file for laser cutter to mount Bela?

yannseznec

(this has certainly been asked before...maybe even by me? but I can't find it...)

Does anyone have an accurate DXF file or similar that has the positioning of the mounting holes for the bigger Bela board? I want to laser cut the holes so they are nice and accurate, as opposed to my general approach of drilling holes by hand!

I recognise that this is more of a Beagleboard situation, rather than Bela!

adanlbenito

Hi Yann,

I have done a few mounting plates over the years for Bela. The attached file is for one of the latest designs that I had lying around in my laptop, do not remember if I took the measurements from the BeagleBone datasheet, measured them with a caliper, or both, but I cut and used at least a dozen of these with no problem.

bela-workshop-plate.txt

1MB

(not sure why the upload function is changing the extension of the dxf file to txt but you can revert the extension back to dxf and use it).

giuliomoro

adanlbenito (not sure why the upload function is changing the extension of the dxf file to txt but you can revert the extension back to dxf and use it).

I think I fixed that now (for future uploads)

adanlbenito

Either way, in case you want to cross-check, Beaglebone Black's dimensions are on page 102 of the [System Reference Manual](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/datasheets/BBB_SRM.pdf) (attached here for future reference).

yannseznec

amazing, thank you!