Altoids Tins are the perfect container. From survival kits, custom handheld game systems, to sewing, watercolours, and first aid, people have been repurposing the tin of the curiously strong mints for decades. They are very nice little tins. Recently a strong desire came over me to build a tiny cyberdeck inside of one of these tins.

Cyberdecks are often built in rugged pelican cases, ammo cans, or other boxy form factors. An altoids tin checks a lot of boxes here: Rugged, boxy, and non-obvious.

This Altoids Tin Min-Cyberdeck is a fully functional Linux computer running Raspbian. It has the following features:
- Raspberry Pi Zero W
- 2inch IPS LCD Display
- 3.7 V 750 mAh Battery
- ~40% mechanical keyboard
- Micro USB charging port
- USB A port for peripherals
- Essential GPIO pins externally accessible

My primary regret with this project is that I am unable to run Linux Mint on a Raspberry Pi Zero.