Re-housing a Gl.inet Beryl AX router
A while back I made a dedicated mounting option for use on set for the Gl.iNet Beryl and Slate travel routers and wrote about the benefits of having a dedicated router on set . Since then, it's inspired a others to make clones. While the design I came up with is great for most users I was looking for a way to make it work better for my needs. I'd seen others re-house other travel routers in the past and Rencher Industries has had a re-housed Gl.iNet for years. Well, I finally found a bit of time to dedicate to my own project and tore open the router. Once inside I was surprised to see not just the two moveable antenna but a 3rd integrated into the case. Other than that it's very straight forward with 4 screws holding the PCBA to the housing. Here's the layout of the board inside After I saw what I was dealing with I jumped into CAD and came up with my solution. The main goals were: Maintain access the I/O. No external power cabling. Integrated 1/4-20 mount. Maintai...
