DIY Raspberry Pi + Arduino Laptop

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In the video i hope to show you how to build a Raspberry Pi and Arduino powered laptop with some cool features.
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[@retrox684]

This is one of the better raspberry pi laptops I have seen. I love the intergrated ardunio it would make it easy to develop and test projects on the go

[@johnodondev]

I am watching this on a Raspberry Pi...

[@taylordavison6849]

Neat!

[@ijax64]

Noice

[@dgill3090]

Last time I tried KZbin didn't work and mine was the new one

[@BuildItnow]

What browser did you use

[@taylordavison6849]

@@BuildItnow If he didn't use Google, I'd wager between Tor and DuckDuckGo.

[@ohmylordofdarkness]

That's the coolest project build that ever seen in my entire life. No seriously, that's a great video of building. ☺️👍

[@artwork-studios]

Building the laptop and building that sick Minecraft base!

[@Ctane126]

if you go to your local starbucks with your hand crafted vintage Laptop to write an essay about why poor people are awful cause they don't eat organic food you will be the freakin king of the hipster!

[@mwbgaming28]

id like to see him try to bring it though airport security

[@themoribundapathetic4530]

are you telling me you cant bring this stuff to an airport?

[@mwbgaming28]

i was almost arrested for trying to bring my homemade 100,000mAh battery bank through the airport and it did look reasonably professional

[@mwbgaming28]

the results were restrictions in carrying lithium batteries in bulk on passenger flights my battery bank is 3.7V at 100,000mAh that equals just 370Wh 370wh is hardly carrying batteries in bulk carrying in bulk would be more like carrying a 1-2KWh battery on board

[@mwbgaming28]

well thats gay my old laptop which had a custom made 48 cell battery (240wh) was able to be brought on board with no problems, in fact i still can and they dont question me about it

[@OktoPutsch]

You don't need a 3D printer, just do it the oldschool way : make your parts out of wood, wax them out, mold and pour with resin !

[@pologamero2648]

Okto Putsch or let on wood! Could be a nice and warm material for the laptop.

[@purrbox7514]

I would love to see a wooden resined laptop.

[@OktoPutsch]

@Purrbox : oh, neat, even better than what i thought ! Once dampened by resin under vacuum, and polymerized, it would be even easier to glue and shape while preserving the surface very soft and warm, with glossy or silky aspect and a waterproof bonus ! Perfect :) i'll keep that in mind, thanks ;)

[@eduardoavila646]

Or get an old netbook or laptop case. Its cheap too.

[@achievebig5315]

You could also use an old brief case.

[@TheXmas100]

Holy shit, i was always thinking that i need a 3d printer in order to do something like that.. You give me some inspiration!

[@CyanideFr]

I fucking loved how he reinforced the case with protoplastic

[@Justin-gc4ms]

nice job, i followed your tutorial and made this laptop into a briefcase, i thought this looked really cool. it turned out really nice and i use this every day

[@BastienAuxer]

Many people have less then two stick to rub together. If your able to build a case with just duck tape,' I don't judge, I appreciate your Mayguyver instincts. Keep the projects going and bee happy with your work.

[@sakibmohammed4337]

*bee* ...... Really, *bee* what's wrong with you?

[@scienceteam9254]

I really hope that you get sponsored with a 3d printer one day (*NEW SUB*)

[@shadowguardnso]

That moment when a raspberry pi laptop is better than yours.

[@TR2000LT]

And it can play minecraft...

[@simonplayz9789]

@@TR2000LT but that is just minecraft pi edition witch is a very lowered version of the game so it would not be that fun.

[@TR2000LT]

@@simonplayz9789 but still.. a good game for that mini laptop you could still build some houses and other things.

[@TR2000LT]

@@simonplayz9789 i have raspberry pi and I have build tree house, boat, zombie statue, house, some other underground stuff and mineshafts.

[@simonplayz9789]

@@TR2000LT your right

[@NODEtv]

Good job dude!

[@BuildItnow]

Hey NODE! im a huge fan thanks for the comment!

[@floppydisk4500]

Would be cool with an Intel computer stick

[@DogerBeaner]

I don't like the placement of the screen. It is not centered. So it's an ok job I guess.

