My Current WIP Deck
Currently in the process of building a small cyber deck just for the process of journaling and light programming due to having an incessant need to have dedicated devices for things.
Will be posting the STL And Cad once I finalize the design.
Current things I’m working on- 1. making it thinner overall, which is a bit tough due to using off-the-shelf parts but I know I can save space with using a longer thinner battery
modifying the keyboard I’m using so I don’t friction fit with it’s case on I’d like to integrate it and the button membrane into the cad itself just haven’t had time to screw around with the measurements on that one.
Integrating some form of mouse input like cirque Glide-point or mini trackball on the side or rear**
I’d like to put rotary encoders on it as well but due to ec11 and ec12 shafts being decently long, I’m waiting for for pes12 shaftless encoders to get delivered to me.
Toying with the idea of Striping/Desoldering the usb and Ethernet ports and relocating them to a more favorable location**
**This is a personal preference I’m trying to make this very accessible to people and have as little or no soldering if I can considering all of the parts very accessible.
I went with the p4b (and will possibly in the future design a pi5 variant) due to Cm4 and Cm5 still being a pain to get and the adapter boards being cumbersome to design even when they’re small, and trying to keep the overall BOM price reasonable for my pockets.
Any design suggestions are welcome and I’ll try my best to answer any y’all got questions.