Cases and boxes for a "finished" project

Hardware
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I guess this does belong in "hardware".

I've completed a project using a Nano with headers and a breadboard.

Now I want to install it "properly" - whatever that may mean to different people.

Basically to get another Nano, without the headers, and solder everything in place - or keep the headers and use a solderable breadboard.

I'm happy with the cost of a Nano for the finished product, so for now don't want to try and print my own PCB, to replicate the Nano board.

It's this "next step" I seem to be struggling with.

I'm seriously struggling to find a simple box to contain the Nano - nothing fancy, just to protect the electrical contacts as it's going to live inside a large metal box.

I've been Googling but for some reason can't find anything - any suggestions?

What do you guys do?

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3D printed housings.

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There are many commercial boxes for the Uno product. With that, I'd use a Uno-footprint carrier board for the Nano. Otherwise, yeah, look for a 3D printed option, though again more often associated with Uno boards.
Something like:
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Or, you could just use one of these:
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Though that gives you no protection, per se.

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The term you want to google is "electronics enclosures" There are literally tens of thousands of varieties. It's a very mature field. Since you say the assembly is going inside a metal box, an alternative is DIN rail mounting: another standard mounting system for control panels. You can find DIN rail plates for various arduino types, or do like I do and epoxy a nano screw terminal carrier to a standard DIN clip.

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Thanks, size is definitely of the essence here, so it looks like I'll go with a solderable breadboard, cut down to as small as possible.

Sounds like I also need to add a 3D printer to my christmas list.

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Take a view here to get some ideas:

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