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A similar build is arturo182's Handheld Feather Wing, which uses a Blackberry Q10 keyboard [2] Though it doesn't have a processor of its own it can be plugged
by borgel 7y ago
A similar build is arturo182's Handheld Feather Wing, which uses a Blackberry Q10 keyboard [2]
Though it doesn't have a processor of its own it can be plugged into Feather compatible boards that do (like @groguard's Giant Board, which runs Linux [3]). Makes quite a nice package!
I ended up going the other way and building a (split) 60% keyboard with a screen and a Pi in the middle [1]. It's long enough that you can sling it over your shoulder on a guitar strap, so it somewhat fails the pocketability test.
[1] https://github.com/borgel/commute-deck https://github.com/borgel/commute-deck
[2] https://hackaday.io/project/165450-keyboard-featherwing https://hackaday.io/project/165450-keyboard-featherwing
[3] https://www.crowdsupply.com/groboards/giant-board https://www.crowdsupply.com/groboards/giant-board
- Phillipharryt 7y agoAnother interesting build currently being polished up is SnapOnAir's Blaspberry v2. It's deemed a "communication tool". They've made a modern day pager as well, but the new one is like a linux blackberry that is entirely open source. The developer has been in talks with arturo about working together on it (based on their tweets at least) using that q10 keyboard. It's pretty damn impressive and I've seen doom running on it (though that's not the highest benchmark).
- crtasm 7y agoFantastic. I really miss the form factor+keyboard of the Blackberry Bold line, I'd love to buy a ready-to-use Blaspberry or FeatherWing.
- hauget 7y agoHere's a video of the latest iteration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvxloZ2Ox60 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvxloZ2Ox60 The guy running the project (Philippe) is quite the genius!
- Grumbledour 7y agoI'm always a bit sad, that we don't see the compute module used in these kind of projects, especially when size does matter. But I understand it, they seem hard to source and expensive for hobbyists, which kind of defeats much of the open source spirit. Still, the form factor would work great for add-on boards.
- aftbit 7y agoWow sweet build! I would love to DIY one of these around a nvidia dev board and get something with a decent GPU for train-gaming :)
- borgel 7y agoThere's this thing [1]. @timonsku [2] tweets about it a fair amount, seems to be well on its way. [1] https://hackaday.io/project/164845-dlt-one-a-damn-linux-tablet https://hackaday.io/project/164845-dlt-one-a-damn-linux-tabl... [2] https://twitter.com/timonsku https://twitter.com/timonsku
- hug 7y agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/cyberdeck https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberdeck - a reddit community for people who build similar things to your commute-deck, which I'm sure you're familiar with, but I thought I'd link for those who are not.