Very very cool.
Once upon a time I wrote a small script to turn a raspberry pi into a midi device. I really want to be able to make my own custom midi controller, but it's not exactly fun.
Bumble Berry Pi – A Cheap DIY Raspberry Pi Handheld Cyberdeck
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#22It looks similar to this project: https://github.com/ZitaoTech/HackberryPiCM5 I picked one up a few months ago and I like it.
Nice. Did you build your Hackberry or buy it? The Hackberry looks awesome. I was going to build/buy one, but I wanted a slightly bigger screen and keyboard, and I also wanted to save some money by using an old 3b+ I had laying around. And I wanted to be able to build it quickly from off-the-shelf Amazon components. So all-in I think I spent ~$70 on this one, whereas the hackberry pi would have cost about double that,…
Curious what bigger screen and keyboard you found. I was looking for similar stuff and struggled to find larger square displays. The closest I could find was spare blackberry passports screens, but you'd have to reverse engineer the screen connector.
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#23It looks similar to this project: https://github.com/ZitaoTech/HackberryPiCM5 I picked one up a few months ago and I like it.
Nice. Did you build your Hackberry or buy it? The Hackberry looks awesome. I was going to build/buy one, but I wanted a slightly bigger screen and keyboard, and I also wanted to save some money by using an old 3b+ I had laying around. And I wanted to be able to build it quickly from off-the-shelf Amazon components. So all-in I think I spent ~$70 on this one, whereas the hackberry pi would have cost about double that,…
Yes, the Bumble Berry Pi is a lot cheaper than the Hackberry Pi, but the Hackberry Pi (with a CM5) performs much better.
I don't have a 3D printer, so I bought the kit from Elecrow. I had to buy my own CM5, a 2TB NVMEe SSD, and a suitably sized WiFi antenna (that would fit into the case without modification). I also picked up a $60 portable (1k) HDMI monitor because the 720x720 screen is difficult to use for apps like Firefox and Thunderbird. I use an Apple wireless keyboard and an Acer wireless mouse (both Bluetooth). The keyboard & monitor fit nicely into a plastic A4 document jacket. I was surprised that the Hackberry's USB-A ports provide enough juice to power the monitor. The Hackberry Pi has got a big battery. The one Hackberry Pi design choice that I don't like is the lack of an RJ45 Ethernet port. They could have left off the I2C port and squeezed a PHY in there somehow. (The CM5 has an Ethernet controller.) I've noticed that if I use a USB-A Ethernet dongle, it sometimes hangs under heavy traffic. I've tried dongles with different chipsets and they all seem to have the same issue. The WiFi speeds (as long as you have a good antenna) are great, and are usually faster than a USB Ethernet dongle anyway.
The thing is ideal for travel. It can fit into any hotel room safe, or go with you.
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#24> I wanted something small enough to fit into a pants pocket I always wanted to know what kind of pants people wear who say that to this device size (see also Nintendo DS & co)
I printed the casing just to see - it actually does fit in my levi pockets (front and back), but looks and feels a bit ridiculous to actually walk around with
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#25> I wanted something small enough to fit into a pants pocket I always wanted to know what kind of pants people wear who say that to this device size (see also Nintendo DS & co)
vintage army cargo pants on right now, baggy af and ready for any 'portable' device I throw at them
Hell, some baggy pants could fit an entire SNES in them!
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#26i'd like to try making this but i don't have a 3d printer nor know someone who does. i have a feeling that if i find a service that does it, that it would cost as much for the 3d printing as for the raspberry pi itself
You probably know someone, or know someone who knows someone, if you don't have a library or makerspace that can print it for you. Shortly after I got my latest printer someone on our local "Free Stuff" exchange Facebook group, a message asked if someone could 3D print the parts for a circular knitting machine. I took up that call and spent 2 weeks printing 100-some parts, and I just asked them to cover the filament, so around $70 (4 roles of PETG). Think about asking on reddit/facebook/nextdoor.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nice. Did you build your Hackberry or buy it? The Hackberry looks awesome. I was going to build/buy one, but I wanted a slightly bigger screen and keyboard, and I also wanted to save some money by using an old 3b+ I had laying around. And I wanted to be able to build it quickly from off-the-shelf Amazon components. So all-in I think I spent ~$70 on this one, whereas the hackberry pi would have cost about double that,…
Yes, the Bumble Berry Pi is a lot cheaper than the Hackberry Pi, but the Hackberry Pi (with a CM5) performs much better. I don't have a 3D printer, so I bought the kit from Elecrow. I had to buy my own CM5, a 2TB NVMEe SSD, and a suitably sized WiFi antenna (that would fit into the case without modification). I also picked up a $60 portable (1k) HDMI monitor because the 720x720 screen is difficult to use for apps lik…
Very cool - amazing that you can fit something that small in your pocket and it can also power a full size monitor & keyboard. It sounds like the Hackberry Pi is a great fit for your use case. I hadn’t considered using the Bumble Berry like that, but now that you mention it, I might try it out like that next time I travel.
It would be nice to have the beefier Pi 5 on Bumble Berry for the rare times that I need a GUI. I mostly use terminal on this device so it’s usually not a problem, but when I do have to use the full GUI I find the 3b+ annoyingly slow.
I briefly tested the Bumble Berry battery with a Pi 500 and although I got an error message saying that the power supply is not capable of supplying 5A, it seemed to run just fine. The battery is rated to 3A, and streaming full screen video on a 4K screen seemed to draw only about 1A (measured by a usb-c pass-thru dongle). However, I did not push the Pi 5 to its limits and I haven’t used it for an extended amount of time so I can’t confidently say how well it would work.
If you’re willing to pay the extra cash and want a smaller form factor it sounds like Hackberry is definitely the way to go.
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#28i'd like to try making this but i don't have a 3d printer nor know someone who does. i have a feeling that if i find a service that does it, that it would cost as much for the 3d printing as for the raspberry pi itself
A quick look at a 3D printing service shows $20 for the upper part of the case. Not too bad. But also consider looking for a 3D printer at a local library or makerspace
i'm pretty rural, nothing local.. but have been looking at online services and comparing.. see how it goes :-)
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#29> I wanted something small enough to fit into a pants pocket I always wanted to know what kind of pants people wear who say that to this device size (see also Nintendo DS & co)
As a man who wears jeans with a bit of stretch to them, I can easily (but not comfortably) fit a large can of beer in each of the four pockets. A small device is no problem compared to that.