[@clard52]

I actually kinda like the battery monitor idea (weird features and all) but design-wise you picked a bad spot for it, you reduced the potential size of the screen substantially and added a large unnecessary bezel. If it could've been squeezed in to the right of the track pad (or left I suppose,) or onto the side of the laptop with a button to turn it on (ala macbook)

[@thomasjansen5921]

Why not like the bar on the new macbook

[@BuildItnow]

+Thomas Jansen if I wanted to make a MacBook I would have removed all the ports

[@thomasjansen5921]

Build It Yes but you forgot 1 core thing. The 2 kidneys pricetag

[@kyakou2407]

Thomas Jansen I think you mean 2 souls and the solar system.

[@niveyoga3242]

That comeback tho xD

[@achithem]

I dont need it i dont need it i NEED IT

[@themoribundapathetic4530]

its so ugly tho

[@kovyvuri]

The Moribund Apathetic How bout you build a laptop with the same materials huh? I bet you it won't be any better than this one.

[@aaronmicalowe]

The Moribund Apathetic so are babies when they are born :o)

[@BlOchTNGamingSUB]

trust me, you don't.

[@BuildItnow]

:(

[@bpradana]

Man, that's beautiful, making arduino and raspberry pi work together

[@EddieGjaltema]

It is always a good idea to append the config at the end of the file, so it won't be overriden somewhere else in the config.

[@Smell-O-Vision-Citrus]

Love it! I've been working on a similar project for a couple months, but the lack of 3d Printer and some soldering issues have been bugging the crap out of me. Thanks for giving me the motivation to pick it back up and(hopefully) finish it!

[@BuildItnow]

Hope you finish it! Love to see it when its done.

[@MasterMindS901]

Jose Whatshisdoe please inbox me on twitter @MasterMindS901 and I can tell you how he did it I not associated with him but I am very Mind savage on IT technology and I work on stuff like this

[@eventualpine]

Doing a similar project too! Just trying to do it with, let's just say less practical resources.

[@Rich77UK]

Gotta love those Synaptics touch pads. THE best three years of my working life where spent at that company.

[@CarlyleRobinson]

i mainly think the whole battery life display is cool

[@Lonewolf3000]

Super skills bro I've seen so many videos on making the raspberry pi computer you had put everything just like the real laptop

[@BuildItnow]

Thank you! But I made this very long ago, you should check out my new one which is quite a bit better! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rl61mGuNbtFmqKs

[@sonicblast19]

Neat. I kinda like these type of projects since they are truly DIY. I mean not everyone has the money or the space for a 3D printer and most DIY channels rely way too much on them. If you are a kid or someone who just wants to do a project like this, if you 3d print your stuff that guy won't have any way of following your project.

[@zorbaza]

Congrats on all the views Dante!,hope to see you soon.

[@NovaspiritTech]

this is awesome!

[@gaming_playground1]

Hi big fan

[@theastrogamer710]

Im lazy so I just bought a cheap small HDMI screen from Ebay a mini keyboard a portable charger for phones and a couple of hubs and that was my Raspberry Pi laptop build Its the simplest design with no need for soldering..

[@darrendackly4754]

Excellent job dude. A laptop made by a man in a shed (so to speak) i love it.

[@captaindestructo1910]

I love how he's listening to KZbin on the Pi while working on the rest of it lol

[@timkrahmer2344]

That's one really unique computer!

[@eventualpine]

I’ve made a similar project with The same components

[@BinhTran-zl9pj]

Surface:your home late RPI:I was just with my friends Surface:FRIENDS?! You stink at storage I swear I can't keep doing this.

[@minimator3574]

I Like The Way You Presented It

[@Sunshine701c-tx7ku]

Hey, I attempted a very similar thing, only I used the body and keyboard of a HP 200LX palmtop to house my raspberry pi. I'm pretty jealous of your keyboard, with my keyboard it's really tough to touchtype. And with 3 18650s I bet the battery life on yours is much better than on mine as well.

[@eduardomartinezjuarez7849]

There's another way to build the case without a 3d printer: cut plastic sheets, glue them up, pour epoxy resin and paint with spray. I've seen that on many custom mods that turn desk game consoles into handheld consoles, and it looks really well

[@saty4538]

this should be way more popular

[@huntertran2249]

This is seriously creative! Nice job man!

[@IncredibleSolv]

love the ingenuity - as to the case, yes you could use wood, yes you could use alumnium, but what I love about your idea is its eco-creds... you could of course go to a nearest sign making store and ask for some corex board as a cardboard stiffner. to spend more using a laser cutter or get the steel made to the shape you have would all increase costs. a cheap stiffner is an old 30cm ruler that can be used to divide the partitions

[@tomypower4898]

Hilary Albutt Yes seriously that's great video building

[@amanharwara]

You are criminally under-subscribed

[@tanmaymishra1371]

I really appreciate your work. There's a lot of hard work and I literally enjoyed your video as I'm a CS student I'll surely try to make this device. Loved your video

[@Hypernova_675]

Kinda looks like those old Lenovo ThinkPad computers

[@BuildItnow]

yeah kinda, thanks!

