Hacking Dystopia with a Pi 400 Cyberdeck

[@SeanHodgins]

When our technological civilization collapses, the only pans left will be cast iron. Love the battery storage location.

[@ZackFreedman]

One man roams the wastes, seasoning every pan he finds. Mankind may never rise again, he says, but if they do, they deserve decent cookware.

[@jek__]

Until we start manufacturing gem pans

[@_skyyskater]

Last year I rescued an entire set of cast irons from the curb... they are now my favorite cookware in my kitchen.

[@Nuttyhero]

i see license plates at 0:33

[@CommodoreFan64]

@@_skyyskater Awesome I still have a set of old cast iron pans my great grandmother handed down to my grandmother(her mother in law on my mothers side of my family) who gave it to me before she died several years back making them almost 100 years old, and it's still some of the best cookware I've ever owned next too my wok.

[@mysticwizard1943]

today the algorithm has brought me something that was entirely in my native language yet I could not understand a single word, and it was pretty cool

[@vimtheprotogen2855]

today the algorithm has brought me a video in my native language, yet I rarely hear people use it like this.

[@Kitulous]

today the algorithm has brought me something that was entirely in my second language yet i could understand most of it... ...i guess because I'm a nerd....

[@camshand]

Wire painted to look like copper 😮 yes... That punishment is warranted!

[@Pawcu4ever]

Isn't this copper clad aluminium wire? CCA wire?

[@wesleymays1931]

Not painted _per se_ just electroplated in copper, so people think they're getting copper wire but it's aluminum.

[@Synergy7Studios]

@@wesleymays1931 it might also be for people who need cheaper wire and don't need copper. Most of the current travels on the outside of the wire (hence why stranded wire exists; more surface area = less resistance) so some copper electroplating gets you most of the way there.

[@oOWaschBaerOo]

@@Synergy7Studios wouldnt this be dangerous af, ? you buy a wire with specific gage and all of a sudden its just plated ? being a fire hazard ?

[@rosonowski]

@@oOWaschBaerOo Aluminum wire is fine - the solid stuff will develop cracks over time, which makes it unsuitable to install into your walls for high current loads, but flexible CCA is perfectly OK for hobby stuff. I'd *prefer* copper, but I'm not upset if all I can get is aluminum.

[@DDryTaste]

Small tip, you could've scanned the wearable display on a flatbed scanner. Then import the image into CAD and use callipers to measure the thickness which you can use to dial in the correct scaling in CAD. That saves a lot of time.

[@lilypower]

I usually take a picture from the top view with some kind of ruler next to the thing, that works if you don't have a scanner, it's important to take the picture as far away as possible thought!

[@User-nc2lf]

Yer a genius DryTaste EDIT: and you too Karl

[@joshcarter-com]

I’ve tried the overhead picture trick and then making that a canvas in Fusion 360. It gets you in the right ballpark at least, but I still find that some test fitting and revision is still necessary. Depends on how close of a fit you need. I was making a custom grip for a target rifle and wanted it “just right.”

[@jimmyneutron8702]

You could use one of those melting plastic vacuum things

[@bartz0rt928]

I've had success tracing an outline on graph paper. These don't work for parts with compound curves, though.

[@whatdamath]

"For ... years men dreamed of pacts with demons. Only now are such things possible. " Michèle, one of the cops from the future (Neuromancer)

[@it6882]

Never expected to see you here

[@ms.bunniesarecute2287]

ANTON!! hello wonderful person

[@apreotea]

Grrr, the Turing fuzz...

[@henryharrison5927]

What a crossover

[@codeycus___]

“Imma sprinkle legos all over their floor” That has to be the worst punishment I have ever heard

[@notajalapeno4442]

1d4 are worst they are also hard to pick up (use metal non rounded tip)

[@ZackFreedman]

That’s evil

[@notajalapeno4442]

@@ZackFreedman thanks

[@codeycus___]

@@ZackFreedman yes, indeed. I felt the pain myself once. Stupid me didn’t notice the couple of legos on the floor and... you know where the story goes from there

[@devnol]

When he said I'm gonna wait til' they're showering I thought the next step would be to flush the toilet, but that works fine too.

[@BrEaKiNg_Brad]

"It's always easier to jack in one handed" That's the true.

[@FurryEzio]

That's the TRUE true

[@jackmcmorrow]

That's a nice deck you got there chummer!

[@elizabethm78]

chummer??

[@Osmotic]

@@elizabethm78 It's a reference to Shadowrun (cyberpunk fantasy fiction)

[@elizabethm78]

@@Osmotic ok

[@MalleusSemperVictor]

Whatever you say, choom.

[@Acceleratedpayloads]

Ok omae

[@aminghafoori6496]

zack:hey kids soldering the batteries is extremely dangerous these things can start a house fire so make sure to this project before you get too attached to your house thank you for your advice 😂

[@olliroxx2418]

..but does it have an SDR? "..and a SDR" Oh

[@ZackFreedman]

👉😉👉

[@edwardfletcher7790]

The FM radio aerial was an instant giveaway...

