[Michael Castor] desired a tablet, however not just any type of tablet. He desired an all-in-one system running Linux, as well as he desired it to look good. So he made himself a wooden PiPad.
He started the job at the beginning of 2013, as well as like many of our projects, it took a bit while to get some momentum going. He bought most of the elements early on however then it got pushed to the back burner. two weeks before the maker Faire Bay area 2013, [Michael] decided he wished to show it off, as well as therefore began the mad dash to surface it in time.
The develop consists of a extremely nice piece of 1/2″ Baltic birch plywood which was cut to shape utilizing a CNC router. A scrap piece of carbon fiber makes for a stylish however not as well fancy back cover — He even handled to get [Eben Upton] to indication it! inside is a 10,000mAh lithium ion battery, a Raspberry Pi, a cellphone battery charging system as well as a capacitive touchscreen LCD. almost all touchscreens run off 12V, however [Michael] handled to discover a 5V HDMI to LVDS converter, which works perfectly. The gadget gets about 6 hours of battery life, which is more than sufficient for [Michael]. The gadget looks great, as well as he’s even made it with flight terminal security with it!
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