Hi Ivo, i appreciate your review. the chassis design is two pieces with a simple but clean look and style by design. we wanted to have a professional look while being very low cost and competitive. for those who want something beautiful - it is possible but not every customer wants to pay for that. we can make extrusions, and plastic molds, castings, decals, and many different types of chassis and computer products. we make computers that look like art for high end clients and we make ones that can survive underwater or under a taxi cab seats.
airflow is not a concern for this device - it is really low power and gains some from radiation cooling from the chassis paint inside as well as conduction spread across the board. Logic Supply specializes in fanless/ventless industrial computer design and can cool i7 devices without fans or air vents in 70c ambient environments. colors - again, black and orange are standard options. logos are not expensive to process. but need to be done at the time of manufacturing of the metal to be cost effective. minimum order quantity will apply usually 1000 pieces. in these quantities the customized solution retail price is only a little more expensive than the standard unit price + some engineering dollars. screws can be painted at the same time as the chassis, or there are other options (ex no screws, silver screws, bottom screws and not side). this idea of this BBB chassis is it will work for 80% of the clients and if it does not work then describe how it needs to be different for your project and it will be easy to quote. expansion - the chassis top has 3 screw positions on the side - we design capes to fit inside by elevating the top chassis to a higher level. again, the focus is to prototype what you want and then order the metal custom for your application. most customization is only a few days at most for simple designs. then produced by laser or stamping processes in the factory. power supply - there are some limitations to the beaglebone board (access to buttons and power options) - there are options for hiding power again it is an engineering project to do that. for standard product we do not see the demand to justify the premium. custom product is another discussion. i hope this helps, and i wish you luck with all your projects! Rodney product development @ Logic Supply On Tuesday, May 13, 2014 5:57:01 PM UTC-4, ivo welch wrote: > > > so here is my mini review of the LogicSupply case, BB100-ORANGE. I am a > newbie embedded computer starter, but long-term computer programmer. > > the case itself is industrial looking, made of steel. for an enduser like > me, this is a somewhat rare and unusual look. I am more used to "one-piece > looks", where the whole case looks like one. there is a clear > top-and-bottom separation in this case here. all in all, the look aspect > for me is not good or bad, just different. > > the tolerances are very good. > > there are no airflow holes at the top of the case. I have not yet run > stress tests on the BBB, so I do not know whether this will be an issue. I > would have preferred some holes, if only to hear a buzzer that I want to > install on it. > > there is very little top clearance to add anything on the inside. > > the outside screws are in black. it would be nice to have the option of > orange screws to match the case. > > customization (e.g., a logo) seems to be quite expensive. > > it is a very good case, and it is very reasonably priced. I don't think > there is any other professional-looking case right now. so, go for it. > > > other observations > > * the Logic-Supply wall wart is expensive at $9 a piece. I would have > paid $10 to have the wall wart replaced by an internal power-supply. > > regards, > > /iaw > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
