Add hardware interface option

[badhairday]

Something I would like to see is a good way to connect to the GPIO pins on the Raspberry Pi externally for additional functions. I am trying to figure out a clean way to add an XBee to my OSPI. The best way I have thought of is having the Raspberry external to the enclosure. I have breadboarded a daughter board that stacks on the Raspberry, which is external. The connector is a stacking type so the OSPi could connect onto to it that way. Not as clean as I would like.

Also, have cut outs on the top enclosure so USB devices can plug in as well as hard connected Ethernet.

Thanks,
Chris

[Ray]

For connecting to GPIO pins, you can probably use jumper wires similar to the 8-pin and 3-pin cables. But if you have a board designed to sit on top of RPi, then you have to either keep the RPi out of the enclosure, or just remove the top cover.

I will consider adding cutouts for the Ethernet and USB.

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