Welcome to the first game that I’ve made in Unity. This is the first Unity project that I have done without using a tutorial. I’ve put together everything myself, the level, texture placement and even the sound. I’ve spent quite a bit of time refining everything to a point that I like. I’ve even modified some of the scripts that come with Unity, so that they serve my purpose better.
Since the day I heard about the Raspberry Pi, I’ve wanted to build my own case for it. It’s such a small and hackable device that I think it just begs you to build it a case. Plus it’s just cool to build your own case.
I was lucky enough to get a small box from work that would be perfect for the Raspberry Pi.
I used a drill to make many of the holes. I used a metal file to smooth all the slots so that it would look neater. If you plan to make your own case, I’ll give you some advice. Measure then measure again, then place the Raspberry Pi in the box and measure it again.
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- This is the small box I started with. Note that the left piece was originally inside the right box.
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- This is a comparative shot of the RPi and the box.
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- I started cutting out the USB port first. It’s a chunky well secured port with a lip so I used that as an anchor point. Although as you can see the finish is very rough. I’ll fix that in a moment.
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- I used a metal file to smooth out the cuts for the ports. I also used the file to make some holes a little bigger.
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- I used pins to secure the RPi to the box so that I could make markings of where all the holes need to go.
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- As you can see here I used the TP1 and the TP2 holes. These are small holes that go right through the RPi. Obviously these would not be permanent. It was just so that I could align everything easily.
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- I opened the box out completely to make it easier to cut holes. You can see that I’ve already cut the LAN port here.
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- Here is the HDMI port roughly cut. Note here that I had to cut through 2 pieces of the box as the box is folded in to itself.
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- I had all my cables at the ready so I could make sure they would fit. Pointless having the RPi in a box and no way to connect it to anything.
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- I used a drill to cut round holes in the box. I used progressively larger drill bits so that I wouldn’t make the holes too big.
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- The power port. Also with the cable through to make sure that the cable does fit. You can see the filings in the background.
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- The sound jack after being drilled. You can see that the inside hole is smaller than the outside. That’s because the 3.5mm male jack is normally bigger than the port. So this way the jack fits snuggly in the hole.
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- I laid the RPi in the box to make sure that I had got all the holes in the right places.
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- I used a sharp knife to cut through the box’s layers so that it could just be popped out.
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- The popping out part. Very rough around the edges but I cleaned everything up with the previously mentioned metal file.
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- Made sure that the card actually fits. I ended up making the slot a little bigger as I did not want any stress on the SD card slot.
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- Once I closed the box I noticed that the flaps on the box that slide on the inside also needed to be cut.
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- With the box closed I made markings with a needle of where I needed to cut through the flaps.
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- It’s easier to cut little slits and cut those away than try and just cut it.
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- Finally the box is complete.
You might be thinking that the box could use a ventilation hole, maybe a nice Raspberry Pi logo cut in the top. I don’t want any holes as I like the look of this box. Plus also I think I’d make a hash of the logo anyway.
What is a Raspberry Pi?
This was a question I had to ask a friend of mine after I ordered on, without even knowing what it was. In simple terms it’s a computer a tiny computer, about the size of a pack of cards. The Raspberry Pi contains everything that a normal computer contains; it has a CPU, GPU, RAM and HDMI out. It has USB ports to plug a keyboard and mouse into. It has an HDMI port for display, even a RCA video out if you do not have a monitor capable of HDMI input. Sound comes courtesy of either a 3.5mm jack or sound over HDMI.
After 4 days of down time, we’re back up.
As I explained in the last post. Codefridge is being moved to a more serious hosting provider. We’d been having endless issues with the last hosting company, but alas lets not point fingers.
So Codefridge is now hosted by Gridhost, which I just must recommend. They are really really good and really well priced. Their online web chat is awesome and they helped me figure some stuff out, way before I was even their customer, which is something other companies can learn from. Also like the way that they explain everything. Oh and also the have the coolest Bored Room ever.
The other company I must mention is Codefridge’s new domain registrar, Namecheap. These are the people who convert http://codefridge.com/ into an address that computers can understand. It’s amazing how many tutorials they have on their site, explaining things to complete noobs (me). Thanks to their tutorials I actually knew what to do, as I’ve never had a separate hosting company and domain registrar. Also have I mentioned just how cheap they are? They have also been voted twice in a row, the Best Domain Name Registrar. So you know their good.
Anyway so now that I can finally make posts with the word “substring” in them, no joke. Expect more stuff. I’ve already got 3 posts just waiting for some final touch ups.
Stay Classy.
Hey everyone. We’re currently in the process of changing where Codefridge is hosted and changing our DNS provider. We’re having issues with the current hosting company and have decided it’s best to move now.
The current hosting company are also one of the reason’s nothing has been posted regarding the Raspberry Pi. Every time I try to save a post an internal server error happens. It also takes quite a bit of time for their support department to come back to me, even though my whole site it down. Anyway lets move on.
You might notice a blank page in the next few weeks, or hopefully I’ll get a little landing page together, with some cake and jelly beans.
I have no idea what your on about
Right. Simply. You might encounter a blank page when navigating to Codefridge.com. Although this will only be temporary and will be fixed as soon as humanly possible.
I’ve taken some high resolution photos of my Raspberry Pi. I love the rawness of it. Go forth and stare at the photos, you know you want to.
