While looking for potential designs I stumbled across this little gem; the PiPo X9.
They are little Windows/Android dual booting, boxes with a built in 7" touch screen. The x8 version of this (almost identical) is selling on Ebay for ~£80 - I'm definitely fancying one when i scrape together some currency!
I really, really like the aesthetics of the case; the wedge shape is perfect for a desktop tool. Id really like to enclose my little development tool in a case like this!
The question is... How is best to do it? I have one or two initial thoughts - the Raspberry Pi and Screen driver board will live inside the wedge. As for the rest:
- Same shape; Power & USBs broken out on the back, Arduino pins broken out one side panel and the Pi GPIOs the other, Breadboard under the screen on the face.
- Same shape, but with flat sections either side of the face; one with the Arduino mounted and one with the Pi breakout mounted. Possibly mount the breadboard to the back to allow both sides easy access to it.
- As above, but put the screen to one side and have one big open area to mount the Arduino, GPIO breakout and breadboard.
As with all of my projects I am in need of help with the design so please, all suggestions and collaborators welcome!
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