Raspberry Pi CRAY 0 Edition

Original LED Mod:
https://goddess-gate.com/projects/en/raspi/raspiledmeter

So I bought one of these boards to see what is all about.
I think they are amazing pieces of hardware.
My first board was a Zero second edition with bluetooth and WiFi support on board.
Quite fast on terminal mode while working in headless mode and terribly slow with the GUI.
At least a Pi3b was donated to me from my friends today on my birthday :-)

So, what is this post about?

We had an idea on http://flashback-computing.com/ to make a bbs and the first candidate was my Pi Zero.
Immediately the first thing the crossed my mind was a proper case for this kind of duty that would appealed with the seriousness of the situation :-D

I thought that a CRAY case would match like a charm, so I started scavenging parts to use as I wanted to make it with what I could find on my path.
It wasn't about money I just felt that way it should be done, like a machine from a fallout generation.

Enough talking, let's see some pictures.



A piece of industrial PVC pipe was used for the main body.

A slice for the "door"

Small pieces of wood

A bit of painting

It begins to take shape

Now it's time for a CPU Usage LED mod

Everything is wired up

Testing threshold

Roger, 100%

 A black CD was used for the roof top.
Removed the paint to become semi-transparent

 Eeehhmm, a piece of rubber from a toilet flush...

Testing CPU usage once more

Behold! The Beast's internal organs

A USB plus Ethernet hub

Connected to a VGA screen via an HDMI adapter.
PS2 to USB keyboard controller.
Laser bluetooth mouse

That's all for now!