[@animeman4522]

So the dip screen has the cables and the thing used to plug into the 50 pin ribbon cable once you buy it in the descriptions correct

[@sebastienarribe3810]

Really cool. I was considering to make my own too, now I have a great guide! Thumbs up!

[@BuildItnow]

Hope it goes well! would love to see how it turns out

[@Jotainkivaa123]

I like the case, it gives the laptop nerdy look. Like "I needed a laptop, but I didn't want to go outside, so i ducttaped one from stuff lying around". Geek image points off the charts! :D Also, everyone realizes you propably start talking about Linux, so they keep off your personal space. Waaaay off. :D

[@eduardoavila646]

A good hint is to use a old laptop or netbook case (you can buy them really cheap). Or even get from a non functioning one.

[@EvilDaveCanada]

Just found this. Could you use a CM4 instead of unsoldering all the stuff from a standard RPi no matter the version(3,4,etc) ?

[@BuildItnow]

You could but you’d still have to either design a shield for it to mount to or use a pre made sheild. You might be able to solder connectors directly to it instead of using a shield but that level of soldering is definitely not something I can do.

[@Aaku13]

yo, do yourself a favor and buy a 3d printer. no more messing with that plastic goop.

[@BuildItnow]

+DankMemes Im trying here, that's the dream.

[@tedmosby9409]

$200-300 cheaper than a laptop now not like i have 1 tho

[@aaronmicalowe]

I think Aldi was selling a 3D printer for $50. There are KZbin videos on how to set it up and avoid the common pitfalls with best drivers.

[@mostreks4066]

..

[@BeOurBee]

@@BuildItnow You can also try 2-part epoxy putty. Plenty of formulations cure hard.

[@OrigamiVR]

Reminds me of a Thinkpad! AMAZING JOB!

[@Ferferite]

3:28 That charger is made for 1C that means it is designed to charge one lithium ion cell.It is possible to do it with that charger,but i do not reccomand it.Also,if you are using multiple batteries,buy a balance charger,over time the batteries cand make a huge gap of voltage between them and then discharge between them. Eighter way,i loved it so much.I wold try to build it but i can't afford all the parts.

[@gamingboi_7730]

This is very cool. I would make this so I can make arduino projects on the go on a tiny device if the raspberry pi’s weren’t over 100$

[@aidanknox2430]

Before video: O hey! Im good at stuff I can do one of these After video: Writes this comment very depressed

[@d4rp645]

*YOU CAN DO IT*

[@dogedark]

I love learning about electronics and computers, when I first watched this video I instantly subscribed, keep up the good work!

[@BuildItnow]

Thank you so much!

[@anasqai]

If battery like that tellings will it use more battery? If just adding a part of screen, but just display battery-only? If can on and off that part? If only use like "low %" = blinking light? Means saving battery, the setting for lights is by using the pi(program settings)?

[@anasqai]

Or press = appear %.

[@nightvisiongiri]

One thing you miss in this laptop it was a microphone 😎

[@axelelmfeldt4540]

Are you using protected or unprotected 18650 batteries? If you are using unprotected, how do you not set your house on fire?

[@BuildItnow]

They are salvaged from an old battery pack. They are protected but if they weren't the battery balancer would still insure that that don't explode

[@0NEGROUP]

Great Video Thank You for explaining to us how to connect everything together. Really enjoyed it.

[@Meatnyancat22Gaming]

this beautiful video just made me subscribe, computer building is an art to me

[@NonsenseSystems]

While u where getting the keyboard from a case and talking about how u made the track pad, i bought a keyboard that has a trackpad underneath.

[@BuildItnow]

+AirGawd cool stuff

[@IncredibleSolv]

you should add a 1Kohm resistor on the on off switch to protect the Rpi....

[@yaboi1288]

That small battery indicator screen takes up so much space on the laptop. Rather, I'd make use of that space by putting more batteries

[@shulehr]

batteries can be calibrated just by connecting them in parallel, and because i see you're doing it anyway then your batteries did not need any calibration at all ;)

[@joaovictormartinslima6755]

Good job

[@e8root]

Very nice idea. You should really invest in 3d printer or CNC milling machine. With any of these you can build pretty looking machine. For CNC I would suggest making it in wood. I also think it would e better to use battery packs. I would also put FPGA inside it instead Arduino, just for the heck of it :P

[@karlscheel3500]

I hope your Raspberry Pi laptop won't develop an electrical overload or short-circuit over time; you just might find your cardboard cut-out case catching FIRE! For this reason, I would DEFINITELY add some short-circuit and over- current protection, if you don't have it already.

