How did you come up with the idea for the PiVE? What was the inspiration?
Cheers!
About 8 months ago there was a discussion in the thread about cooling Piz. I then considered using pvc pipe with fans attached but it just was not "pretty". So I shelved the idea. Then I got into robotic crawlers with cameras. I bought a small camera, designed a mount for it and had a local 3D company print it. Up until that time I knew nothing about 3D printing but was very impressed with the quality of the print. The idea of printing a tunnel resurfaced and I began looking into 3D printers. So I bought a kit from China for $400.00 put it together and started my first tunnel. After looking at it, it became quite obvious what the next step should be - many tunnels all interconnected. Hence the PiVE. Luckily I made a decision to go with a symmetrical 8 sided design which made interconnecting multiple tunnels a piece of cake. There was a learning curve associated with the printer, but I am retired with time on my hands so that was not an issue. If anyone is interested in buying a 3D printer I would be happy to chat on the phone about what to look for in a printer. Heck, I might even try to talk you out of buying one :>). No I am not an expert but I have learned some valuable lessons - the hard way. Things to look for in a printer. I wish I had known someone at that time in 3D printing that I could have talked to about what to look for.
If your interested in seeing more pictures of the PiVE build you can see them here. This page is still being worked.
3D-printing the "tunnel tube" part takes longest, right?
What about a "lite" version of the Pi hive , one where you 3D-print the case for the fans and end-caps but make them fit to some standard dimension tubes that you can buy separately? Plus print some spacers to keep the PI sitting rigidly inside the tubes.
Not sure if Pringles (TM) cans are all equal in different markets, maybe there are metric and imperial ones :-) .
3D-printing the "tunnel tube" part takes longest, right?
Correct about 6.5 hours each cylinder.
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What about a "lite" version of the Pi hive , one where you 3D-print the case for the fans and end-caps but make them fit to some standard dimension tubes that you can buy separately? Plus print some spacers to keep the PI sitting rigidly inside the tubes.
It is certainly possible. By releasing the files in sketchup format anyone would be able to edit the files for those other components and resize/modify them for an off the shelf cylinder solution. Matching the color of the off the shelf cylinder might be a bit challenging though if that matters.
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Not sure if Pringles (TM) cans are all equal in different markets, maybe there are metric and imperial ones :-) .
Oh no!! I have never given any thought to the possibility that chips could be metric or imperial. And what about pricing?
It is interesting. But to me there is something "unholy" about mixing electricity and water in a computer environment. :>)
Amen brother! I do find it interesting when other people do it though.;-)
Never thought about but I do think the Pringles can you are using are a bit bigger than what I have seen. I have been thinking about pvc and carpet tubes but I am not a creative nor imaginative person. Will probably end up ordering something from Amazon. Again. :-/
This video from Adafruit demonstrates that even relatively huge heat sinks struggle to keep a Pi3 from thermal-throttling under sustained full load. So it's official, finally we don't have to feel guilty about installing fans.
The heat syncs that poppageek employs on his his stack seen here seem ideal. You want as much exposed surface area as possible and that can only be achieved vertically. His syncs are tall and offer the most surface area. Also they are copper (right??). The ones in the Adafruit video are short and offer minimum surface exposure. In the video, there was no air flow over the heat syncs so that makes a large difference. I looked on Ebay for the type of sync poppageek is using but could only find them with a fan which I would not require.
My Internet Has been down all weekend on smartphone right now. I'll watch that video later and get you some info on the heatsinks I'm using.
As frustrating as it is to be without Internet The raspberry pie three came in today and I had not downloaded an image for it yet. Going to try some images for the two we'll see what happens just wish I had Internet again. :-/
I will do some heat test with that copper heat sink that's in the picture I have a few more so I'll let you know how it does
My Internet Has been down all weekend on smartphone right now. I'll watch that video later and get you some info on the heatsinks I'm using.
As frustrating as it is to be without Internet The raspberry pie three came in today and I had not downloaded an image for it yet. Going to try some images for the two we'll see what happens just wish I had Internet again. :-/
I will do some heat test with that copper heat sink that's in the picture I have a few more so I'll let you know how it does
To get my Pi3 running I just pulled the SD card out of my Pi2 and put it into the Pi3 and off it went. I did a rpi-update to make sure it got the latest kernel and firmware once it was going. I'm running Stretch rather than Jessie though.
