My #cyberdeck Mk1: barely a functional prototype. It's enough to support my hardware hacking. Right now, it has a 1ft 40-pin female-to-female cable to support breadboarding. This way, I can code, prototype, and then upload to microcontrollers all from the same small package.
Later, to make it prettier and more functional. Considering integrating the breadboard into the deck with a plugged-in 40-pin labeled breakout to make my prototyping even easier.
All to make my hardware hacking a little more pleasurable.
And, hey, it can even play h264 (but not h265) well. I imagine freaking TSA out with my kit ashes computer some day.
@silverwizard The chef is often the hardest judge, I suppose.
As I was telling my wife earlier, functional is pretty. But I can make it even more functional.
And then I can also add a RP2040 or ESP32 controlling the power with a switch like this.
@elight I am currently experimenting with some cyberdeck builds, so I'm definitely the target audience.
And yes, covered switches are very good! Do it!
@silverwizard @elight yes do it.
I've 4 in my build. All lit
@bekopharm @silverwizard Fuck yeah.
You, sir, also get credit for inspiring me to extend my maker habit from printing to electronics and merging them together!
Also led me to building Home Assistant-alerting PIR motion sensors attached to Picos that I have wired up over mouse traps to notify me when I've caught a mouse. Trap-n-release no-kill makes me happy.
@elight @silverwizard awww
And that mouse trap sounds like a great idea. I've plenty of mice in the basement and really have to do something about this
@bekopharm @silverwizard Glad to share my (somewhat awful) code and STL for the PIR mount. I used the cheapest PIR sensor I could get from AdaFruit. My STL may not help much as you'll likely want a EUR supplier. But I can also share the SCAD file so that you can parameterize the mount.
I just double-sided tape it on top of a mouse trap with a transparent top, just above the bait (peanut butter).
@bekopharm @silverwizard My plan has been to OSS the whole bloody thing anyway. I may yet productize it. Debating filing a patent even though there's a good chance it'll get denied as too similar to existing patents.
@bekopharm @silverwizard Productizing and OSS are compatible though. :D I can license it via CC for that.