Project I’ve almost finished.. Just need to secure the added components to make sure they won’t shift and short-out in the future.
Changed the PSUs because the originals were dead, I got ones with an additional output. Connected two ideal diodes to each power supply so that my stuff will also have the redundant power.
5v UBEC from the ideal diodes to the SBC.
Used a NanoPi Neo because that is what I had on hand, couldn’t get a hold of a Raspberry Pi Zero 2, and a full sized Raspberry Pi board didn’t fit..
The NanoPi’s 5v output powers a small 5-port gigabit switch, added two Cat5e bulkheads to the case, one for the external network and the second to connect to Eth8.
Used a USB-Serial adapter and ran flat terminal cable through one of the V vents on the front for the console port. Yes, I could have used the GPIO for this but I had reasons to not to.
Connected a RTC to the NanoPi to keep time while power is disconnected. I may pull this out before finishing, I haven’t decided yet.
So.. OOB console and able to NetInstall should the need arise in the future, self-contained in the CCR.