Gameslab case in detail

The Gameslab case is made of three custom-machine aluminum plates and held together by only four screws. Notice there aren’t any screw holes showing on the front.

Notes

• Manufactured by Front Panel Express
• I saw that they were used by audiophiles for custom audio gear amongst other things
• The front face is anodized and brushed
• The front has no screw holes
• Held together by four M4 screws
• Bought a kit of M2 and M3 screws off of Amazon
• The front has beveled and rounded edges and beveled thumbstick holes
• The back plate is anodized but not brushed
• The middle plate acts as a heat spreader for the Zynq and also seperates the battery from everything else
• The battery is a giant 10 amp-hour type used for USB charging bricks
• The battery is attached to the back plate with some sticky tape to keep it from sliding around
• The middle plate is thermally coupled to the Zynq with some thermal compound sheets
• The LCD is connected to the board with a flat-flex into a zero-insertion force connector
• The connectors with the part that flips up are much better than the push-in type
• The LCD is attached to the front-panel with some double-sided, very thin, tape