To enable mobility with a big display and as small of a power footprint as possible I am setting up a Raspberry Pi for the intended use as a multimedia / remote access workstation.
The hardware setup.
Raspberry Pi 5 8GB
Raspberry Pi official cooler
Pimoroni NVME Base
Crucial P3 Plus 4TB NVME that needs to be allocated fully as setup only took 2TB.
100w 12v to USB C power supply. Yes the Pi complains that it isn't the official but it works fine.
Custom 3D printed Rasberry Pi 5 / NVME base case.In Trasnlucent Red which came out, well, Raspberry of all things...
The display is a Samsung 28" 4K that runs off of 19V DC, and running it off of a 12v to 19v step up transformer.
Keyboard / mouse are Logitech MK550 wireless wave keyboard and mouse combo setup with the unifying receiver.
Audio I/O is via a no name but awesome sound bluetooth over the ears headset.
To do double duty as a TV as well, I am adding a Hauppage WinTV USB stick type tuner to allow me to tune in OTA TV programming although I doubt that will get much use.
Software load so far, and mind you this has been in the last 2 hours, is....
Raspberry Pi OS 64 bit
Login prompt has been updated to the multi greeter and KDE Plasma is installed.
I have added the prerequisite Audio Visual software stack.
GIMP
Inkscape
KDEnlive
Audacity
For corporate paid job stuff, I have an old Logitech 720p webcam in the just in case pile.
I have 2 4 port USB hubs, one to connect to the USB 2.0 side, and one to connect to the USB 3.0 side, they will be attached to the bottom of the display to get ports to plug cameras and such in easier, and keep the unifying receiver within line of sight from the keyboard and mouse.
The idea here is the Pi will be 3M automotive mounting taped to the back of the display, cabling will be velcroed to the swing arms of the VESA mount. The antenna gets 3M taped to the back of the monitor, and the USB hubs get 3M taped to the bottom edge of the monitor.
I have a few items left to the project that are waiting for delivery of parts, including the monitor but those bits of work are....
Load the Pi into the case.
Receive the monitor. Good thing this was on a stupid cheap sale, but still a 28" 4K is kind of spendy...
Affix the display mount to the steel wall ribs on the camper van. That is going to be the hardest part.
Using the 3M automotive grade mounting tape mount the Pi, USB hubs, 2.0 on the right, 3.0 on the left, mount the antenna.
Use split loom / proper electrical tape to bind / route the power leads along the mount to a heavy duty 15 amp single plug to dual socket extender.
Using Gorilla tape install the micro HDM to HDMI cable and conceal / route the cable on the back of the monitor as I might need to go 12" but the shortest I could find is 36".
The hardware setup.
Raspberry Pi 5 8GB
Raspberry Pi official cooler
Pimoroni NVME Base
Crucial P3 Plus 4TB NVME that needs to be allocated fully as setup only took 2TB.
100w 12v to USB C power supply. Yes the Pi complains that it isn't the official but it works fine.
Custom 3D printed Rasberry Pi 5 / NVME base case.In Trasnlucent Red which came out, well, Raspberry of all things...
The display is a Samsung 28" 4K that runs off of 19V DC, and running it off of a 12v to 19v step up transformer.
Keyboard / mouse are Logitech MK550 wireless wave keyboard and mouse combo setup with the unifying receiver.
Audio I/O is via a no name but awesome sound bluetooth over the ears headset.
To do double duty as a TV as well, I am adding a Hauppage WinTV USB stick type tuner to allow me to tune in OTA TV programming although I doubt that will get much use.
Software load so far, and mind you this has been in the last 2 hours, is....
Raspberry Pi OS 64 bit
Login prompt has been updated to the multi greeter and KDE Plasma is installed.
I have added the prerequisite Audio Visual software stack.
GIMP
Inkscape
KDEnlive
Audacity
For corporate paid job stuff, I have an old Logitech 720p webcam in the just in case pile.
I have 2 4 port USB hubs, one to connect to the USB 2.0 side, and one to connect to the USB 3.0 side, they will be attached to the bottom of the display to get ports to plug cameras and such in easier, and keep the unifying receiver within line of sight from the keyboard and mouse.
The idea here is the Pi will be 3M automotive mounting taped to the back of the display, cabling will be velcroed to the swing arms of the VESA mount. The antenna gets 3M taped to the back of the monitor, and the USB hubs get 3M taped to the bottom edge of the monitor.
I have a few items left to the project that are waiting for delivery of parts, including the monitor but those bits of work are....
Load the Pi into the case.
Receive the monitor. Good thing this was on a stupid cheap sale, but still a 28" 4K is kind of spendy...
Affix the display mount to the steel wall ribs on the camper van. That is going to be the hardest part.
Using the 3M automotive grade mounting tape mount the Pi, USB hubs, 2.0 on the right, 3.0 on the left, mount the antenna.
Use split loom / proper electrical tape to bind / route the power leads along the mount to a heavy duty 15 amp single plug to dual socket extender.
Using Gorilla tape install the micro HDM to HDMI cable and conceal / route the cable on the back of the monitor as I might need to go 12" but the shortest I could find is 36".
Statistics: Posted by dbhosttexas — Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:00 pm — Replies 1 — Views 54