I love seeing bold mods like that orange antenna, it reminds me of how I tinker with game setups. I’ve grabbed ideas from on ModsCraft before, since trying out different add-ons there got me thinking more creatively about hardware mods too. Little experiments like that often spark the best upgrades, so I’m curious what other wild colors or shapes folks will bring to their uConsole builds.
Valleytech Custom Solutions on YouTube came up with a clear uConsole case: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qhysz9csKpg
I’d really like one of these for myself…
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Shame there’s no heatsink for the CM 
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Is there any antenna mod for the uConsole where I only get one antenna just for WiFi? Especially a small antenna, that doesn’t stick out the top of my uConsole.
Would lululvlv’s antenna work for you?
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there’s also a few options available on printables if you have access to your own 3d printer
As an experiment, I built Wi-Fi and GPS antennas into the uConsole.
(I omitted the LoRa antenna since I’m not using it.)
The Wi-Fi performance is better than the stock antenna, but not as good as an external antenna.
That said, it’s perfectly usable.
As for the GPS, as expected, it has trouble locking onto satellites.
It does work, though, outdoors where the sky is clearly visible.
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For the SSD mod where do I find a configuration for just the SSD slot? Like no extra other things not related to the SSD.
Also how much storage size drives does the SSD mod on the uconsole support? 1TB? 2TB? Any?
If I get this: uConsole antenna&3D print shell! – hack2you
Is it just plug an play with pi os/pi os lite from rex and do I need any other hardware modification?
It should be plug and play.
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Realised the shipping is $25USD.
Why are antennas so expensive? I can’t find one around $15 USD including shipping.
I have a small simple reset mod.
While using the CM5, I had to open my uConsole every time it crashed.
Now I have a little “switch / jumper.”
I used a little plate with copper foil on both sides between the battery’s negative pole and the uConsole. I soldered a wire to both sides and used a jumper to close the circuit. If my uConsole crashes, I open and close the jumper. 
After my headphone jack gets ripped off the board, I use some epoxy (for PCBs) to secure the new headphone jack.
Now I can use headphones, and the speakers work again too.
It’s a good idea to secure the fragile headphone jack and maybe save another user some trouble.
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It’s shipping from China. Add more to your order; shipping stays roughly the same even with more items.
or buy the raspi antenna kit locally, and find someone locally to 3d print the antenna bracket
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ok a few hours later… not my best idea. now the headphones doesn’t fit anymore and the internal speaker doesn’t turn off if i try to use headphones. the epoxy flew inside the headphone jack.
Back to USBC Headphones
If you are using one of my images install the package clockworkpi-audio-disable I made it for the cm5 to force the audio to the headphone jack to eliminate the static when the batteries get low. It just adds a menu entry to disable the speakers till reboot. The pin that switches the audio might be covered but the rest might be good. It’s worth a shot.
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Thanks your package works.
But I have pulled off the epoxy, reverse engineered the pinout, and soldered a new headphone jack.
Afterward, I see there are schematics—no reverse engineering necessary. 
Nevertheless, now I can listen to music via the original headphone jack, and switching to the speakers works as intended—and I learned something.
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FYI it may become loose with time, try to add some epoxy!
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