#3DPrinting Appliance Hacking Enclosure

We’ve been hacking some pretty cool things over here at Wilderness Labs. We’re about to post a couple of new awesome projects including a smart chicken coop, and food dehydrator you can control with your phone! But as we got building them, it became clear that we needed way to pull all the components together in a handy place. From this need, our 3D printable Appliance Hacking Enclosure was born:

Based on our Appliance Control Baseboard, this enclosure is designed for to provide a handy enclosure for hacks that involve household mains electricity.

It sports a mount for a 4 line LCD and rotary encoder w/push button for providing an easy user interface (UI). Inside, it has room and integral mounts for a Netduino, relay board, and terminal blocks, as well as space for a half size breadboard and power supplies:

Additionally, it’s hinged and has an integral latch for keeping it closed:

Bill of Materials (BOM)

Assembly is super easy, it just requires a couple of hinges and (21), M3 x 6mm socket head screws. Here’s the full BOM, for easy ordering:

• 4 line LCD and Optional I2C backpack
• Rotary Encoder w/Push Button
• Uxcell 1″ Hinges
• M3 x 6mm Socket Head Screws in stainless steel or black (Requires 21 screws in total.)
• 2 channel or 4 channel Keyestudio relay.
• screw terminal blocks.