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flame still burns

Posted by afx on October 30, 2018

caught this beauty this morning.

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NAS in a Can

so here is version 1 of the NAS i was building earlier. some notes: - i originally was going to create some kind of case with wood or lexan but i got lazy. the project sat on a bench untouched because everything else was working. - i kinda wanted to get this done, every time i glanced at it, i was thinking of things i could use as a makeshift case. i then thought of using a small DSC alarm can. did some quick placements and everything ended up fitting so i drilled out some holes and screwed the components inside the can. - i am happy with the finished product. i will eventually paint the can a matte black and add some stenciling in gold(?). i also would like to add a 20x4 LCD to show hostname, disk space, and temperature onto the door of the NAS. - i am going to drill out some vent holes for better airflow. i will monitor temperatures and if required, install an extra fan inside of the can. - to secure the door, i will be installing a camlock on the door. the door also has holes for sc

mini pc's

an eee PC 701 4g, a dell axim x51v, and a gpd pocket 2. the eee pc is a special variant, it's a 700 with the secondary "propriatary" mini pcie slot to install another Asus ssd (similar to msata but 2 pins reversed lol). this version was recalled quickly and resold without this connector, marketed as 701 4g. wouldn't be until the 8G came out and then the 701sdx later on that added it back. i have previously done a touchscreen mod to it, add internal Bluetooth, replaced stock wifi with wifi-n card, and install secondary Asus ssd (only 8gb it's all i could find). it was my first x86 mini PC in 2007 and still works today. i have owned the dell axim x51v since 2005. in my town only rich people had data plans on their phone. i was too cheap for a phone and these plans so public wifi was how it was done. this thing was so awesome and had many features. it really was my first venture into mobile computing. from modding the "desktop" to

project update

i went to rugged air, paid 50bux to get some lexan pieces cut to create a mounting solution for the nas. took a similar route as I did for the Google photos downloader. my cuts were a little too big so i trimmed them down. i mounted each hard drive to a plate, and stacked them on top of each other with m2.5 brass standoffs. on top of the hard drives, the raspberry pi was mounted on another plate. 2x 2tb hdds + rPi 4 i decided to mount everything temporarily to a piece of lexan 10x4.5 for the time being so I can get an idea whether I want to use the wood or continue using lexan for the rest of the build. prototyping the nas. each component is mounted together. i just received a left angle USB 3 a to micro b cable as well as an rj45 panel mount. need to start working on rear panel next. also need to find out what to purchase locally should I continue to use lexan for the build. i hope whomever is reading this enjoys this and my progress. this has become a new hobby, building things.

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