[@cabe_bedlam]

That's a hella neat trick with the filament light pipes.

[@4rtie]

I know this is a terrible idea that would be a pain in the ass to make and is pointless being that it could just slide out, but your statement of “if it has a touch interface it’s a tablet, if it has a hinge it’s a laptop” made me instantly think “but what if you made the keyboard telescope out to save space”

[@MarcillaSmith]

Like the Neo Phone?

[@4rtie]

Marcilla Smith I was thinking more like, each row slides out individually rather than the whole keyboard at once

[@MarcillaSmith]

@@4rtie I'm not sure I see what the point would be

[@4rtie]

Marcilla Smith exactly

[@MarcillaSmith]

@@4rtie LOL! If you will allow me to drift, this reminds me of a time when tablets were still called slates, and there was another thing called a tablet, which was more like what we now call a 2-in-1, only the keyboard was on a rotating hinge so it could be stored behind the screen, making it like a (fat) slate (or what we would now call a tablet)

[@astropgn]

0:09 When I was a kid, my family did this with me, and I would accept it and just duck for no reason hahaha

[@nathanielrudnick3254]

Welcome to Colorado! At some point our cyberdecks might have to get in a cage match.

[@ZackFreedman]

CYBERDECK FIGHT

[@Heeby-Jeebies]

This is just... Unreasonably dope.

[@Dystrackshun]

I've got 2 pi400's. They run my 3d printer's klipper configuration. Thanks to you, I will no longer have to keep my laptop running just to monitor them

[@ericprincen3345]

That comics store at 0:33 is walking distance from my house. Tell me you just moved to my neighborhood...

[@mrmikerotch]

I think that's the one by guitar center.

[@ericprincen3345]

@@mrmikerotch Yup. That' s the one

[@ericprincen3345]

Your new sushi place - Sakana Sushi & Ramen - 7520 Sheridan Boulevard Your new thai place - Thai House - 8025 Sheridan Boulevard Your new mexican place - Los Arcos - 4991 W 80th Ave Your new indian place - Yak & Yeti - 9000 Yukon St

[@Charlie-js8rj]

@@ericprincen3345 Lmao, that was fast

[@ZackFreedman]

Unfortunately no... I picked a strip mall at random to maintain opsec. I do live in or around Westminster.

[@BillieRuben]

Thank you for the shout out about my streams lovely one!

[@nanothrill7171]

great that you're keeping the spirit of late 90s cyber alive.

[@clicksandbeeps61]

2:31 you know my man is a cyborg when he has massive heat syncs on his door

[@archivushka]

Passively cooled door

[@bintang9661]

I'm not even subscribed and this is recommended. This is gonna be a good one.

[@CommodoreFan64]

Same here, YT is boosting this video like crazy.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

This is amazing. I could use this with some of my radios. Cheers!

[@MOAMindustries]

As someone who had a lithium house fire🔥, this is good advice 🤣 6:46

[@AeroQC]

7:53 "[The back has...] Some integrated pegs to wind up the wearable display's cable." Just an idea for the next iteration of your cyberdeck: A retractable cable for the wearable display. I mean, you can easily find retractable USB cables at the dollar store from which you can sacrifice the mechanism for this simple mod.

[@jimmyfuchstein2274]

Then you'll fight a constant resistance from the spring mechanism that could fail easily and need to be replaced

[@EngineerKappa]

I think it's a good sign when all your videos make me go "Dang, I wanna do that one day"

[@iamwoke322]

the design of this thing is enough to make me 💠

[@theorticole2532]

the view find is pretty cool but a vr virtual workspace with a head set would've been awesome

[@UNSCPILOT]

DIY portable VR is a bit tricky, that might be more practical in a few years

[@conorstewart2214]

Quiet Wanderer there’s always fpv goggles for drones, essentially low profile goggles with a hdmi input port on some of them

[@UNSCPILOT]

@@conorstewart2214 not what I mean, the big issue is 6dof tracking and the huge processing power needed for useable VR, sure, stuff like the Quest 2 exist, but they are using custom top of the line parts we can't easily get yet. And a lot of current gen VR headsets can't function outdoors because the sun tends to blind the tracking systems

[@ivanteece]

@@UNSCPILOT Oculus quest with Sidequest has some really cool workspaces. There's one where you can open multiple whiteboards that surround you with the option to bring up browsers. I'd say it's here in some form or other.

[@UNSCPILOT]

@@ivanteece agreed, what I'm saying is you can't easily DIY the hardware to do it yet, though I'd love to have a custom mobile VR /AR system eventually as I do have a PC based VR system that it heaps of fun to use

[@slimknight_]

Side note: 3d printed glasses would be a cool way to integrate ur hud and give it a sleeker look (monocle even? 🧐)

[@satibel]

now I know how I want my laptop to be, thanks for the idea. I've had a project on the backburner to get a laptop motherboard instead of the full laptop, and make my own case with mechanical keyboard and all.

