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Laser-cut MCU-Link Pro Enclosure for the Masses

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With “Adding RGBW Wings and Enclosure to a Debug Probe” I have a really shiny enclosure for the MCU-Link Pro Enclosure.

But I did not had enough time to replicate this for a full set of classroom hardware. The original card boxes from NXP showed already after one semester severe wear, so I have to setup something more robust: a box to store all the cables, and an enclosure to protect the PCB, for 40 units.

3D printing would take to much time, so I ended up with buying storage boxes and creating an laser-cut acrylic (PMMA) enclosure for the debug probe itself:

MCU-Link Pro Enclosure
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Different Laser-Cut Enclosures for the MCU-Link

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The MCU-Link debug probe comes without an enclosure. To protect the hardware against ESD issues, I had created a 3D printed enclosure for it. That one worked fine, but takes some time to print it. If you have to build many enclosures for a full classroom setup, then a laser cutter is much faster. And to create some variations, I have decided to cut it with different materials and colors. To be environment friendly, extra glue is needed, and with recycled PMMA, different colors are possible too.

Different laser-cut enclosure: wood, and red, transparent, blue and green PMMA
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Eyeglasses Case created with CNC and Laser Cutter

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In many cases I prefer wood as material: it has a warm feeling and with its texture it makes things unique and special. For some time I was thinking about creating a wooden case for eyeglasses as a gift. And here is a first version of it:

Oak Wood case for Eyeglasses
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Adding RGBW Wings and Enclosure to a Debug Probe

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I’m using debug probes on a daily base. They have to be functional, and I value functionality over aesthetics. For cost reasons many debug probe vendors either only provide a bare PCB without enclosure, or the enclosure is made of simple plastic enclosure.

That’s OK. But when I received my NXP MCU-Link Pro debug probe, I wanted to add an enclosure for it: Not only to add protection,but to have it look cool too :-).

MCU-Link Pro Enclosure
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SQUIX ESP8266 based E-Paper WiFi Weather Station

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I’m a fan of all kind of weather stations. When Daniel Eichhorn twittered about his new version using an E-Paper display module, I immediately preordered one. I decided to build a station with a custom enclosure, so here is my version of a 3D printed version, featuring magnets so it can be attached to the fridge:

E-Paper Weather Station

E-Paper Weather Station

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Enclosure for the Remote Robot Controller with LCD Display

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The first enclosure for the INTRO robot remote controller board (see “INTRO Robot Remote – First Production PCB“) is ready, and it is looking good:

Enclosure for the Remote Controller Board

Enclosure for the Remote Controller Board

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First 3D Printed tinyK20 Board Enclosure

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The tinyK20 boards are now used in several projects. Initially I was considering a commercial USB thumb drive enclosure for it. But this needed some tweaking of the enclosure so at the end it was not ideal. 3D printing is probably that hot topic for 2016. So why 3D printing an enclosure for that board?

tinyK20 3D Printed Enclosure

3D Printed Enclosure for the tinyK20 board

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