Pi Zero & Camera Caddie

The purpose of the caddie is to mount a Pi Zero with attached camera to the v-slot rail at the height of the build plate at it's highest position and also at the height of the print head for timelapse videos where you want to be able to see below the hot end.

Sure, you could cable tie it to the frame at the same height, but seriously, let's over engineer a caddie to do the same job!

I created it to be free standing or you can bolt it to the v-slot rail using the 2x holes on the top edge. It has a cable channel for any GPIO pins if you were to make a top lid for it. There is a gap for the power and USB in the bottom of the caddie.

It's designed for a Pi Zero in a case, there are lots of cases but mine is a "Premium Raspberry Pi Zero case"

The caddie can also be mounted outside of the frame if you just want somewhere to hang your Pi Zero without a camera

Warning:

I made this for my Ender 5 Pro, and it sits on the inside of the front/top frame, I have a standard bed and it fits without touching the bed but if the hot end goes to the end it won't clear the caddie (see pic). Please check your own clearance when fitted to make sure it's not in the way when printing. If the hotend goes outside the build volume limit it might hit the caddie.

Creality

Ender 5

0.4mm

20%

With the steppers disabled the hot end can be manually moved to the edge of the frame. In this case it would hit the mount. This is outside the listed build volume but I imagine there are situations where the hotend is extended all of the way.