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Community Mods

Community-contributed enclosures, mounts, and trays for the SpoolSense scanner — from desk-friendly standalone cases to per-lane readers for multi-material systems. Repo-hosted mods live in the usermods/ directory; others are published on Printables. Every design here is free.

Standalone Scanner Cases

  • PlasticSnake's Standalone Enclosure

    PlasticSnake's enclosure

    A 4-part desk unit for ESP32-S3-Zero + PN5180 + 16x2 I2C LCD, with an LED diffuser and optional TPU feet. Designed to keep the NFC antenna tight against the scan surface for reliable reads.

    PLA/PETG · no supports on the top piece

    GitHub Printables

  • roomonthethird's Snap-Fit Case

    roomonthethird's case

    The most compact option: a snap-fit two-piece case for ESP32-S3-SuperMini + PN5180. Wires solder directly to both boards (no headers — that's how it stays this small). Fusion 360 source included for remixing.

    PLA/PETG · 15%+ infill · no supports

    GitHub

  • Jim's Scanner Enclosure v2

    A clean 3-piece printable enclosure (base, middle, inset panel) for the ESP32-S3-Zero + PN5180 configuration.

    PLA/PETG · 0.2mm layers · 15–20% infill

    GitHub

  • LinuxGangster's Standalone Case

    A two-piece case (body + lid) for the ESP32-S3-Zero + PN532 reader configuration.

    PLA/PETG · 0.2mm layers · 15–20% infill

    GitHub

  • Poseidon's SpoolSense Solo Reader

    A standalone scanner case with interchangeable mount plates — one design fits both the ESP32-DevKitC (WROOM) and the ESP32-S3-Zero.

    Printables

Shelf & Dock Mounts

  • Poseidon's SpoolSense Dock

    A dock-style scanner case for ESP32 + PN5180 + 16x2 I2C LCD + RGB LED that mounts to CerealBox, Kichly, and Skroam dry-box shelving — scan spools right where they're stored.

    Printables

Multi-Material System Trays

Per-lane readers for AFC and toolchanger setups — pair with the BoxTurtle build guide.

  • LinuxGangster's BoxTurtle PN532 Tray

    A modified BoxTurtle tray that seats a PN532 reader alongside an AFC lane, for multi-scanner setups with per-lane spool detection.

    GitHub

  • zoldemberg's ArmoredTurtle Tray

    A tray for ArmoredTurtle multi-material setups integrating a PN532 mount + ESP32-WROOM enclosure for per-lane scanning.

    License: CC BY 4.0

    Printables

Submit Your Own

Have a case, mount, or mod? Two ways to get it on this page:

Host it in the repo — fork spoolsense_scanner, add a directory under usermods/ with your STL/3MF/STEP files and a README.md (description, print settings, photos), and open a PR targeting main. Each contributor owns and maintains their mod — see the usermods README.

Published on Printables? Open an issue or drop the link in Discord and we'll add it here.