Worklog The littleBIG Boy

[Predue89]

Hey guys. I don't have much time, but I wanted to share some pictures with you. Working on a very thin portable. (I know it will be thicker than in the pictures, but I'll keep it as thin as possible):

It has a 7" screen btw. I'll keep you updated!

Edit: I plan to keep this under 17mm thickness.

 

[xfx9500]

what kind of cooler is this ?

 

[Predue89]

The heatsink is from a Lenovo Yoga 2 and the fan is from an Acer Aspire S7. Both ultrabooks.

 

[Noah]

looks like heat pipes will be 2019 portablizing meta

Can't wait to see where this goes!

 

[Predue89]

I'm happy I got to work on this project this weekend, although it wasn't so much... So I got the display working

I soldered two connectors together. Sadly I can not shorten the ribbon cable from the screen.

My 3d-printer broke ._.' ... Hopefully the parts I ordered will arrive soon.

Edit: And yes, I had to fold the cable like this xD

 

[Predue89]

I will build the insides of the portable on top of the screen. So I started to design some kind of an (please insert word here) 'object' to hold the necessary parts in place. This looks somehow satisfying to me

It is far away from being complete, but I had to check if my measurements were correct. As you can see my 3d-printer is working again

Some information about this portable:
It will not have an integrated accu.
It will (perhaps) have a wireless second controller.
Switch-joysticks
and a lot of other stuff probably

 

[Nold]

Damn i love this project! Keep up da noiize work!

 

[Shank]

That frame in the screen is so sick. I love this. Keep it up!

 

[Predue89]

Small update:

I got some work done with the frame. Still not finished
I had to pull the mainboard up a bit (1.5mm). The support for the mainboard looks so strange because of the SMD parts on it . The height of the air duct is 4.6mm.

I am happy with it so far

 

[Predue89]

Another small update: I got to print this frame. Finally... My printer kind of broke today ._.

The print quality doesn't look so good, I need to tune the whole thing first. But for now everything seems to fit quite nicely.
I am currently at 12mm hight (about 0.5").

Btw: Is it ok if I post the pictures full sized? Or should I rather put the thumbnails in?

 

[Dave Mackintosh]

Damn. That's thin! Good work, what heatsink/heatpipe combo is that?

 

[Predue89]

The heatsink is from a Lenovo Yoga 2 and the fan is from an Acer Aspire S7. Both ultrabooks.

 

[Dave Mackintosh]

Ahh cool! I looked into ultra book/tablet solutions but PS2 layout is very different. This looks slick AF.

 

[Predue89]

Thanks

 

[Predue89]

Another update. There is so mch to do atm that I barely have time for the project
But today I got some work on the design done. I wanted to make something a bit more fancy, but somehow I like this plain design.

This is in the early stages, I know. But since I haven't got any updates lately, I thought I might just share it with you

Small update:

Fits perfectly.

 

[Paul3854]

Damnn, seeing the case now it's going to be super slim. What's the height of the entire case?

 

[Predue89]

17mm atm. About 0.67 inch.

 

[Dave Mackintosh]

Where are the batteries going to go?

 

[Predue89]

Sadly this device will not have included batteries. I plan on doing this in the future again, but for now it will be powered from an external battery.
If I'd be able to use the PowerMii I could built a portable 3mm thicker with an integrated battery.
The challenge for me although is to build (my) thinnest possible portable.

 

[Dave Mackintosh]

Ahh, you and I are aiming for the same thing. Nice work, love the layout. You thought of doing a custom PCB to drive the screen to save space?