There are one million methods to make use of a tiny single-board pc in a hobbyist mission, however one of the vital apparent is perhaps to show that little board right into a full-fledged, pint-sized pc. Redditor stopdesign has finished simply that, and the consequence is a straightforward, but lovely handheld pc that I completely don’t want, but can not think about dwelling one other day with out. The aim of the mission was to create a distraction-free coding pc that can be utilized anyplace and in all places. However because it runs Linux, it might simply as simply be repurposed for different duties.
Banana for scale (📷: stopdesign)
The case (which seems to be 3D printed) folds open like a laptop computer. The highest half of the open case has a large LCD show, whereas the decrease half has a keyboard. The keyboard doesn’t appear to be it will be a dream to kind on, however it’s only supposed for thumb typing. And in comparison with different gadgets of an identical dimension, the bodily keys can be an enormous enchancment over the touchscreens sometimes used.
Contained in the case, there’s a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W to energy, properly, mainly the whole lot. The remainder of the construct is successfully simply including a very nice interface to an in any other case naked circuit board. Since nothing a lot else is required, there may be loads of free area within the case for a big, 8,000 mAh rechargeable battery to maintain the system up and operating for prolonged intervals of time.
Properly, that will be skinny for the Nineteen Nineties, anyway (📷: stopdesign)
Wanting forward, stopdesign is planning to improve the pc. A reminiscence increase is perhaps within the playing cards for this little machine, and stopdesign additionally talked about the potential for designing some hot-swappable keyboards to assist completely different duties, like gaming or making MIDI music.
The construct is fairly easy for individuals who need to make an identical pc, however when you would reasonably have another person do all of the work, a crowdfunding marketing campaign could ultimately emerge. Make sure you keep tuned to Hackster Information for updates on this one.