RE: How did you come up
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About 8 months ago there was a discussion in the thread about cooling Piz. I then considered using pvc pipe with fans attached but it just was not "pretty". So I shelved the idea. Then I got into robotic crawlers with cameras. I bought a small camera, designed a mount for it and had a local 3D company print it. Up until that time I knew nothing about 3D printing but was very impressed with the quality of the print. The idea of printing a tunnel resurfaced and I began looking into 3D printers. So I bought a kit from China for $400.00 put it together and started my first tunnel. After looking at it, it became quite obvious what the next step should be - many tunnels all interconnected. Hence the PiVE. Luckily I made a decision to go with a symmetrical 8 sided design which made interconnecting multiple tunnels a piece of cake. There was a learning curve associated with the printer, but I am retired with time on my hands so that was not an issue. If anyone is interested in buying a 3D printer I would be happy to chat on the phone about what to look for in a printer. Heck, I might even try to talk you out of buying one :>). No I am not an expert but I have learned some valuable lessons - the hard way. Things to look for in a printer. I wish I had known someone at that time in 3D printing that I could have talked to about what to look for.
If your interested in seeing more pictures of the PiVE build you can see them here. This page is still being worked.
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You might find this interesting. Water cooled Pi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yofdk53TFno
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Now, here comes a revolutionary thought:
3D-printing the "tunnel tube" part takes longest, right?
What about a "lite" version of the Pi hive , one where you 3D-print the case for the fans and end-caps but make them fit to some standard dimension tubes that you can buy separately? Plus print some spacers to keep the PI sitting rigidly inside the tubes.
Not sure if Pringles (TM) cans are all equal in different markets, maybe there are metric and imperial ones :-) .
Cheers
HB
RE: Now, here comes a
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Correct about 6.5 hours each cylinder.
It is certainly possible. By releasing the files in sketchup format anyone would be able to edit the files for those other components and resize/modify them for an off the shelf cylinder solution. Matching the color of the off the shelf cylinder might be a bit challenging though if that matters.
Oh no!! I have never given any thought to the possibility that chips could be metric or imperial. And what about pricing?
RE: You might find this
)
It is interesting. But to me there is something "unholy" about mixing electricity and water in a computer environment. :>)
RE: RE: You might find
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Amen brother! I do find it interesting when other people do it though.;-)
Never thought about but I do think the Pringles can you are using are a bit bigger than what I have seen. I have been thinking about pvc and carpet tubes but I am not a creative nor imaginative person. Will probably end up ordering something from Amazon. Again. :-/
Cheers!
This video from Adafruit
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This video from Adafruit demonstrates that even relatively huge heat sinks struggle to keep a Pi3 from thermal-throttling under sustained full load. So it's official, finally we don't have to feel guilty about installing fans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xErhrKptuy4
The heat syncs that poppageek
)
The heat syncs that poppageek employs on his his stack seen here seem ideal. You want as much exposed surface area as possible and that can only be achieved vertically. His syncs are tall and offer the most surface area. Also they are copper (right??). The ones in the Adafruit video are short and offer minimum surface exposure. In the video, there was no air flow over the heat syncs so that makes a large difference. I looked on Ebay for the type of sync poppageek is using but could only find them with a fan which I would not require.
My Internet Has been down all
)
My Internet Has been down all weekend on smartphone right now. I'll watch that video later and get you some info on the heatsinks I'm using.
As frustrating as it is to be without Internet The raspberry pie three came in today and I had not downloaded an image for it yet. Going to try some images for the two we'll see what happens just wish I had Internet again. :-/
I will do some heat test with that copper heat sink that's in the picture I have a few more so I'll let you know how it does
RE: My Internet Has been
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To get my Pi3 running I just pulled the SD card out of my Pi2 and put it into the Pi3 and off it went. I did a rpi-update to make sure it got the latest kernel and firmware once it was going. I'm running Stretch rather than Jessie though.
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