wraggster
December 26th, 2012, 00:38
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Over on the Parts People blog, [Nathan] created his own Raspberry Pi laptop (http://blog.parts-people.com/2012/12/20/mobile-raspberry-pi-computer-build-your-own-portable-rpi-to-go/). It’s got all the bells and whistles, including a keyboard, trackpad, battery, and even a 3D printed case.
Of course [Nathan]‘s laptop contains a Raspi, but the other included parts are where this palmtop computer is turned into something useful. For powering the Pi and 3.5″ composite LCD, [Nathan] took apart the battery pack from an old Dell laptop. By throwing out the bits of plastic surrounding these rechargeable cells and reusing the battery connector, [Nathan] was able to power the Pi, and all the peripherals for 10 hours.
Also included in [Nathan]‘s Raspi palmtop is a 64 GB SSD connected to the powered USB hub. This, along with the 4 GB boot SD card, provides more than enough storage for listening to a music library, or even watching a few TV shows on the 3.5″ screen,
http://hackaday.com/2012/12/21/raspberry-pi-laptop-is-just-a-little-too-big-for-a-pocket/
Over on the Parts People blog, [Nathan] created his own Raspberry Pi laptop (http://blog.parts-people.com/2012/12/20/mobile-raspberry-pi-computer-build-your-own-portable-rpi-to-go/). It’s got all the bells and whistles, including a keyboard, trackpad, battery, and even a 3D printed case.
Of course [Nathan]‘s laptop contains a Raspi, but the other included parts are where this palmtop computer is turned into something useful. For powering the Pi and 3.5″ composite LCD, [Nathan] took apart the battery pack from an old Dell laptop. By throwing out the bits of plastic surrounding these rechargeable cells and reusing the battery connector, [Nathan] was able to power the Pi, and all the peripherals for 10 hours.
Also included in [Nathan]‘s Raspi palmtop is a 64 GB SSD connected to the powered USB hub. This, along with the 4 GB boot SD card, provides more than enough storage for listening to a music library, or even watching a few TV shows on the 3.5″ screen,
http://hackaday.com/2012/12/21/raspberry-pi-laptop-is-just-a-little-too-big-for-a-pocket/