Pipsta Model B+ Assembly Instructions Manual Download Page 1

 

Model B+ Assembly Instructions

 

Contents 

Revision History ...................................................................................................................................... 2 

Difficulty Level: ........................................................................................................................................ 2 

Time to Complete: .................................................................................................................................. 2 

Who Should Read This Document .......................................................................................................... 2 

Kit Contents ............................................................................................................................................. 3 

You Will Need… ....................................................................................................................................... 4 

Build Procedure ....................................................................................................................................... 4 

Next Steps ............................................................................................................................................. 11 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Model B+

Page 1: ...1 Model B Assembly Instructions Contents Revision History 2 Difficulty Level 2 Time to Complete 2 Who Should Read This Document 2 Kit Contents 3 You Will Need 4 Build Procedure 4 Next Steps 11 ...

Page 2: ...will need an antistatic wrist strap connected to earth and a small cross head screw driver Time to Complete Allow 30 45 minutes to build your Pipsta Who Should Read This Document Owners of Raspberry Pi Model B can use this procedure to guide them from unpacking their Pipsta kit to the completion of the mechanical build Children may need adult supervision and occasional assistance during this proce...

Page 3: ...l Mains Power Supply Adaptor 4x Regional Click In Plug Faces 1x PSA Cable 2x Side Plastics 1x Back Plastics 1x Base Plastics 1x Front Plastics 1x Grounding Wire 1x Top Plastics 4x M2 5 Nuts 4x M2 5x6 Machine Screws 1x Pipsta Label 5x M2 5x8 M F Hex Stand offs 4x Self Adhesive Rubber Feet 1x Paper Roll 1x Linerless Label Roll ...

Page 4: ...n produce an electrostatic charge that can damage the electronics on your Raspberry Pi and Pipsta Printer 2 Put on your ESD wrist strap and ensure the lead has a good earth connection 3 Feed 4x M2 5x8 M F hex stand offs through the base plastics as shown below heeding the orientation shown in Figure 1 below 4 Fit 4x M2 5 nuts to the other side of the base plastics Manually tighten the nuts and sta...

Page 5: ...orientated correctly Micro SD card connector to the gap in the base Figure 3 8 Fit 1x M2 5x8 M F hex stand off at the remaining fixing location at the front of the Raspberry Pi near to the Raspberry Pi Micro USB power connector 9 Fit the side plastics to the left hand side of the base plastics as shown in Figure 4 Note that both left and right side plastics are identical ...

Page 6: ...cs as shown in Figure 5 ensuring the earth strap is fed through the aperture NOTE the position of the notch at the front of the top plastics Figure 5 11 Using 1x M2 5x6 screw attach both the printer earth strap eyelet and the grounding wire to the hex stand off at the front right of the unit as shown in Figure 6 ...

Page 7: ...7 Model B Assembly Instructions Figure 6 12 Fit the free end of the grounding wire to the back right inside pin on the GPIO header ensuring it is properly located as shown in Figure 7 ...

Page 8: ...o the rear of the assembly as shown in Figure 8 Note the orientation of the large and small notch Locate the Mini B USB Data lead cable into the small left hand notch on the back plastics The Mini USB connector should have sufficient slack for the connector to reach the front right of the unit Figure 8 ...

Page 9: ...hown in Figure 9 Press the PSA Cable forward until it is firmly trapped Figure 9 17 Move the printer and top plastics to the other side of the assembly This will prevent the earth strap getting trapped during the next step 18 Offer up the right hand side plastics to the assembly Ensuring that the PSA Cable remains in place locate the side plastics on the back tabs Register the side plastics on the...

Page 10: ...e the unit on its rubber feet Hook the top plastics over the front lugs as shown in Figure 11 Do not worry about the unconnected cables at this time 20 Checking that the cables have not become dislodged from their respective notches lower the lid down to engage with the rear snap hooks before pressing the top plastics firmly into place as shown in Figure 11 Figure 11 ...

Page 11: ... plastics 23 Connect the free end of the Mini USB lead to one of the USB sockets on the rear of the Raspberry Pi 24 Taking care not to leave fingerprints in the adhesive affix the label to the front of the unit aligning it to the etched area 25 Your Pipsta is now fully assembled Next Steps Now you have completed the mechanical build see PIPSTA004 Pipsta First Time Setup This tutorial will guide yo...

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