Been doing some thinking about the case design. I think what you suggested Bronzebeard could be a nice design for a case, I took a look at the TLC blackberry and while it is long, I think with the Pinephone it doesn't change the usability... that much.
moodroid - Thanks, but yeah that xrandr command does produce burnin.. I've yet to find xrandr way to block the screen w/o burnin still, another reason to go for the long-TLC-style case. wibble - A flip-design / hinge mechanism I had thought about too. A SW switch definitely would bump up the complexity, but would be nice ofc. PCB flex connector would be great, I wonder if Pine has the design file for their $1 pogo flex breakout that could just be modified.
Here's some quick sketches I did in solvespace on friday of a slide-style case:
![[Image: 2021-02-28-170834-327x457-scrot.png]](https://i.ibb.co/VHHj6Ct/2021-02-28-170834-327x457-scrot.png)
![[Image: 2021-02-28-170850-462x204-scrot.png]](https://i.ibb.co/7KLD726/2021-02-28-170850-462x204-scrot.png)
![[Image: 2021-02-28-170937-604x350-scrot.png]](https://i.ibb.co/s61vS4c/2021-02-28-170937-604x350-scrot.png)
![[Image: 2021-02-28-170953-604x266-scrot.png]](https://i.ibb.co/xFKR5cH/2021-02-28-170953-604x266-scrot.png)
![[Image: 2021-02-28-171021-261x484-scrot.png]](https://i.ibb.co/XCSKpsr/2021-02-28-171021-261x484-scrot.png)
Pink rectangle is Pinephone dims in last image. So Pinephone could just slide in/out of case, I've done this kind of slide-case with other things in the past with success and it's really simple since the main component is based around a single 2D extrude (see img with dims above). The bulk of work is just getting the 2D extrude dimensions right to snugly fit PP. I added 6mm slack in my model ATM but that's just a guess. And 4mm walls, but who knows maybe too much. I threw my solvespace models on srht if anyone wants to try printing (or feel free to PM me for stls if you actually have a printer).
Hopefully can get this to 3D printer to prototype soon and get the dimensions right.
moodroid - Thanks, but yeah that xrandr command does produce burnin.. I've yet to find xrandr way to block the screen w/o burnin still, another reason to go for the long-TLC-style case. wibble - A flip-design / hinge mechanism I had thought about too. A SW switch definitely would bump up the complexity, but would be nice ofc. PCB flex connector would be great, I wonder if Pine has the design file for their $1 pogo flex breakout that could just be modified.
Here's some quick sketches I did in solvespace on friday of a slide-style case:
Pink rectangle is Pinephone dims in last image. So Pinephone could just slide in/out of case, I've done this kind of slide-case with other things in the past with success and it's really simple since the main component is based around a single 2D extrude (see img with dims above). The bulk of work is just getting the 2D extrude dimensions right to snugly fit PP. I added 6mm slack in my model ATM but that's just a guess. And 4mm walls, but who knows maybe too much. I threw my solvespace models on srht if anyone wants to try printing (or feel free to PM me for stls if you actually have a printer).
Hopefully can get this to 3D printer to prototype soon and get the dimensions right.
