Cyberdeck
By Andrew Gregory. Posted
We see plenty of cyberdeck builds comprising a keyboard, Raspberry Pi 5, and a Pelican case, and for good reason: if you’re living in a post-apocalyptic age, and somehow the Wi-Fi is still working, a moisture- and dust-proof case is your best bet for keeping a computer safe amid the ruins of our former civilisation. But it’s not all that original, and we’re always looking for fresh ways to take a computer on the move.
Program a robot arm, with Raspberry Pi and Python code
Enter this beautiful build by Personalitysphere. It uses a Raspberry Pi 5 8GB and, if you look closely, there’s a part of the case marked ‘GPIO’ that gives a clue where the GPIO pins are. Other treats are the Jaeger connectors (those industrial-looking three-pin connectors on the machine’s top-left corner), LEMO connectors on the back (these are used to get USB signals in and out – they’re the industrial answer to the conundrum of always needing two attempts to get a USB to plug in the right way round), and the trackball instead of a mouse or trackpad.
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