Solid clip-on cover with a deployable antenna (Kirou)
A PLA shell that clips onto the back using the stand as its anchor, plus an antenna mount with two clip positions — flat for the bag, deployed for range.
What it takes
- 3D print
- Disassembly
Difficulty 2 of 3 — moderate.
Details
Kirou's cover is a solid printed shell that clips to the rear of the console, given a 1 mm gap and wide contact pads after Arkaium warned about paint rub. The antenna mod started as a piece of plastic between chassis and antenna (47 % → 62 % in the XFCE meter) and grew into a deployable mount, published separately on Thingiverse, that folds against the chassis for carrying and clips out when you need the signal; the thread's second edit calls the improvement drastic.
Both models are on Thingiverse under Kirouh; the files were added some time after the thread opened.
Links
Open at Forum threadRelated mods
A printed replacement for the stock antenna cover that hides a full-size dual-band Wi-Fi antenna and an LTE antenna behind an engraved 'uConsole CM4' panel.
A minimal printed shroud over the HackerGadgets 7-antenna board that keeps SD card access and leaves room to tidy the pigtails.
The most-printed external antenna mounts for the uConsole — a small bracket on the console's own M4 screw positions with an RP-SMA bulkhead for a short whip.
A printed bracket that bolts to the console's flat-head M4 screw positions and carries three SMA antennas; a companion profile fits the HackerGadgets AIO board.
A single-piece remix of paragonnov's three-antenna bracket that prints as one part, so there is nothing to glue.
A tape-on printed hinge that holds the antenna flat for carrying and folds it up, clear of the metal body, when you need the signal.