Mango and Shadow in thinner 3D Printed Case and Dual USB C

[slal03]

Hi everyone,

Perhaps this is a silly vanity project. But I got into gl-iNet routers because of their small size, power usage whilst having openwrt.

Over the years the small form factor has gotten bigger and bigger (travel routers have gone from 2.5cm thick to 3-4cm thick) and power consumption higher and higher (gone from <2W in Shadow to 4-6W in many travel routers).

Yes the new WiFi standards probably require more cooling and power, but I want the smallest device and lowest power draw for my use case (2.4GHz is all I need).

I was wondering how hard it would be to create a 3D printed housing for my Mango and Shadow routers to make it from 2.5cm thickness to 2cm thickness. For reference the TP Link Nano is 1.8cm thick.

Also I want to have USB C in and USB C out. Would this be a simple change with soldering or would there be more involved?

Thanks!

[bruce]

The power input interface (Micro USB) probably is easy to DIY change Tyoe-C, but the USB-A is difficult to change, since the USB-A pin in the motherboard is different with Type-C, but can try doing this like add the cables in the motherboard.