SUPER SIMPLE SYBERDECK

The screen is the Wisecoco 10.1 inch amoled. It displays 2k, plus a little extra height. I believe that it is the exact screen used on the 10.1 inch Samsung tablets, so that suits me just fine. 2K resolution seen on a 10 inch screen is just amazing in detail. It feels like the future, when i sit really close and let the screen pull me in to a light form of virtual reality.

 

I agonized for a few minutes, but finally drilled a few holes through the lid of this [once] waterproof box. a couple of screws go through some foam, and then into the 75 mm vesa mount holes in the Wisecoco. I found a very flexible HDMI cable with the smallest possible plug, and a petite USB c to USB a cable that could easily be routed past the screen, to end up in the lower box where they could attach to [in this case] a latte panda mu.

 

 

Really, nothing has been done to route the cables except to tuck them behind the screen. Plenty of room remains in the box, in case a battery and a USB hub and some solid state drives are needed.

 My 4 gig raspberry pi 5 works great in here, as does my 8 gig cm5 mounted to the Waveshare nano b carrier board. All 3 of these single board computers can send its sound signal out through the HDMI if you select that. So, there are the 2 quiet but usable speakers in the screen that come on. 

 

I have created a sound bar as well. It uses two 3 inch full range drivers and two 3 inch tweeters.

A 10 dollar amp is screwed to the side of this crude prototype. Until i figure out a battery, there is a 60 watt 12 volt AC power supply screwed beside the amp. This sound bar gets surprisingly loud, and sounds pretty darn good. 3/4 inch plywood forms the box, and the handle is a battery cable.

i have  a hot glue gun, so that i can screw a computer and power converter to a plastic sheet , and hot glue that sheet into the base of the Moocy box. Then, the box can be closed and carried around without damaging the screen. Obviously, the sound bar, or boom box is a much larger commitment. So far, i have only carried it outside the house to the porch.

I would like to thank the folks at Wisecoco, who replaced this screen when the first one came apart, and dropped into the lower case when i opened the lid. This screen seems to be glued together better, so that it can be inverted and shaken without coming apart.

people used to comment on these posts, but i guess that folks have quit visiting. They are written just for me!