media_center

The final media_center.

I wanted to upgrade my media center (RPi B+ with xbian) to something a bit nicer, more stable and more accessible than just the RPi in a basic plastic case.

So I built an enclosure out marine plywood with merbau edging and aluminum front and rear panels. All of the connections I wanted to use were broken out from the pi with panel-mount extension cables.

I've also switched to OSMC as the operating system (which serves up Kodi).

The electronic components includes:

Gallery

Glueing merbau edge-banding to the plywood. Preparing bottom and side panels for glue-up..
Partially assembled enclosure with aluminium front/rear panels. Clamped while the glue dries (top panel clamped - no glue - to keep things square).
Mounted HDMI and Ethernet extensions. All ports extended and power switch added.
Different angle. Different angle.
The final media_center (rear panel view).