Information
Key features
Case
PCB
Bill of materials
Installation
Led configuration
Oled stats
Known issues
To do
Contribute

Information

A few years ago, I built a server with a CM4, a CM4IO board and an asm1064 PCI-e card. With the release of the Raspberry Pi 5, I wanted to build a new server. I prefer the Geekworm X1009 to the Radxa Penta because it has five ports and the power connector is on the back.

This server case isn't the smallest, but I'm happy with it so far. It sits on my media unit and is always visible, so it needs to look good.

Key features

• 149x194x88mm (width x depth x height(without feet))
• Supports 5x2.5" HDD up to 15mm on caddy's
• Access to the SD card, power button and LED on the side behind the ventilation grille.
• Custom PCB and software (Easy configure led's wia Webserver)
• Oled stats (https://github.com/CircuitGremlin/RPiOledStatsLuma)

Case

3D print files
Plywood panel plans

PCB

Schematic
Preview
Files

Bill of materials

Raspberry Pi hardware

Quantity	Part
1	Raspberry Pi 5
1	Geekworm X1009 PCIe to 5-Port SATA Shield for Raspberry Pi 5
1	Geekworm H505 Active Cooler for Raspberry Pi 5
5	Sata male to female adapter
5	10cm Sata cable
1	Raspberry Pi 5 RTC Batterie
1	60x15mm or 60x10mm fan (12V PWM recomended)

Case hardware

Quantity	Part	Dimension	Purpose
45	Stainless screw	M3x6mm - M3x7mm	Case, PCB, fan
45	Heatinsert	M3xL3xOD4.5mm	Case, PCB, fan
4	Standoff	M2.5x6mm	Raspberry Pi mount
4	Screw	M2.5x6mm - M2.5x8mm	Raspberry Pi mount

Plywood panels

Quantity	Part	Dimension
2	Top/Bottom	194x149x4mm
2	Left/Right	192x80x4mm
1	Front	80x48x2mm

PCB

Quantity	Part	Value
1	PCB	JLCPCB
1	Oled	1.54"
2	Button	12X12X7,3mm 6Pin with led
5	Led	5mm
1	Connector JST XH	5pin male & female & crimp contacts
1	Connector JST XH	9pin male & female & crimp contacts
2	Pinheader 2.54mm	4pin
1	MCU SOIC-14	ATtiny1614
1	LDO SOT-23	MCP1702T-3302ECB
5	PNP transistor SOT-23	BC857
1	NPN transistor SOT-23	BC847
2	Resistor 0805	30R
5	Resistor 0805	270R
2	Resistor 0805	4K7
1	Resistor 0805	10K
6	Resistor 0805	33K
2	Capacitor 0805	1μF
1	Capacitor 0805	0.1μF / 100nF
1	Fuse 0805	<100mA (optional)
14	Jumperwire	15-20cm with female housing
1	Combo	Male PWM fan connector & cable

Installation

Install needed packages and enable I2C interface

/install_packages_and_i2c.sh

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CircuitGremlin/ServerPi/main/install_packages_and_i2c.sh | bash

Reboot if necessary

sudo reboot

Install this repository

/install_repo.sh

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CircuitGremlin/ServerPi/main/install_repo.sh | bash

Install services

/install_service.sh, /python/serverpi-send-intermediate-status/install.sh, /python/serverpi-send-ready-status/install.sh

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CircuitGremlin/ServerPi/main/install_service.sh | bash

Install fan

/install_fan.sh

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CircuitGremlin/ServerPi/main/install_fan.sh | bash

Reboot if necessary

sudo reboot

Led configuration

Activate virtual python environment

source ~/ServerPi/python/pyvenv/bin/activate

Run python led server

python ~/ServerPi/python/serverpi-led-server/serverpi-led-server.py

Go to http://your-server:3001 and set your led brightness. To stop the server, press Ctrl+C.

Oled stats

I use my own python script: https://github.com/CircuitGremlin/RPiOledStatsLuma

Setup button

Edit config.yml

nano ~/RPiOledStatsLuma/config.yml

Setup button like so

buttons:
  - gpio: "17"
    func: "next"

Known issues

• None yet ;)

To do

• Setup power button hold function (c++ and python) to reboot Raspberry Pi
• Setup status led (Secondary button) to visualize status, disk health, etc.

Contribute

Let me know if you found an issue or like to contribute. Thank you!