[@jonhycassey772]

Hello, can you explain the magnet charging thing? It has a lithium ion charger module to reduce the micro usb charge but then you connect two magnets to the end of the wires. Do you solder the wire endings to the magnets or wrap them around? It doesn't interfere with magnet magnetic fields and the magnet magnetic fields with the charge?

[@kanaefukuda1864]

whats with the magnet? its just easier to charge batteries that way without a battery holder something rather than taping the wire to the battery.

[@pibookpro9301]

No need to solder ours :) Under $80 pibookpro.com

[@gazeddy]

put your power switch between the batteries and powerbank circuit your powerbank circuit will deplete the cells surprisingly quickly leaving you with a dead laptop that may refuse to charge

[@zid_just_zid]

Love the build! Im looking at that type of keyboard for a build of my own but i cant really see how wide it is after being cut out of the case. Would you happen to know its height and width?

[@kieferonline]

An alternative surface material would be Tolex, like in audio equipment. Great project by the way!

[@thomasjane5939]

I love your DIY laptop

[@MixedGears]

Hehe nice project. You really take the time to make this.

[@neilgillmore]

Decent job dude. the battery life mini screen is ok enough but it does make for a small main screen. personal opinion i'd have a larger main screen over the batt ind, .... just saying...

[@BuildItnow]

Yeah I get what you mean. Unfortunately the bigger screens are just so expensive. My original plan was to make this a 15 to 16 inch screen but all screens that size where $300 and up.

[@cagan_bozkurt]

Can you give every material's name that you used for making that laptop?

[@zirscyxmaendor1753]

I love this build i told my friends that someone crossed raspberry pi and Adriano to make a laptop

[@monsieuralfonse8070]

​@Mario Li Cavoli Not too well, I'd imagine

[@noellathemodestmode9579]

Hey you should try doing this with an asus tinker board I would really like to see that

[@mwbgaming28]

i made one out of a windows pendo pad it can run halo CE at 30FPS on high settings and do it for 3 days straight before it needs to be recharged (im a stickler for battery life)

[@zux128]

nice

[@AdLast]

Nice work man!

[@mixky123]

nice work. but if I what a DIY Pi-NB myself. I will buy a very cheap second hand NB and rebuild inside.

[@BuildItnow]

That sounds like a cool idea. Do it!

[@hecticgunner8723]

Saw an arduino ad before this XD

[@MoodyReeper02N8]

same it was like an online course

[@l0ge]

Same

[@andymadden8183]

I wish these were sold in stores. I'd buy one! Also, I have the model of tablet case shown at 01:19.

[@BuildItnow]

You should make one!

[@zoesdada8923]

This is so amazing considering when I was a kid and all this pc stuff was just gaining ground a computer didn't have anywhere near the ability this tiny little thing has and they were extremely expensive. Now you can get a damn decent little computer for, well whatever this costs and people are making great things like this and the altioids box gaming system.

[@lonnymoore2622]

nice work man thats a awesome idea.

[@bummers]

Great video ... just a slip of tongue perhaps @ 2:54 ... it is not that thinner cable will cause the current to be too large and heat up the cable. The current may be too high for the cable and it would heat up if it is too thin. All things being equal, thinner cables would have higher resistance, causing it to heat up.

[@BuildItnow]

I dont think my intention was to say that the thinner cable causes more current but i see how that would come arross that way, thank youa for the correction!

[@shujiling213]

Awesome

[@fouzaialaa7962]

dude there is a way to solder a usb lead to the trackpad directly and it works !!!! you can read the voltage threw the gpio as you said and you van make a relay on off circuit to cut the power to all components and you can use hot glue better than that plastic goop also your pi displays the yellow symbol on the screen suggesting that it needs more power..the output of the power bank circuit is not enough use a buck converter and set it to 5.2 volts to remedy the loss in wire also a heatsink will help with thermals since my pi hits 80 degrees with the touch display assembled. also get a nice amp and add sound and your golden !!! i hope you addresse these issues in the V2 version !!! i have an hp laptop like the one you took the hinge from i found a way to use the existing lcd but i cant buy it since i live in tunisia and we don't have paypal

[@Random_Dude_On_The_internet]

And if you had the screen wider than needed, put the battery display under the screen

[@pinkAisle]

what is the model

[@arjunaich5399]

GREAT JOB BRO, AMAZING, where did u get the keyboard from?

