At long last, more than three years after launch, there is an official Raspberry Pi case. In keeping with Raspberry Pi's aspirational remit of bringing affordable computing to the masses, the official case costs just £6 (or $8.60 in the US). The case, rather fittingly, features a rather dashing white-and-raspberry colour scheme.
Ever since the release of the Model A and B in 2012, and the follow-up releases of the Model B+ and Raspberry Pi 2, there has always been one rather obvious omission from the product stack: an official case. Because the Raspberry Pi is designed for a range of uses, from DIY maker machinations to low-cost educational computing, it never really made sense to provide one official case. Instead, the Foundation encouraged people and third-party vendors to make and/or sell their own cases. We've seen some wonderful cases over the years, include cases made of 3D-printed plastic, Lego bricks, and even hand-crafted wood.
A highly aspirational photo of the new Raspberry Pi case
But now, designed in partnership with Kinneir Dufort, there's an official case for the Raspberry Pi 2 (and Model B+, which shares the same form factor). The case is made of injection moulded plastic and comes in four parts: a raspberry-coloured main chassis, and then three clip-on panels (two for the sides and one that goes on top). You can remove some or all of the white panels, depending on how much of the underlying electronics you want to reveal. The panel nearest the GPIO pins is solid and will need to be removed if you want to use it.
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