Raspberry Pi 3 Technical Drawing

The Raspberry Pi PCB measures 85mm x 56.2mm excluding overhanging connectors and is 20.8mm high.

PCB Gerbers

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/344

No actual gerber files have been released the last time we looked (07/2012).

Official CAD

There is no official drawing the last time we looked (07/2012).

Our CAD

This is our 2D drawing of the Raspberry Pi. It has been created in Altium and exported to DXF. As no source DXF was available from the Raspberry Pi Foundation we had to work from overlaying photos and their gerber image. The positioning of the header pins is spot on and tested on boards we've made where the Raspberry Pi is fitted as a daughter board (see below). The positioning of the other Raspberry Pi connectors looks good from a visual check but we've not tested this as yet by designing for an application where the connectors need to align with a panel cutout.

Raspberry Pi Model B 2D DXF File

Raspberry Pi Model B Altium File

Mounting the Raspberry Pi onto a PCB

These Samtec headers do the job, available from www.toby.co.uk (United Kingdom Samtec distributor who typically have to order in on demand due to Samtec's massive range, however Samtec don't have minimum order quantity restrictions)

ESW-113-33-G-D – 2x13pin double row 16.13mm high socket for P1 IO header

ESW-108-33-G-S – 1x8pin single row 16.13mm high socket for P2 header

As used in this design for one of our clients, which aligns the Ethernet and USB connectors for use through the end products front panel and also provides up to 500mA for each of the USB ports:

Panel Mount HDMI Connection

These suppliers provide panel mount HDMI cables:

www.datapro.net

Prior to finding the above this was the best low cost cable based solution we had found (click on images for links):

Community CAD

RS Components has a 3D Model

http://grabcad.com/library/raspberry-pi-a

https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-Prototyping-Pi-Plate

http://elinux.org/RPi_Hub#R-Pi_Model_B_3D_CAD_files

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4402

http://freakyshape.com/raspberry-pi-board-mechanical-data/

http://marcoalici.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/me-and-the-raspberrypi/#

Community PCB Images

http://www.andrewscheller.co.uk/rpi_pcb_modules.html – uses a very cool stacked image tool

USEFUL?

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