ProtoStax
Modular, extensible and stackable plug-and-play enclosures that can transform your jumble of wires and boards into an attractive and usable product. You can proudly display your creation on a coffee table, share it with friends and family, or even sell to customers!
What is ProtoStax?
You have your breadboarded prototype working nicely. How do you go from that to a useable and demonstrable prototype?
This requires several hurdles to be crossed. Designing your own enclosure, 3D printing it or fabricating it from existing material, or even using an existing project box and shoving everything in there – all of it is cumbersome and offers an extra barrier towards making a functional project.
We help you go from a Jumble-of-wires prototype to a functional and attractive one!
We make it easier for you to bridge this chasm with our modular, extensible and stackable enclosures. You can start with using just the base as a prototyping plate. Assembly later is very easy due to its modular design. We also have different peripheral options included like LCD screens, buttons, camera mounts, tripod mounts that help make your prototype more real-world and interact-able.
So what are you waiting for? Start building stuff that you can actually use and demo – easily and cost-effectively!
Use it as a Prototyping Platform
When you begin prototyping, use it as a prototyping plate in what we call Platform Configuration which firmly mounts your board to the bottom plate, giving you ultimate access to the board. Removable rubber feet will help protect your table or surface as well, and elevate the board!
Use it as an Open Enclosure
Leave out the Side walls and just add the Top plate for an Open Configuration with more airflow and open access. This is useful when you want protection from grubby fingers while still having accessibility and good airflow – useful for the Raspberry Pi 4 that’s churning away on bitcoin mining!
Use it as a Fully Closed Enclosure
Get maximum protection with our Fully Closed Configuration. Our beautiful, elegant enclosures are not just functional but great-looking, light-weight, and offer considerable protection for your project! They also offer ample room inside for a shield, or a HAT and components.
Add Functionality with Extension Kits and Add-Ons
Projects often need peripherals like display screens, buttons, fans, sensors and the like. Often, that involves designing the peripheral layout yourself, drilling and cutting holes (which is difficult for square or rectangular components), or 3D printing custom enclosures and jigs. With ProtoStax Extension Kits and Add-Ons, we make it easier for you to integrate these peripherals into your next project.
Thanks to our modular design, Extension Kits and Add-Ons allow you to swap out existing pieces of your ProtoStax Enclosure with new pieces that offer additional functionality
Mix-and-Match, Customize and Expand
Great on their own, ProtoStax Enclosures can also be combined with each other since they are modular, stackable and work together.
Get started with ProtoStax today!
◆ ProtoStax for Arduino fits Uno AND Mega footprints
◆ ProtoStax for Raspberry Pi comes in three flavors: A+, B+/4B and Zero
◆ ProtoStax for Breadboard/Custom is useful for breadboarded circuits, breadboard-friendly micro-controllers, single-board computers, or any custom board that fits its dimensions: the usable space inside is 4″ L x 2.4″ W x 1.2″ H
◆ Extension Kits offer customizations that you can easily apply to your ProtoStax Enclosures
View all of our available options below and don’t forget to check out our extension kits!
