So I have a bit of an obsession with making things as small as possible (google TinyPi Pro) and its all too easy to get down a rabbit hole of zooming in like crazy on the CAD and before you know it you have details that are 0.5mm and beyond the capabilities of normal 3d [ ]
So after my last post about the latch, someone over on Twitter (im not calling it X) said that it would be fun to make it work like a GameBoy power switch. For anyone unfamiliar the sliding action of the switch locks the cartridge in place. I had a bit of a play with the [ ]
So i want the add on boards to be able to be swapped without tools. The normal method of securing M.2 cards is with a screw, but that is easy to loose, and needs a small screwdriver which can be fiddly. My original plan was to have some little clips which would hold the board [ ]
Soooo, the latest public events might make some folks want to take a break from social media. Im not going to get involved in the discussion about the events, but I am going to change things a little bit to make it so that you dont need social media to get the latest news. I [ ]
So v0.2 is mostly good. The boards have a few little flaws, but nothing that stops them being usable. Here is the snagging list I still need to check the STEMMA/QWIIC connectors, but i dont see any reason they wouldnt work The case has been tweaked to match the new PCB. It has been flipped [ ]
So the site has had a little bit of a re-vamp. The information about the device has been spread all over the place so I decided to get things all in one place I have started to pad out the plan for the device in regards to specifications, software, and the add on system If [ ]
So this just started as a crazy idea, slap a screen and some buttons on a PCB, turn it into a pocket computer. The original had a pi zero for brains. While having a full linux OS in your pocket can be handy, it also has some drawbacks. First off, your waiting for it to [ ]