Raspberry Pi Case with cutout for heatsink

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I'm using a modified version of the nice case design from ksamualsen. To accommodate the heat sink, I added a cutout for one that can be purchased from Adafruit. They even offered me a free heat sink similar to the one that comes with the Raspberry Pi at an additional minimal cost. The cutout has plenty of room to fit a 15mm x 15mm heat sink which I bought from Adafruit. I also included the case for my Waveshare night vision camera in this design. Since I don't use the infrared light that comes with the camera because it gets too hot, I instead use multiple pi cases with different Waveshare cameras. What works best for me is to buy a separate external infrared light that floods the whole room, so I don't have to worry about the heat in the camera case or the power draw from the raspberry pi itself. This setup works quite well. If you do use the infrared light from the Waveshare camera, you can just modify it by punching a hole in the backing of the camera housing using Tinkercad or your favorite CAD program to accommodate a heat sink if you're worried about the heat. However, when I used the camera with the infrared light enclosed in this case and ran it 24/7 for a month without any issues.