Parts People founder creates chunky Raspberry Pi-to-Go portable with 3D-printed case
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Founder and CEO of Parts-People, Nathan Morgan, has built a feature-packed portable PC around the Raspberry Pi board and packed everything into a colorful 3D-printed case
The wireless mini keyboard and trackpad has its own battery, charged via a mini-USB port
A powered USB port is available at the side of the display panel
To the right of the display panel is a power on/off switch and battery status indicator
The back plate of the Pi-to-Go is the only 3D-printed panel that's screwed in place
There's a cut-out Raspberry Pi logo on the back panel, through which shines LED backlighting kindly donated from a backlit laptop keyboard
The 6-cell Li-ion battery pack was donated from a Dell Latitude D600 laptop
The wireless keyboard and trackpad lift out to reveal the 6-cell Li-ion battery pack
Topping up the Pi-to-Go's main battery via the 9-pin charging port
The battery is routed to the main board and a modified 7-port USB hub via the monitor's 9 - 13-volt input, ensuring clean regulated power for an 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi dongle, a Bluetooth 3.0 dongle, the SSD, a keyboard/mouse transmitter for the QWERTY wireless keyboard and touchpad mouse combo, and the Pi board itself
The Pi-to-Go build schematic
The Pi-to-Go's STL files are available for download from Thingiverse, to download and print your own housing on a 3D printer
Article Summary
Since being delivered into the eager hands of hackers, enthusiasts and dabblers, the credit-card-sized Raspberry Pi personal computer has found itself an integral part of a growing list of novel devices and applications. For his addition to the list, founder and CEO of Parts-People, Nathan Morgan, has built a feature-packed portable PC that brings another Gizmag favorite to the table ... 3D printing.
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