Cloud architect Tommi Laukkanen has designed a Raspberry Pi-powered cyberdeck with a distinction: the retro-futuristic Cyberdore 2064 features a rotary enter knob, alongside a compact display, keyboard, and carry-handle.
“I am a fan of cyberpunk style,” Laukkanen explains, “so one of many pursuits is to craft my very own cyberdecks once in a while to assist me jack into the web with a correct machine. You do not find yourself countless social media scrolling with these machine — though it does have a useful scroll wheel on the aspect to navigate your Mastodon feed.”
If you happen to’re in search of a compact pc with retro attraction, the Cyberdore 2064 delivers. (📷: Tommi Laukkanen)
The Cyberdore 2064, delivered to our consideration by Adafruit, takes some design cues from the Commodore 64 microcomputer. There’s the acquainted energy LED part, with grille-lines and a reputation badge — whereas the Commodore “chicken-head” emblem is discovered on the machine’s rear. The entrance of the 3D-printed housing features a compact Bluetooth keyboard beneath a compact colour show — whereas a second display, a small SSD1306-based OLED panel, performs a cassette-tape animation for aesthetic impact.
Contained in the custom-designed 3D-printed housing is a Raspberry Pi Zero single-board pc and a Raspberry Pi Pico RP2040-based microcontroller board. The latter serves a twin function: the primary is to run the cassette animation on the OLED show; the second is to interface with a rotary encoder, which is uncovered on the aspect of the deck as an outsized knob.
The {custom} case suits a Raspberry Pi Zero SBC and a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller. (📷: Tommi Laukkanen)
“I designed the case with Autodesk Fusion,” Laukkanen explains. “I wished to have a deck with a deal with so to carry it round simply. I additionally added a spot for the small show the place to show a cassette animation to present a correct retro futuristic really feel to the machine.”
Laukkanen’s full write-up is out there on his web site; 3D print information have been revealed to Printables underneath the Inventive Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Worldwide license.