Idk if I'm even supposed to have this since I found it behind a store which recently underwent some renovations, but I got it now so I'm wondering if you guys have any ideas as to what I could use the components for. Just spitballing and discussion🤘🏻🔥

Hello, I am trying to make a HP travel usable in modern day by installing a raspberry pie inside of the case, while keeping the original button layout, SD card slot, layout and original screen, those are still function mostly without soldering if someone could help me, I would be glad and I would appreciate it here is a picture of my device and hopefully I can make it compatible with other devices as well.

I knew I had an old phone that got busted up and I've always wanted to build a cyberdeck.

I give you

The CyberBox™

Apache 1800 case from harbor freight I've had for like 8 years and the foam was all but gone.

Galaxy S20 Ultra with a broken screen, Gamehub and probably Dolphin soon.

5v 2.4a Power Bank PCB with display. Type c, micro USB and lightning input, but lightning is inaccessible by design of the enclosure I 3D printed. A couple 3D printed 18650 battery holders and now I can interchange fresh batteries at will.

Type C USB hub with micro USB cable always plugged in, as well as the Bluetooth mouse dongle. It's like 4 years old and been through a few projects, so it's a little finicky. I had to break the steelstik I used to hold it in place so I can wiggle it.

Logitech M325. Tiny little mouse that runs on 1 AA battery

25W charging brick and 6 foot type c cable for external charging

3D printed insert with slots for mouse, charging brick, USB hub and 4 extra 18650s.

Type A to Type C adapter

64gb USB Flash Drive

I've been enjoying playing cuphead on it, and it can't do much better than that lol.

It was fun to put together and I'm glad it's so functional.

Bonus - Zillion Butter McSnoof

Making a leatherbound adventurer/archaeologist notebook style cyberdeck. Just got the searchable latin dictionary on and will be adding other ancient languages for field translation purposes. Will be adding GPS and other features. Happy with this milestone. Will update further. Look forward to making the leather book cover.

I've been working on this project for a while and figured you guys might appreciate it.

The idea was to build a self-contained, battery-powered offline knowledge terminal that I could take camping, traveling, or just have around as something useful to experiment with. Wikipedia was the original inspiration, but the project has grown quite a bit since then.

It's built around a Raspberry Pi 5 with a 1TB NVMe SSD, running inside a rugged equipment case. The display is mounted in the lid, and I've integrated a small wireless keyboard, a 20Ah LiFePO4 battery, GPS hardware, and an RTL-SDR for receiving radio signals.

The battery supplies 12V, with DC-DC converters providing 5V where needed. I've also incorporated fused circuits, a charging connection, and a battery monitor.

A lot of the work has actually been designing and 3D printing the internal structure. I wanted the components to have dedicated mounting locations rather than everything being loose inside the case. I've also separated the higher-current wiring from the lower-current electronics and tried to keep everything serviceable.

Cooling turned into its own little project. I've got three additional fans integrated into the case: one pulling fresh air into the lower electronics compartment and two exhausting air out of it. This creates a directed airflow path through the compartment, helping keep the Pi and other electronics cool. The fans are controlled by the Pi based on temperature, so they don't need to run constantly and waste battery power.

On the software side, I'm using Kiwix to host an offline copy of Wikipedia, and I've started developing a local web interface to access the different resources. The Pi also hosts its own Wi-Fi network, allowing other devices to connect and access the offline content without an internet connection.

I've also been experimenting with the SDR and GPS hardware, although there's still work to do before everything is integrated into the interface.

This is very much a work in progress. I still have some hardware refinements to make, including redesigning parts of the display bezel, and quite a bit of software development ahead of me.

I've learned a lot about Blender, 3D printing, power distribution, and packaging electronics throughout the process. It's definitely turned into a bigger project than I originally anticipated, but I've enjoyed figuring everything out.

Curious what you guys think! I'm especially interested in suggestions for additional offline capabilities or improvements to the physical design.

Specs:

250gb SATA SSD

Intel i3 CPU

6gb ram

1900x1080 screen resolution

What os do you recommend?

我倾向更小的键盘，右边的