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If you’re looking for a DIY computing project to tackle, the official Raspberry Pi site just shared a step-by-step guide to putting together your own cyberdeck: a broad term that applies to any bespoke device made to order, and designed to meet a need that conventional tablets, phones, and computers can’t.
This particular cyberdeck (via Notebookcheck) is based on a Raspberry Pi 5 device with a Bluetooth keyboard attached, with everything packed inside a hard Pelican-style case that provides easy portability and protection against the elements.
« The case defines the cyberdeck, » explains maker Brian Corteil, who wrote this guide. « Past builds have used old pocket computers (including their original keyboards), briefcases, mint tins, wooden boxes, and prop replicas. »
To the Raspberry Pi 5, case, and keyboard you also need to attach several other peripherals — including a display, so you can see what you’re doing. The finished creation has a built-in power supply too, so you’re ready for off-grid life.
This portable ‘cyberdeck’ computer is my next Raspberry Pi project — and the weatherproof build only costs $250 despite the RAM crisis
