This project is not really gaming related, none the less i want to document my work on this project here. Alongside with a more detailed page on my new wiki: https://wiki.nold.in/Cyberdeck
At this point there is not much to show, as i'm still waiting for most of the parts to arrive, before i really can start digging into the case design. For everyone who doesn't know what a "Cyberdeck" is, it's basically a cyberpunk themed laptop. Here is a really cool design as an example of how that can look like:
other cool cyberdecks can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberDeck/top/?sort=top&t=all
So what's the background of this project? Well I'm a big [long time] cyberpunk fan even before reading Neuromancer & long before Cyberpunk 2077. And after getting addicted to mechanical keyboards and building many portable gaming consoles, i feel like it's time to finally build my own cyberdeck!
The core of the deck will be a powerful Rock Pi N10 SBC, running a debian based linux, as that's my favorite distribution. I'm planing to use a 7" HD702E LCD as i already got it & eDP seems like a cool option to keep external HDMI support. The keyboard will be a custom 50% JJ50. For battery & power management I needed something beefy to supply a max. of 2.5A on 5V for the RockPi & additional components. Helder's RetroPSU seems to be the best solution on the market, so i ordered one from him.
What this build also needs is EL-Wire! I wanted to use it for so long & can't wait for it to arrive. It'll give the case the highly needed neon look.
Other feature/ideas:
Name ideas so far: "Noldo-Sendai Cyberspace CDXX" or "Hackbrett" [which is german for "chopping board"]
At this point there is not much to show, as i'm still waiting for most of the parts to arrive, before i really can start digging into the case design. For everyone who doesn't know what a "Cyberdeck" is, it's basically a cyberpunk themed laptop. Here is a really cool design as an example of how that can look like:
other cool cyberdecks can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberDeck/top/?sort=top&t=all
So what's the background of this project? Well I'm a big [long time] cyberpunk fan even before reading Neuromancer & long before Cyberpunk 2077. And after getting addicted to mechanical keyboards and building many portable gaming consoles, i feel like it's time to finally build my own cyberdeck!
The core of the deck will be a powerful Rock Pi N10 SBC, running a debian based linux, as that's my favorite distribution. I'm planing to use a 7" HD702E LCD as i already got it & eDP seems like a cool option to keep external HDMI support. The keyboard will be a custom 50% JJ50. For battery & power management I needed something beefy to supply a max. of 2.5A on 5V for the RockPi & additional components. Helder's RetroPSU seems to be the best solution on the market, so i ordered one from him.
What this build also needs is EL-Wire! I wanted to use it for so long & can't wait for it to arrive. It'll give the case the highly needed neon look.
Other feature/ideas:
- Trackball
- GPIO breakout
- Internal Speakers
- Software defined radio with external antenna
- Internal USB-Hub for additional internal devices [SDR, GPS, Keyboard, ...]
- External wifi antenna
- LoRa? GPS?
- Solar panel for charging?
Name ideas so far: "Noldo-Sendai Cyberspace CDXX" or "Hackbrett" [which is german for "chopping board"]