Building a Raspberry Pi 3B+ full keyboard handheld
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Building a Raspberry Pi 3B+ full keyboard handheld
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Re: Building a Raspberry Pi 3B+ full keyboard handheld
#2Excited to see the final build.
The author provided a list of _obscure_ handhelds that you could try and get your hands on.
On that list there is the Pyra[0] which is very near completion. It has some interesting features such as a replaceable CPU board (nonstandard) for future upgrades.
Re: Building a Raspberry Pi 3B+ full keyboard handheld
#3A 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 [2] https://hackaday.io/project/165450-keyboard-featherwing [3] https://www.crowdsupply.com/groboards/giant-board
Re: Building a Raspberry Pi 3B+ full keyboard handheld
#4What is that thing called that shows the "distro"? design, I see it all the the time in /r/unixporn
Also I'm looking forward to when phones get cheaper that have more ram so can run dex or something similar, not quite "dual boot" but something where you have a full os working somehow(maybe virtualized though maybe poor performance)
Re: Building a Raspberry Pi 3B+ full keyboard handheld
#5What is that thing called that shows the "distro"? design, I see it all the the time in /r/unixporn Also I'm looking forward to when phones get cheaper that have more ram so can run dex or something similar, not quite "dual boot" but something where you have a full os working somehow(maybe virtualized though maybe poor performance)
neofetch
Re: Building a Raspberry Pi 3B+ full keyboard handheld
#6What is that thing called that shows the "distro"? design, I see it all the the time in /r/unixporn Also I'm looking forward to when phones get cheaper that have more ram so can run dex or something similar, not quite "dual boot" but something where you have a full os working somehow(maybe virtualized though maybe poor performance)
neofetch or screenfetch
Re: Building a Raspberry Pi 3B+ full keyboard handheld
#7What is that thing called that shows the "distro"? design, I see it all the the time in /r/unixporn Also I'm looking forward to when phones get cheaper that have more ram so can run dex or something similar, not quite "dual boot" but something where you have a full os working somehow(maybe virtualized though maybe poor performance)
screenfetch or neofetch
Re: Building a Raspberry Pi 3B+ full keyboard handheld
#8A 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 s…
Another 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).
Re: Building a Raspberry Pi 3B+ full keyboard handheld
#9I'm less and less convinced that a handheld keyboard can really be justified if you want to do some linux or programming stuff on such a device.
Touch screens can be simple enough if you get used to them, they save a lot of space on the device and I think they are cheaper than a keyboard.
Touch-swipe features will also make things much, much easier on a touch keyboard, and I'm sure it's totally possible to add linux commands or programming keywords to a swipe dictionary.
Touch keyboards can also have their layouts changed.
Other thing to consider if you're typing code, it would be nice to introduce more autocomplete to make things easier.
In the end if you really want to type, just get a real keyboard and sit down at a table. I'd also rather buy a well-made handheld keyboard that you attach to a device, but sadly I can't find one that is worth it.
Re: Building a Raspberry Pi 3B+ full keyboard handheld
#10I'm less and less convinced that a handheld keyboard can really be justified if you want to do some linux or programming stuff on such a device. Touch screens can be simple enough if you get used to them, they save a lot of space on the device and I think they are cheaper than a keyboard. Touch-swipe features will also make things much, much easier on a touch keyboard, and I'm sure it's totally possible to add linux…
I suppose you could step away from the traditional keyboard and get something like a twiddler[0]?