3/6/2026 6:12 PM - Established Goal/Plan

Whats inside

Parts:

• Raspberry Pi 4 Model B
• USB SSD (ideally 500gb+)
• 32GB microSD card
• Raspberry Pi case with fan
• official Pi power adapter
• Ethernet cable
• OLED Display
• RGB LED
• Power Button

Software

OS:

• Raspberry Pi OS

NAS software:

• OpenMediaVault

What Can it Do?

• backup my PC
• store files for my house
• block ads on WiFi
• run small apps
• host websites
• monitor network
• dashboard webpage

Approx Cost

Item	Cost(€)
Raspberry Pi 4	90
SSD	50
microSD	10
case/fan	15
power Supply	10
oled	6
led	3
buttons	2
total	~180

3/6/2026 6:53 PM - Made The Wiring diagram

I found every part need for the NAS and put them in paint.
after i had every part i drew lines to show their wiring.

I didnt include the case/fan because that attaches on to the board.

Im using the extra Leds that came with the hackpad kit to save money and time.

SurfNAS Case plan:

Front Panel
[ OLED screen ]
● RGB LED
[ Power Button ]

Inside Case
┌───────────────────┐
│ Raspberry Pi 4 │
│ │
│ microSD (bottom) │
│ Fan on top │
│ GPIO wires → OLED │
│ GPIO wires → LED │
│ GPIO wires → BTN │
└───────────────────┘
│
│ USB 3.0
│
SSD Drive

Top/Bottom Panels
Honeycomb or Line pattern

3/7/2026 - Made the Case

This took a while.

I started by making the parts ill have, the neo case, SSD, button, raspberry pi, oled and led.
For the pi, oled, and led I imported that but the rest i made just basic shapes for size demonstration.

I was originally gonna have a argon neo case for the pi but i Realised that would just waste money and time when i could just 3d print the case and add a tiny fan instead, so that's what i did.

I added a honeycomb pattern on top for airflow.
I finished making all the sides of the case with holes for ports and i decided to add another gap of honeycomb for airflow as it was an empty space.

Lastly I made the USB panel. I added corners to them so they slide into the case keeping it there.

3/8/2026 - Made BOM , Software and Github

I made up The Software which is mainly just running scripts in Terminal and setting up Raspberry Pi OS.

Then I Made the tutorial in the readme.md and I uploaded everything to github

After Everything was Uploaed i Made the BOM. I Found every Part i Needed on aliexpress and amazon and then wrote everything in a table for the readme.
Then I Created BOM.csv

Lastly I Uploaded Images of the Schematic, Case, And Assembly Design.