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Environmentally Friendly Maker Box with Cooling Fan for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B

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    Description

    Note: These are options for the Environmentally Friendly Maker Box kits, please choose your preferred kit under the Available Options:

     

    Note: Do check the packing list to verify the content of each kit.

     

     

    Note: The Official Power Supply Unit (PSU) will be either in Black or White Color depending on availability.
     
     

     
     
     
     
    Keep the Earth greener with this environmentally friendly paper box for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, we called it Maker BOX because it is tinkering-ready. As it is made of thick paper, you can pop holes easily for special mounting or customization. The paper box is biodegradable and will not last forever like ABS plastic, so that is good for the only planet we are living on!
     
     

    The enclosure (box) itself is made of a piece of thick paper with a special cutoff and dedicated openings/holes for the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B board. You will need to do some folding and flipping during the assembly of the box! It is fun building your own box! Worry about making mistakes? You can always follow the simple yet detailed instructions here.

     

    The box comes with a cooling fan and it is ready to be mounted into the enclosure to make your Raspberry Pi 4 Model B cool!

    If that is not sufficient, there are 4 extra heatsinks for passive cooling :) You can add those heatsinks on the CPU, RAM, USB controller, Ethernet IC, or Power Management IC.

     

     

    Note: Don't forget to peel the protective sheet bottom of every heatsink to stick it on the dedicated IC.

     

    Even though it is made of paper, it is well designed to protect the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B board while providing the access to all necessary ports:

    • 2 x USB 2.0 port
    • 2 x USB 3.0 port
    • 1 x Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 port
    • 1 x USB-C for Power Input
    • 2 x micro HDMI as multimedia output
    • 1 x 3.5mm Audio and Video composite jack
    • 1 x microSD card slot
    • 1 x DSI FFC cable opening
    • 1 x CSI FFC cable opening
    • 1 x 40-pin GPIO opening
    • 1 x Activity LED
    • 1 x Power LED
    • 1 x Mounting hole for cooling fan

    Besides the openings, all interfaces are labeled for a better user experience.

    You can selectively poke certain openings/holes depending on your preferences. Just make sure not to peel off the paper printing :)

    Not to worry, your Raspberry Pi 4 Model B board can be mounted securely, yet no screw or nut is needed to achieve this. This box comes with rivets for that purpose. Just align the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B board into the assembled box, hold the board and flip it together with the box. Insert the WHITE rivets into respective mounting holes and it is done! 

     

    The same method applies to the cooling fan, just use the BLACK rivets to mount it to the box securely. The cooling fan should be mounted underneath the cover/lid. Again, no screw or nut is needed.

     

    With the cooling fan attached effortlessly, you should then connect the wire so it can be powered through the GPIO. Here is the connection to 5V and GND on the Raspberry Pi's 40-pin GPIO.

    Note: The Maker Box comes with a cooling fan and 4 heatsinks.

     

    And the bundles come with a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with either 8GB, 4GB, 2GB or 1GB board:

    Now, The Most Powerful Raspberry Pi Comes with

    8GB, 4GB, 2GB or 1GB RAM

     

    What is the Raspberry Pi Single Board Computer?

    The Raspberry Pi is a series of small single-board computers developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in the UK to promote the teaching of basic computer science in schools and in developing countries. The original model became far more popular than anticipated, getting outside its target market for uses such as automation, multimedia, robotics, IoT, and now even in IR4.0.

    The board itself does not include peripherals (such as keyboards and mice) or cases. However, there are many accessories to have been included in several official and unofficial bundles, making it highly customizable. Generally, the Raspberry Pi board comes with CPU, GPU, RAM, HDMI multimedia port, USB ports, wireless or wired connectivity, Camera interface, microSD card slot, and General Purpose Input/Output Pins. There are millions of Raspberry Pi boards in universities, polytechnics, schools, factories, maker spaces, and even the space station.

     

     

    As you might have known, due to the higher power requirements, the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B requires at least a 3.0A USB-C power supply. The kits included the Official Raspberry Pi 5V 3A USB-C Adapter with a UK plug (type G) which is meant for the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B and is suitable to be used in Singapore, Malaysia, the UK, etc.

