[Arm-netbook] Getting started making new housings?

[Louis Pearson]

Thanks for the links! I'll look at those and see what I can figure out.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016, 00:52 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net>
wrote:

> ---
> crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 5:24 AM, Louis Pearson
> <desttinghimgame at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I am a student going into college for Computer Engineering and I am super
> > excited about the possibilities of this project! I have backed and will
> be
> > receiving a Libre Tea Computer Card and a breakout board. I have worked
> with
> > Arduinos a few times and know how to use them on a basic level, though
> > formal electronics stuff (math, mostly) and electronic design are
> somewhat
> > of a mystery to me.
>
>  ahh if you're happy to work with arduino's you'll do fine.
>
> > With that in mind, I would like to start working on a new housing for
> myself
> > (kind of answering the call in the most recent update). I'm unsure of
> > exactly where to begin though. I'd like to make a custom PCB and case
> > (probably 3D printed). What I fell that I am missing is resources for
> > starting to work with EOMA-68 devices. KiCad libraries, FreeCad models,
> etc.
> > Where would I find this?
>
>  ok.  right.  the first thing to remember is: it's PCMCIA, so you can
> use models for that.  there's an eoma68.stl file around somewhere
> which i use... let me see if i can find it...  ah!  here you go:
> http://hands.com/~lkcl/eoma/kde_tablet/3dcase/
>
>  second thing: i diiid do some KiCAD libraries, way back 4 years ago -
> it was such a bitch that i had to use proprietary software instead.
> the libraries however still exist: http://git.hands.com/ and you want
> eoma.git.
>
>  thirdly, the CAD modelling that i use is based on python, where i
> wrote something called pyopenscadobj.py, which uses pyopenscad.py,
> which then auto-generates openscad files, which then on-demand
> generate STLs.
>
>  oh wait - i used pyopenscadobj.py in the sandwich200, but used
> functional programming for the tablet 3dcase and the laptop.
>
>  anyway, feel free to explore...
>
> https://www.youmagine.com/designs/libre-hardware-licensed-parametric-laptop-design
>
> l.
>
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