Literally the first thing I'm tempted to test with that thing is how much force it would take to break it. It looks like it would not take much.
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Raspberry Pi 400 – CyberDeck Project
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Re: Raspberry Pi 400 – CyberDeck Project
#12Seems like it would put strain on the GPIO connector and lead to eventual failure. A ribbon cable would be better IMO.
They already sell ribbon cables if you want those [1] or of course you can use any 40-pin cable you might still have lying around from the 1990s. Literally the whole purpose of this product is if you want a more rigid angled connection (and a retro-futuristic name).
Re: Raspberry Pi 400 – CyberDeck Project
#13I'm a big fan of Adafruit and the Pi, and I recently bought one of these "CyberDeck" add ons, but I'm annoyed that Adafruit chose to appropriate a generic term, cyberdeck, as the product name. This happens all the time, such as when IBM named their personal computer "The IBM Personal Computer" and what had once been a generic term became a specific product reference. Microsoft did this with "Windows", Intel did it wi…
Ok, but the product is called “Adafruit CYBERDECK HAT for Raspberry Pi 400”. It’s not really muddying the waters to call it “cyberdeck” for short when you’re writing an article about it...