Odroid Go Super Ultra Grip

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Inspired by the work of LupusWoraxCustom (https://www.thingiverse.com/lupusworaxcustom/designs), here is my take on a grip for the Odroid Go Super! I have tested this with my own (average sized American) hands for several hours and I can report a MARKED increase in overall comfort and ZERO cramping! For comparison sake I do get wrist cramping and hand numbness fairly quickly with the stock OGS, a Nintendo Switch, or 3DS XL. I've played several marathon sessions of Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance for 2+ hours using this grip, and anyone who's played that knows it uses a TON of L/R button presses, and it has been quite comfortable. Again for comparison I would get cramps after maybe 20-30 minutes of play time without a grip. I have not tested this extensively with the joysticks. I use my OGS for almost exclusively for retro emulation so I just don't have any use for the joysticks, but when positioning my thumbs over them and rotating them for a few minutes things felt comfortable and I was able to rest my index fingers on the L/R buttons without stretch or strain, so hopefully this should at least increase some of your comfort if you're using heavy analog stick gameplay. Now for a bit about the design process: I started with a base model that @LupusWoraxCustom provided to me (thanks Loup!) which I believe is based on a model of the Xbox 360 controller that he imported and modified slightly. From there I solidified it, cleaned up some of the geometry in Meshmixer, then split it apart and imported it into Fusion 360. I then converted to BRep, duped and mirrored the mesh, extended and rejoined the grip, cut the OGS shape, and added a speaker tube so that now we have FRONT FACING sound, because WHY did they put a rear facing speaker on the OGS?? Also the speaker grill is hexagons because hexagons are bestagons. It sounds...good. Not great, but if I cover the hole with my thumb I can definitely hear a significant difference, so it seems like the sound tube is doing a decent job of redirecting sound towards your face, where it should be. Again I will never understand rear-facing speakers. You're literally sending sound away from the player and it's a decision that leaves me scratching my head, but thankfully my grip does a decent job of solving that flaw. The rear features vertical channels so that air flow from the CPU on the OGS is (mostly) unimpeded. I chose vertical slats here instead of matching the OGS horizontal mainly for ease of printing without needing supports, and also because trying to match the size and spacing of the OGS vent and not block them would be a pain, so I split the difference and went vertical. Yes it loses a small amount of airflow but it's not like a ton of airflow was needed. I suppose you could always just use some flush cutters to remove the bars entirely if you wanted to "maximize" your airflow... I could probably cut a more form fitting version of this at some point but I don't have an accurate enough model of the OGS (and my calipers were not large enough to measure the width), so the J shaped brackets are a bit bulkier than I'd like overall, but they shouldn't impede the controls much, though you might feel them a bit when pressing the lower 4 F buttons, but thankfully those are almost unused for actual gameplay so they shouldn't pose a problem. The grip bottoms are flattened so this thing can (and does) freely stand up on its own with pretty decent (but not great) stability. The stock fit is reasonably tight, but not TOO tight - be aware that your mileage may vary based on your printer calibrations. I did add small recesses on either side of the grip - I personally put mounting putty (aka sticky tack, pata fix, bluetack, etc) into these and with the right amount (a tiny play-doh snake) provides a VERY solid hold without marring the surface of your OGS at all. You could also use felt pads, rubber, hot glue, etc, - but again, Mounting Putty is definitely ideal here, and it's like...$2USD for more than you'll ever need. That said, the stock fit on my final print *was* reasonably tight without it - I did go through several iterations to get a good fit without needing additional help, but it's not perfect, I didn't want to make it too tight and scuff up the OGS shell, so here we are. Also included are F3D and STEP files! I hope this helps with anyone wanting to make a remix! Also I apologize in advance for how messy the actual thing is in Fusion/CAD. I am not a professional so there were areas where I had to do some "hacks" to make the geometry behave the way I wanted, and since the base was a mesh imported from Meshmixer the geometry is quite rough in some areas and compromises had to be made. Obviously you could import the STL into Meshmixer and use that as well. GLHF! Please post some makes - I'd love to see this out in the wild!