Existing Pi 500+ Mounts/Mods?
I recently got a Pi 500+ (I'm a sucker for click switches and it's honestly gotten me to engage with a RPi way more than I have for years), but I want it to be a little more portable than it already is. I was considering finding a way to have some kind of mounting/anchoring system for it to attach a battery pack as well as a monitor, either a Waveshare display or if I can a folding Vesa mount for monitors like the Pi monitor.
My first though was to 3d print a bracket that goes around the keyboard, but give the large footprint and the lack of mounting holes, I wasn't sure it would be robust enough or have enough grip. It seems like my best shot would be using the vents on the bottom to create a holding point, but I'm worried adding too much weight would damage them. My second thought was to add some threaded inserts to the bottom/back to make mountings easier, but I'm not sure if there's enough room for bolts to avoid damaging the internals, or if the plastic shell is thick enough to properly support an insert without breaking.
Since the 500+ is relatively new, I haven't been able to find many physical mods done for it, so wanted to reach out here and see if anyone has attempted something like this already. Basically I just wanted to reach out and see if anyone else has tried something like this, and if so what worked and what didn't work before I start ripping mine apart to experiment. It is a pretty expensive unit for a Pi, so I want to be careful before making any per.anen