[@lhtyeehaw1319]

Is there any videos to get/make a 6.5 inch by 3 inch laptop (purely for a project)?

[@pibookpro9301]

We're 11.6" :) pibookpro.com

[@sheelafulari4749]

Is adding a big screen a good idea and I also have a doubt can I play heavy games by connecting a graphic card

[@pibookpro9301]

How big is big? We're 11.6" :) pibookpro.com

[@Mattvweiss]

Are you not worried about keeping the batteries balanced when charging them? This setup would worry me a bit as time went on and they begin to wear out.

[@ganeshmarmat342]

thanks ,this is really helpful to me. keep your video posted I have subscribed

[@cesardelatorre9547]

Hey men, what about the warming, do your laptop warms, cause the R pi, needs some ventilation to dont over heat. Thanks in advance.

[@hidde1626]

Really great video! I love it!

[@BuildItnow]

hidde1626 thank you!

[@Gary_E_Anderson]

Very cool video. Loved the keyboard so i tried to find the donor you used. Too bad the link for it in your article is dead. Can anybody point to the make and model of this keyboard?

[@BuildItnow]

Hey thanks for the comment! Which link is dead? All seem to work for me, let me know and ill replace it.

[@Gary_E_Anderson]

@@BuildItnowYour link in the comments to instructible page works but on that page your link to the mini usb keyboard under the parts list goes to a dead bangood page. :(

[@BuildItnow]

@@Gary_E_Anderson Oh sorry! Thanks for pointing that out, here's a new one with the same product Cheers! www.banggood.com/USB-Keyboard-Bracket-Leather-Case-Bag-With-Stand-For-10-Inch-Tablet-p-944184.html?p=3S161310753936201705&custlinkid=932022

[@BuildItnow]

@@Gary_E_Anderson Btw you should check out my new Raspberry Pi Laptop Build, it uses a far easier to find Keyboard ;)

[@animeman4522]

You only have the screen and raspberry pi there is no description on where to buy that blue piece used to connect onto the raspberry pi gpio

[@homejonny9326]

Please, what is its advantages if compared with laptops avialable on the market?

[@ctcards2636]

Do you build these ? Id buy one of you. This is awesome.

[@SnailDOS]

Can I buy this off you. I want to bring this too school and pretend my laptop died. Oh God. Lmao

[@KenjiUmino]

great video - now where did you get this RGB LCD HAT? i did not see it linked in your instructions. as an alternative i could also use a LCD control board that does not take up a lot of space or has thick connectors (HDMI is ok but VGA or chinch would make it too thick) i already have a 1024x600 screen that i salvaged from a broken tablet and it has a 50 pin TTL ribbon cable - would that work for the LCD HAT? i ordered a control board but it was the wrong one and is driving the display at 800x480 resulting in some weird blank spaces on the edge of the screen

[@Lgwasherfan5623]

Im making a raspberry pi laptop, im using a 10 inch rugged case and i only have the screen and cooler to finish

[@PseudoNo]

An inspirational one, I should say. Thanks a lot!

[@BuildItnow]

Thank you!

[@jaygoodwin6287]

i would love to make my own laptop full size. for general use like youtube, games, word, nopad, etc. A DIY laptop. To save money. i'm relatively new to raspberry pi all though i have had one for a few years. is this possible? i use my pi on a 43 inch tv with a full sized keyboard and mouse with no problem

[@TimothyChapman]

I don't think soldering off the USB headers is the way to go. How about a slightly customized PCB instead?

[@BuildItnow]

+Timothy Chapman I'm not entirely sure what you mean, a customized PCB for the GPIO?

[@Kevin15673]

I'm making my own 3d model for a case to hold this thing, it's going to have a swappable battery bank and stuff, it'll be a little bit before I can print it and make sure everything works, but I'd be able to send you the obj after I test it Edit: Well the case is about 8'' wide, so I guess your printer wouldn't be able to print it without you printing it in multiple pieces and gluing it together, but I could always mail one to you.

[@BuildItnow]

Wow this sounds amazing! Id love to see the final product when you finish it. I recently got an Ender 3 and will be printing a case for a Windows 10 laptop project. Stay tuned for that video

[@Kevin15673]

@@BuildItnow You'd be able to print the case on the ender 3, once I test it out I can send you the obj file