Pseudonymous maker “NuMellow” has put collectively a singular moveable pc that features a area for a small sketchpad, together with a keyboard and touchpad enter.
“I’ve beloved the concept of a conveyable however full fledged pc for the longest time, and regardless that smartphones and apps could also be could also be extra refined for the on-the-go expertise I nonetheless assume it is good to discover different mediums,” NuMellow explains of the venture’s origin. “As an illustration, this system provides me a greater coding expertise than if I have been coding on my cellphone, one due to the bodily keys (and no auto appropriate) but additionally as a result of I can run desktop packages and have unrestricted entry to storage.”
The KeyMO provides keyboard, touchpad, and touchscreen interfaces — and room for an analog sketchbook, too. (📷: NuMellow)
The system itself, dubbed KeyMO after Journey Time’s BMO, is a Raspberry Pi 4 Mannequin B single-board pc with a PiSugar 2 uninterruptible energy provide for on-the-go use. There’s an off-the-shelf keyboard and touchpad as the principle consumer enter, plus a four-inch colour touchscreen as the first show. All the things is housed in a 3D-printed case — however that sq. show leaves a bit of area free from electronics.
That area is house to a pad of sticky notes, which mixed with the 3D-printed pencil holder present a pleasingly analog distraction from the digital options on supply. “So far as consumer interfaces go,” NuMellow explains, “this gave me somewhat little bit of all the pieces: A touchscreen, a keyboard in addition to the nice outdated pen and paper, full with a pen mount as some fashionable tablets have.”
The moveable gadget’s identify was impressed by the character of BMO from Journey Time (proper). (📷: NuMellow)
“Whereas I have never had the prospect to journey but and go to household, I’ve taken it with me to work, espresso retailers, in addition to utilizing it whereas lazying at house,” the maker concludes. “So far as its unique use case, it positively trims a whole lot of weight from my bag and makes it simpler to maneuver round. I’ve additionally discovered it has been fairly good to lie down on the sofa and capable of code a small script or two.”
The complete write-up, full with 3D-printable STL recordsdata, is offered on Instructables.
