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Pi to Go: Hot Raspberry Pi DIY Mini Desktop PC Project

Posted by timothy on from the tab-a-slot-b-fruit-x dept.

MojoKid writes "Hot Hardware recently set out to design a custom mini desktop system with the popular Raspberry Pi single board computer. People have configured the device for a variety of applications, from micro-servers to low cost media players. Basically, the goal was to turn what is currently one of the cheapest bare-bones computer boards into a fully enclosed mini desktop computer that could be taken anywhere without the need for cabling or setup. This small DIY project is just one of many examples of the flexibility of the Raspberry Pi's open architecture. And to think you can even run Quake and Minecraft on it."

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  1. Not the right tool for the job... by fufufang · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Beaglebone Black is more powerful, for similar amount of money.

    1. Re:Not the right tool for the job... by olsmeister · · Score: 3, Interesting

      To expand on this statement.

  2. Re:You're kidding me, right?!?!??! by Ford+Prefect · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I put my Raspberry Pi in a box and it appeared on national radio. :-(

    (Full documentation here. It's a 1970s transistor radio with WiFi, streaming Radio 4 over a SSH tunnel to the UK, time-delaying audio playback by eight hours or so, in order that everything gets played back at the correct local time in Seattle.)

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  3. So buy a low-end tablet by Animats · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If you want a generic portable computer with an ARM CPU, buy an Allwinner-based tablet. Those use the Allwinnner system on a chip, which has an ARM core and costs about $7 in quantity. They're under $70 in the US, around $30 in Shenzhen.

  4. Re:Pi Madness by Errtu76 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not to mention a chance of finding some interesting data on those discarded harddrives.