The "Passport" - a RAKWireless case for Meshtastic

A custom external hard-drive form factor, 3d-printed case for the RAK19007 base. Designed to accommodate GPS, Bluetooth, and LoRA antennas internally.
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First - you can download and view the rendered file over in the 3D Prints section.

This is the first iteration of my “Passport” case for my RAKWireless RAK19007.

It’s decently small so it can be thrown into a backpack, and with no batteries there’s no risk of fire or to be charged. You can use any external power source with it, such as a laptop, power brick, or mobile device (this works with my iPhone).

You can connect as you normally would, via https://client.meshtastic.org/ over serial/bluetooth/etc, or from a mobile device over bluetooth.

Required Parts

Note: I used black oxide ones with my black case. You could use stainless, but with a black case, black screws look nice.

Interactive Model

Drag to rotate. powered by three.js and @react-three/fiber
rak9007_meshtastic_case.stl

Cad Designs

This is what it looks like within OpenSCAD, including the placeholders I added for the PCB, antennas:

passport enclosure cad

Disassembled

Disassembled view, so you can see how the cables are routed and antennas are laid out. I tried to keep things further away from the LoRA antenna.

passport disassembled

Assembled

This is what it looks like assembled. It’s not too large, so it should nicely slide into a backpack.

passport assembled

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Change Log

  • 10/30/2024 - Initial Revision
  • 11/20/2024 - Add interactive STL Viewer

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