Enclosure to buy for esp8266?

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What do you guys use for enclosures for your boards?
I’m looking for a way to mount into some box to protect an esp8266, and I don’t have a 3d printer. What kind of solutions do you use?

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Back in 2017 I bought about 8 of these from eBay, does really help as they the seller doesn’t have any any more.
“Project plastic box enclosure case E94P/W”

They fit a nodemcuV3 with male pins on the board, they allow a little room to plug a cable on to the headers.

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I bought a bunch of these for my temp/humidity sensors:

https://au.element14.com/hammond/1551v4wh/enclosure-small-abs-white/dp/2985875?MER=sy-me-pd-mi-alte

There are other sizes and black versions available.

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I used a couple of these from amazon:

They fit a nodemcu nicely with plenty of room to spare for other components.

Here is a picture of it for a Smoker temp sensor that I made:

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the perf-board I used is 6x8cm and fits pretty well with a bit of trimming with a dremel.

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Thanks all of you. The perf board actually has another advantage that I don’t mind putting screws through it to mount to the box.

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I’ve been looking for ESP8266 cases as well for the NodeMCU or ESP32 WROOM variant.

I was hoping for something that looked like this where the pins are inside, and you can plug in dupont wires:

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I wanna set this up for a bed pressure sensor, but I don’t want the board exposed nor do I want it floating around in a box. Something purpose-built for it would be great.

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Dude, you’re replying to a 5-year old post and it’s not the first time you’ve done this.

In the meantime, for your specific usecase this was launched last September.
Also, 3D printing has come a long way since 2020, so you might wanna look up services in your area if you don’t have immediate access to a 3D printer.

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Thanks for that link! I didn’t know about that product. Looks pretty slick! I don’t have slats on any of my beds though. They’re on adjustable bed stands sadly.

But I made my own using aluminum foil on two sides of paper and capacitance monitoring on an ESP32. Ridiculously cheap and effective. Hardest part is capping the CAT6 cable (because I used CAT6 for easy wiring).

I’m gonna buy a 3D printer today. I’m getting fed up not having one.

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They sell a universal mounting kit (which, tbh, you could make yourself) for this very purpose.

Careful with this. Others have tried it before you, and the general consensus is that the paper & foil degrade or tear quite quickly.

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