Some helpful 3D prints

[mineshaftgap]

I have made two very crude 3D prints in order to achieve 2 things:

1. Block out the power LED glow without having to desolder it. For now I have it block the mute LED but not the button, if there is interest I can make another version that doesn't block the mute LED.
2. Stop ESP32-S3-Box from falling with an add on weighted base. I used the approach many have which is to have a place to insert pennies for weight, this right now is geared toward US pennies. If there is interest I can make other diameters if people provide them.

I made designed both to not need supports.

Since Github does not allow uploads of STL files I zipped them up

Here you can see what it looks like. There are a ton of ways it can be improved on, but it already makes it so much more pleasant:

[kristiankielhofner]

Wow, Thanks!

Definitely adding this to the wiki!

For the record I never loved my suggestion of snapping the LEDs off either ;).

[mineshaftgap]

Excellent, feel free to add it to the repo if that is appropriate. Or I can make a PR if you would like.

[mineshaftgap]

Also totally understand if you don't want it in the repo since it is not Willow specific.

[ssurovich]

Great add-on - I was going to look at making something, but always great when someone else does the work before me!

I think Im going to modify the original case a bit - I dont want the +5v out on the side like it is, going to see if there is any room to add some wires out of the back to make it look "cleaner".

[mineshaftgap]

@ssurovich I am not a fan of the USB C on the base with the angle it is at, I might look to see if there is a good adapter like one of these to help with the cable management: https://www.amazon.com/AreMe-Extender-Compatible-Notebook-Computers/dp/B0B2NJ3P3L

[kristiankielhofner]

Nor am I. Eventually we'd like to get some power supplies that make sense - correct angle on the connector, 1 AMP.

For the time being I caved and bought this (totally over-spec and expensive) cable just for the connector:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09FK2YXNQ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

Ideally someone could find a much cheaper, more flexible USB 2.0 data rate + power USB-C to A equivalent, which I think would be perfect because I know we all have drawers full of 1 AMP USB A power adapters.

[kristiankielhofner]

Sorry, too excited to have mentioned this - if we want to move the cable and printing discussions to GH discussions that would be better as eventually we'll close this issue and it will effectively disappear.

[mineshaftgap]

@kristiankielhofner Absolutely let's move this to discussions, can an issue be migrated to a discussion on Github or should I make a new Discussion there?

[mineshaftgap]

I just checked, looks like an issue can be migrated to Discussions.

[blakadder]

Just slap these STLs on Printables or Thangs

[mineshaftgap]

Already have a draft I will make public on Printables soon. That does not help with version control so I will probably just make a repo.

[kquinsland]

@kristiankielhofner Absolutely let's move this to discussions, can an issue be migrated to a discussion on Github or should I make a new Discussion there?

They can be!

I too am not a fan of the USB-C port on the side of the S3 box modules. I've started thinking about how i'd "fix" that and it should be easy enough with a dedicated USBC/PD negotiation module and supply power through the pin headers on the bottom of the module.

[kristiankielhofner]

I don't use the side port on The ESP BOX at all, I'm pretty sure it's only there to support basic functionality when detached from the base. Or am I missing something here?

[mineshaftgap]

With the prints I did, I found that this right angle USB-C adapter works quite well