Raspberry Pi 2 Portable Mk3 (MEHS) Episode 35

I continue with the Raspberry Pi 2 portable. This version is significantly smaller than the last.

Let me know whether you would like to see a larger or smaller version.

The display used was a 7 inch IPS display using 1024x600 resolution.
Search Ebay for item reference "331541237468" or general search for "HDMI+VGA+2AV+Rear View Monitors+7inch 1024*600 AT070TNA2 IPS LCD Display".

Keyboard is a Rii mini i12

Episode 35

[LTID]

have u made instructions anywhere? i wana make one

[A_man]

Love it! Wish I could buy something like that cheap.

[chaseswafford]

Turn it into a 2 in 1. Have it flip closed and back around onto itself.

[IcanCwhatUsay]

Are the STL files for the case posted anywhere?

[paramesh]

make a cheap smart phone with sliding keyboard

[raidenwave]

Great video ! I love your honesty : "it's not really useful" hahaha.
You might want to go slightly wider. Also you could connect the screen in another way, maybe vga, so that you can leave the hdmi port free for an external monitor or a tv.
you could consider the rapoo keyboards, kind of like your Rii but bigger so more comfortable.
Also great job for the 3d printing of the case and the conception that went into it.
Instead of the Arduino board who's kind of lonely and unconnected up there, why not add a little usb hub :) ? or a speaker ? why not go retro and add little vertical stereo speakers on both sides of the screen and cover them with olde mesh ?
How about dropping the keyboard alltogether and just put a gamepad and voilà : le portable retro gaming console with a fairly big screen.
OR you get one of those infrared keyboard projectors that way you gain in weight, space, portability and coolness dare I say.
Thanks for posting such inspiring content on your channel. Cheers

[michaelsstuff]

Hi. For those that asked, the display and driver used in the Mk3 are different to those in the Mk2 version. Both are from Ebay but the Mk2 version used a standard LCD with 800x480 resolution. The Mk3 display was brighter and was a 1024x600 resolution. The latter is a better resolution for a 7 inch 16:9 display when working with desktop style OS's, IMO. Cheers.

[mygetrichslowplan]

I've been toying with the idea of tearing about an xbox 360 controller, and pairing it with my Pi 2, a display like this one, a battery, and a nice wifi antenna all in a 3d printed "handheld" sort of case, then running moonlight gamestreaming to create essentially a ghetto NVIDIA Shield device. The funny part, is that I already own a shield, I just want to do this for the fun of it...

[michaelsstuff]

Display details added to the video description.

[PauloHenrique-fcbn]

it is possible to i use one odroid xu4 board ?

[briansummers]

>Reads title
>Watches for 2 minutes
But that's not a...
>Watches for 2 min 30 seconds
Oh it's not even...ok then.

[lumsdot]

nice vid. ive got my pi2 inside a zx spectrum case.what would be good is a way of connecting the pi to a tablet, and then using vnc. problem is they both need to be on the same network. if you try and tether using a usb cable, then the tablet will try and charge from the pi.i think the tablet as a screen is the best way to go for a portable pi, since tablets are dirt cheap and have nice ips displays

[tom]

A slider type would be neat. You can get an adapter that plugs into whats normally the GPIO pins and connect a LCD like you have directly to the Pi, Adafruit sells them as 'TFT Kippah'. A quick change to the bootup files and it works with very little effort, keeps things small and draws less power than a HDMI screen controller.

As for keyboards that would work well in a handheld slider, there's bluetooth thumb keyboards designed to connect to PS4 and XBOne controllers that work on their own with other devices. Nyko makes versions for both controllers.

[JamesGMunn]

Nice job! Looks usable. How about a RP2 iPad like system? You could keep a Bluetooth connected keyboard (maybe optional with a touchscreen keyboard). Then you could have the option of a larger keyboard for real typing. You would also have bigger screen. I find small screens less usable as I get older. All sorts of possibilities of maybe using one of the iPad screen cover keyboards that connect with magnets. A stand/case that hides everything but gives you a nice way to stand the display up? Those could be some small challenges for your 3D printing design.

[hackeratul]

Hello, i want to know about the machine used to make housing body and materials used for plastics. thanks a lot. please reply

[jeffzimmerman]

I would like to do this and I have some questions:
1. What are the ports around the portable, aside from the USB and Ethernet? Looks like there's a bunch but it's not clear how you wired them.
2. It looks like there is no sound. Do you think it would make sense to put a 3.5mm splitter into the Pi, run one jack to a port on the chassis, and the other to maybe some internal speakers (perhaps stereo on either side of the small display if it was centered)? Would that be too much electrical draw on the Pi?

[antontimashkov]

Looks not bad! Would be cool if the screen size matched the width of the keyboard. Either larger version or smaller. By the way, slider is a good idea, but probably would be difficult to make a nice look. So larger one with better functionality is better I think. Thanks for sharing interesting stuff :)

[victorolvera]

Things that I think would be usefull for the Pi Zero:
(1) a nice port replicator/docking station .
(2) a simple parallel computer case for 8 or 16 Pi Zero cores

[ThalassTKynn]

I used to have a 10 inch netbook, and a nokia n900. I loved both of them, but the 7 inch netbooks were difficult to use. If you were to go smaller I'd say go all in and include a GSM hat for the Pi and make it a smartphone. Or upsize to a ten inch screen and fill the extra space with batteries.

[hackeratul]

great.. one last question : what all i need to make tab and phone housing panels? 3d printer and filaments, thats all?