionIoT/Onion-Docs/master/Omega2/Documentation/Hardware-Overview/img/arduino-dock-alone.jpg - e.g. the drawings don't show the GPIO header

[frederic raducki]

@Kit-Bishop said in 3D files of boards for case design.:

• The link for the Arduino Dock 2 (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OnionIoT/technical-drawings/master/Mechanical/OM-D-ARD.PDF) leads to drawings which are clearly for the original Arduino Dock, not for the Arduino Dock 2

So, I would support the comment from @patrick-gunderson asking for ALL the drwaings to be made available

+1 on this. A pity omega1 and 2 are messed up in some documentation.
like if everything related to the omega2 was just a quick hurry fix of the whole page

[Patrick Rainsberry]

Hey so can you guys make the 3D models available for the Onion and expansions? I saw the mechanical drawings on github, but it looks like the drawings were made from 3D models originally? What software did you use?

If you get me the models I'll publish them in a really cool way that would benefit the community.

I want to do some cases that we can 3D print.

This is what happens when a mechanical engineer gets his hands on electronics, we want to make a case haha

[Ls Song]

I think it's quite important to have a 3D case design for Onion series plus the expansions. Or at least a detailed board drawing we could put together is also fine (DXF, DWG, STL... just throw us anything) . For instance the Arduino expansion board has no screw holes and makes it difficult to mount on something else...

I am building an Auto power switch in my house and end up having to duct-tape the Omega 2+ and Arduino exp in the switching box... Not good at all...

[frederic raducki]

@Ls-Song said in 3D files of boards for case design.:

For instance the Arduino expansion board has no screw holes and makes it difficult to mount on something else...

+1 on this! still awaiting ArduinoDock model desperately.

[Colt Burns]

Working on case myself, omega 2+ 3d model would be nice.

[michael bourque]

I too been enjoying developing with the new onion omega2+ IoT platform. This $15 board has Linux, WiFi, server, GPIO, and more. Plug in usb for power, connect to WiFi, and remotely configure over webpage. Good online documentation and tutorials.

The only thing missing was a chassis, so I designed and 3d printed my own. I’m happy to share. I plan to improve the design to be versatile like a keychain.