     

    Note: The Official Power Supply Unit (PSU) will be either in Black or White Color depending on availability.

     

    The standard HDMI port that was part of the previous generation Raspberry Pi generation boards is replaced on the Raspberry Pi 4 Model by two Micro HDMI ports to provide dual monitor/display support. Th kits include a Micro-HDMI to Standard HDMI Cable (~1.5 meter) to provide the optimum media output resolution support.

     

     

    The kits also include a Raspberry Pi Approved 32GB MakerDisk microSD card for the Operating System and data storage. To save you time to download the Operating System, the MakerDisk microSD card comes with Raspberry Pi OS preloaded, saving the troubles you need to download and burn the image into the microSD card :)
     

    Not to forget, to ease access to the microSD card, the kits also included a USB 2.0 microSD adapter/reader/writer.

    A tiny and useful USB MicroSD Card Reader/Writer is included in the kits

     

    We have also run a stress test with Raspberry Pi 4 Model B in the Maker Box. This is just one of the many methods you can use to benchmark the thermal performance of the enclosure or heatsink. The test consists of two parts which are cooling and continuing with the stress test. The stress test loads the CPU to 100% and logs the temperature. The cooling fan keeps the CPU cool at under 80ºC, the maximum clock speed is at 1.8GHz.

    As you can see from the chart, the fan plays an important role in cooling the Raspberry Pi board :) So make sure you install and power it.

     

    Features

    Environmentally Friendly Maker Box Features:

    • An Environmentally Friendly Paper Box, biodegradable, green for the Earth
    • Designed for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B and compatible with:
    • Made of one piece of thick paper
    • Comes with two cooling methods:
      • Active cooling via the cooling fan
      • Passive cooling via the 4 x heatsink
    • Easy to Assemble, No screw nor nut needed
    • Provide flexibility to open the cover and access to the internal interface such as GPIO, DSI, and CSI
    • Included heatsinks for the CPU, RAM, USB controller, and Ethernet Controller
    • Easy to mount method for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B and Cooling fan, using rivets
    • Red in color
    • Clear Label for all interface ports
    • Openings for all interfaces
    • Dimension: 92mm (length) x 62mm (width) x 26mm (height)

     

    Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Features and Spec:

    • Broadcom BCM2711, 64-bit ARM Cortex-A72 (ARMv8), Quad-core, 28nm Processor SoC running @ 1.5GHz, with a metal body for better heat dissipation.
    • LPDDR4 SDRAM: 8GB, 4GB, 2GB, 1GB (Choose from the available options)
    • 2 x USB3.0 Port + 2 x USB2.0 Port
    • Expanded 40-pin GPIO Header
    • Video/Audio Out:
      • 4-pole 3.5mm connector
      • 2 x micro HDMI port, support 4Kp60 video, dual display
      • Raw LCD (DSI)
    • Image/Camera input: CSI port
    • Storage: MicroSD
    • True Gigabit Ethernet, >900 Mbps
    • Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) support (requires separate PoE HAT)
    • 2.4GHz and 5GHz IEEE 802.11.b/g/n/ac wireless LAN, Bluetooth 5.0 and BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy)
    • Low-Level Peripherals:
      • 27 x GPIO
      • UART
      • I2C bus
      • SPI bus with two chip selects
      • +3.3V
      • +5V
      • Ground
    • Power Requirement, 5V/3.0A via USB type C connector.
    • Supports Raspberry Pi OS, and check 3rd party Operating System here.
    • Dimensions: 85mm x 56mm x 17mm

    Packing List

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    • 1 x Environmentally Friendly Maker Box and Cooling Fan:
      • 1 x Environmentally Friendly Maker Box for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B
      • 4 x Black Rivets for mounting the cooling fan to the box (might have extra)
      • 4 x White Rivets for mounting the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B board to the box (might have extra)
      • 1 x 30 x 30 x 8mm Cooling Fan for active cooling
      • 1 x Four pieces heatsink for passive cooling

     

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