

Once you’ve installed your Pi in the Helix, though, it looks great, and quite unlike the vast majority of cases on offer elsewhere. However, if you are disassembling it you’ll need to be careful, as some elements of the case are quite fragile. The quality of the case is impressive for the price. It’s made from MDF and features a flexible “shell” around its core. The Helix is no ordinary Raspberry Pi case. If you’re looking for a cleanly designed, modern-looking case with all the mod-cons, you should definitely consider the Short Crust Plus. It also comes with non-slip rubber feet and screw holes in the base, should you wish to mount it under a desk or on a wall. In terms of cost, the Short Crust is reasonable considering the high-quality plastic used.
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The Short Crust Plus offers plenty of ventilation on the bottom of the case, and the release trigger (also found underneath) allows you to easily remove your Pi. The main base of the case is a rougher matte finish, which compliments the top perfectly. The top of the case is a smooth glossy finish, which can turn into a fingerprint magnet, but it’s easily cleaned. Lt comes in two different colour options for the base (black and white), and this allows you to alter the overall look.

The Short Crust Plus is a fairly minimal Raspberry Pi case. Flirc also donate a percentage of the sale to Cancer research at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, which plays a key role in personal back-story to Flirc.Interested in a Raspberry Pi Case but don’t know which one to choose? Our article compares four of our favourite B+ and Raspberry Pi 2 Model B-compatible cases to see which one comes out on top! Team Kodi receives a royalty on each Kodi branded case sold – and alongside t-shirt sales it's one of the main sources of funding for the Kodi Foundation. Flirc is also offering the 3B/3B+ case at the same discounted rate to clear remaining inventory. At USD $11.20 (normal price USD $15.95) that's a steal! – and orders will ship in late July. The top surface of the Aluminium has been mirror-polished to catch your eye, and the Kodi branded top uses soft-touch plastics so it not only looks great, it feels great too.įlirc is well into manufacturing and are offering an early bird discount of 30%. The main body is Aluminium and designed to act as a heatsink that keeps the BCM2711 chip in your 4B cool. Otherwise it's the same winning formula and gorgeous design as the previous 3B/3B+ Kodi Edition case. Retaining the design language that made the original case great, the Flirc case has been re-tooled to accommodate the Raspberry Pi 4B's ports and CPU placement ensuring maximum cooling efficiency. The 4B's board layout is different to previous models so upgrading (and new) users will need a new case – and what better to wrap a Pi 4B in than a Kodi Edition Flirc case!
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It's a great update on the previous 3B+ model, and at $35 for the 1G model it's also a bargain, and we predict it will be a massively popular way to run Kodi via distro's like LibreELEC, OSMC and Raspbian. It brings 4K media support, faster CPUs, faster memory, faster Ethernet, faster USB, and now handles HEVC natively. Yesterday the new Raspberry Pi 4B was unveiled with a revised spec that guarantees it will be super-popular with Kodi users.
