I set up Octoprint to help run my Prusa MK3S a few months ago. It’s pretty great, and I’m astonished at how well supported an open source project can be. I got my Raspberry Pi all set up pretty quickly (after a very frustrating several hours having inexplicable failures trying to flash an SD card from my Lenovo laptop… worked first try when I used a Mac instead…). I left the Pi over on the edge of the 3D printer area since I didn’t have a better solution at the time.

I came across this design for a nicely integrated mount that attaches the Raspberry Pi directly to the Prusa frame. I thought it was clever that the design utilizes an off-the-shelf passive heatsink case to prevent the Raspberry Pi from overheating. My buddy Michael printed the orange bit for me in ABS since I only print PLA and PETG at home right now (since the printer is all up in our living room). I had to modify the part a little since it’s designed for a Model 4 and I’m using a 3B, but we’re up and running! It’s way cleaner than before.

I’m regularly impressed by the high quality designs and documentation from makers/tinkerers/creators on the internet. The internet can be pretty rad some times.