Maker Michael Mayer has designed a successor to his 3D-printable Moveable Pi 84 clamshell laptop computer, swapping out the full-size Raspberry Pi 4 Mannequin B at its coronary heart for a extra compact Raspberry Pi Zero to create the Moveable Pi 80.
The unique Moveable Pi 84 was unveiled final month as a do-it-yourself clamshell laptop computer impressed by traditional machines of the Eighties and early Nineteen Nineties wherein the rear of the chassis stays mounted and a wide-format show hinges over a mechanical keyboard. The explanation for that mounted rear: to offer sufficient room to deal with batteries and the Raspberry Pi 4 Mannequin B single-board pc that powered the system.
For those who want somewhat computing energy in your pocket, the Moveable Pi 80 is able to print now. (📷: Michael Mayer)
Now, Mayer is again with the Moveable Pi 80 — a extra compact design that makes use of a full clamshell format, dodging the cumbersome mounted rear portion of its predecessor by switching from the full-size Raspberry Pi 4 to the extra compact Raspberry Pi Zero. This sits within the high half of the 3D-printed clamshell case, hooked up to a Waveshare Zero-DISP-7A 7″ touchscreen show — handily eradicating the necessity for a devoted pointing system.
The underside half of the clamshell holds a pair of batteries and the associated charging circuitry, in addition to a Contra 40% mechanical keyboard — with the clicky board a transparent focus of the Moveable Pi 80, as with the bigger Moveable Pi 84. There is a USB Sort-A port for exterior peripherals, a battery degree gauge triggered by a bodily button-push, and a alternative of inside speaker or analog audio jack — although Mayer remains to be engaged on getting that closing characteristic working.
The 3D print information for the undertaking, together with a invoice of supplies and wiring directions, can be found on Printables underneath a Artistic Commons Attribution 4.0 Worldwide license.