Raspberry Pi Cyberdeck Inspired by Rare MSX

When we see these cyberdeck builds, the goal is usually to just make something retro-futuristic enough to do William Gibson proud. There’s really no set formula, but offset screens coupled with large keyboards and a vague adherence to 1980s design language seem to be the most important tenets.

Granted the recent build by [lewisb42] still leans heavily on those common tropes, but at least there’s a clear lineage: his Raspberry Pi retro all-in-one is styled after a particularly rare bright red variant of the MSXthat Sony released in Japan. Known as the HIT-BIT HB-101, some aficionados consider the circa-1984 machine to be the peak of MSX styling. Since getting his hands on a real one to retrofit wasn’t really an option, he had no choice but to attempt recreating some of the computer’s unique design elements from scratch.

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The Best Raspberry Pi 4 Cooler! The Ice Tower Also works on the Pi 3 & Pi 3B+

This is the Best cooler I’ve ever tested for the Raspberry Pi 4 3 or 3b+ its called the Ice Tower and it lives up to its name! An insane Tower cooler for the Raspberry Pi 4 is something we really didn’t need but always wanted. In this video, I test out the thermal performance on the Ice Tower cooler for the Raspberry Pi 4 Raspberry 3 and The Raspberry Pi 3 plus. Sorry for the quick re-upload, The last chart was a little messed up in the original.

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Raspberry Pi admits to faulty USB-C design on the Pi 4

The Raspberry Pi 4 was announced two weeks ago as a major new upgrade to the line of cheap single-board hobbyist computers. The Pi 4 featured a faster CPU, options for up to 4GB of RAM, and a new, modern USB-C port for power delivery. The Pi 4 was the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s first ever USB-C device, and, well, they screwed it up.

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The Raspberry Pi 4 brings faster CPU, up to 4GB of RAMAs detailed by Tyler Ward, the Raspberry Pi 4 has a non-compliant USB-C charging port and doesn’t work with as many chargers as it should. Thanks to the open nature of Raspberry Pi (even the schematics are online!), Ward was able to discover that Raspberry Pi just didn’t design its USB-C port correctly. Two “CC” pins on a USB-C port are supposed to each get their own 5.1K ohms resistor, but Raspberry Pi came up with its own circuit design that allows them to share a single resistor. This is not a compliant design and breaks compatibility with some of the more powerful USB-C chargers out there.

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