Raspbery PI 5 node Cluster Case

Eliyah Zayin², Diego Ansaldo³, Gregor von Laszewski¹

• ¹Indiana University, laszewski@gmail.com
• ²The Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship, diegansaldo@gmail.com
• ³The Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship, ???@gmail.com

TODO: move designs form

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1D8YjtOAh8FemuruPYPWuV4zYNxszW_wN

to this github, only keep final design here.

Abstract

• case for cluster
• iu course
• case easy to assmple no screws, glue
• easy replicatable
• open source
• modifiable
• integrated into box product
• (integrated into shelf)

Introduction

Requirements

Design

The list of parts is provided in Table 1.

Table 1: Parts list as copied from https://github.com/cloudmesh-community/book/blob/master/chapters/pi/case.md

Price	Description	URL
$29.99	Anker 60W 6-Port USB Wall Charger, PowerPort 6 for iPhone 7 / 6s / Plus, iPad Pro / Air 2 / mini, Galaxy S7 / S6 / Edge / Plus, Note 5 / 4, LG, Nexus, HTC and More	link
$8.90	Cat 6 Ethernet Cable 1 ft White (6 Pack) - Flat Internet Network Cable - Jadaol Cat 6 Computer Cable short - Cat6 Ethernet Patch Lan Cable With	link
$19.99 $^{(1)}$	D-link 8-Port Unmanaged Gigabit Switch (GO-SW-8G)	link
$10.49	SanDisk Ultra 32GB microSDHC UHS-I Card with Adapter, Grey/Red, Standard Packaging (SDSQUNC-032G-GN6MA)	link
$8.59	Short USB Cable, OKRAY 10 Pack Colorful Micro USB 2.0 Charging Data Sync Cable Cord for Samsung, Android Phone and Tablet, Nexus, HTC, Nokia, LG, Sony, Many Digital Cameras-0.66ft (7.87 Inch)	link
$7.69	50 Pcs M2 x 20mm + 5mm Hex Hexagonal Threaded Spacer Support	link
$7.99	Easycargo 15 pcs Raspberry Pi Heatsink Aluminum + Copper + 3M 8810 thermal conductive adhesive tape for cooling cooler Raspberry Pi 3, Pi 2, Pi Model B+	link
$34.49	Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Motherboard (you need at least 3 of them)	link
$59.99 $^{(2)}$	1TB drive	link
$15.19	64GB flash	link
$6.99	HDMI Cable, Rankie 2-Pack 6FT Latest Standard HDMI 2.0 HDTV Cable - Supports Ethernet, 3D, 4K and Audio Return (Black) - R1108	link
$12.99	AUKEY USB C Adapter, USB C to USB 3.0 Adapter Aluminum 2 Pack for Samsung Note 8 S8 S8+, Google Pixel 2 XL, MacBook Pro, Nexus 6P 5X, LG G5 V20 (Gray)	link
$19.19	For Raspberry Pi 3 2 TFT LCD Display, kuman 3.5 Inch 480x320 TFT Touch Screen Monitor for Raspberry Pi Model B B+ A+ A Module SPI Interface with Touch Pen SC06	link

(1) items were replaced with similar (2) item was not available

Alternatives

• https://www.festi.info/boxes.py/

Manufacturing Facilities

Product

• box with stuff in it

Figure 1: Prototype 1

Future work

19 inch rack for 40 nodes via bitscope, https://www.festi.info/boxes.py/Rack19Box

shelf for 5 node clusters.

Refernces

• Other cases are at https://github.com/cloudmesh-community/book/blob/master/chapters/pi/case.md