[@skyty0]

I'm reading a bunch of William Gibson novels right now and this video found me at the absolute perfect time. Good job! Looks sick

[@k0lpA]

Me seeing the thumbnail: "Oh someone strapped a nintendo switch to a small keyboard to make it look like a tiny computer, cute, let's see" *Actual cyborg appears on screen* 😮

[@valshaped]

Speaking of which, you can actually run Linux on a Nintendo Switch! (...provided you bought the Switch within the first year on the market)

[@Ravenlations]

Zack, thanks for being an inspiration for me. Thanks to your videos I was able to achieve my projects and wanted to make yours too, it's amazing to see antoher enlightened. Thank you so much!

[@chrislaws4785]

You know, i consider myself to be a bit of a "techy" myself, what with having been a computer IT specialist for the Army, but even i dont understand some of the stuff he talks about. BUT, he does it with such enthusiasm i cant help but watch....LOL.

[@solodianoga]

Message from the future: be sure to check your upstairs neighbors water systems in roughly 1 years time, you will regret it if you don't

[@trevorpomroy550]

Just got my PI 400. Can't wait for version 2!

[@perigeedynamics5941]

Man, youve blown up so quickly. No one deserves it more!

[@elitemantis]

One of the things I did with my cyberdeck project was to add guitar strap. Nothing says badass keyboard jockey like keyboard strapped over the back! Or, well, that's what Shadowrun manual art made me think back in the 90s.

[@shodanxx]

Version 2 : Spring retractable cable for the HMD (Version 3 has wireless HMD, still magnetic though)

[@theironkodis8826]

Every day we grow closer to Cyberpunk 2077

[@BrianSantero]

I can't believe how impressed I am by those stupid little lightpipes. That is kind of stupidly amazingly awesome. Brilliant build!

[@chompachangas]

Nice one. Like a real life Hero Protagonist.

[@TheM750]

If you want a really good trick to model curvy annoying to measure things like that Vufine you struggled with, without having to have so many iterations: scan it on a scanner, with a ruler. Bring the image into your cad program, scale so that the ruler is 1:1, then draw/trace around the part you scanned. Get's it right first try, every time.

[@nobua3562]

Oh! It's nice to see Hakko products in use.I used to be an employee of Hakko and worked as a factory worker and development assistant.

[@augurelite]

Zack I absolutely adore your channel. Your jokes always make me laugh and your builds are so fascinating and thoughtful. You've brought me a lot of joy in these (here comes the generic covid line:) unprecedented and trying times. Hope you and your gf are having fun in the new city :D Always a pleasure seeing youve uploaded a new vid

[@ZackFreedman]

It's my pleasure

[@ILIKECHEESECAKE100]

Really enjoy your videos. Glad KZbin recommendations didn't fail me. I'm in the middle of a fully custom made from scratch flight sim console, and your videos have been awesome to keep me inspired!

That's one sweet deck.

[@WingMaster562]

My chummer here even got an external datajack.

[@Hoocegotyoursix]

I recently found this channel, and I've been kind of binging the videos. I've realized two things, 1. I have zero idea what this fella is talking about, but his voice is pleasant enough, and it feels like he's talking to me personally. And 2. I would have absolutely zero use cases for anything he's created, but still weirdly want everything he's made.

[@OliverHoerold]

You are crazy, and I like it! Great project, too bad that I wouldn't dare to disassemble the power bank. And I think a Cyberdeck needs a mechanical Keyboard ;)

[@ionstorm66]

You could totally fit a pi zero on a pcb with a 40% keyboard

[@ZackFreedman]

I think this channel has had an awful lot of mechanical keyboards lately!

[@maop]

this is one of the most original ideas i'ver seen for "mobile devices" built with RBPi ! and the "wearable screen" !!! Loved it !

[@woulg]

Jesus Christ I love this guy. These videos make me feel so happy

[@CorvidianSystems]

I always felt like there had to be some reason i've been hoarding cast iron other than for induction heating experiments... and now i know why. Thanks dude!

[@nic0fpvnicolas606]

Man you've got to stop please. I've just built a redox and now this?? You are taking all my time

[@paulrector3299]

Same, lol. Staring at my pi400 in the corner now

[@ninjarobotmonk3y]

This is all way over the top of what I feel I could ever build, but man, this was incredible to watch! Your enthusiasm makes me want to get into making things :) Thanks for taking the time to share your hard work.

[@smeegle]

how could you de-cool the oscilloscope!

[@SLAYERSARCH]

I suggest making it fold like a psion handheld. also there is a port of system shock 1 for the pi "wink wink nudge nudge" good luck on v2

[@jesperkorsen1111]

9:33 Wait why does the Data Blaster clip the power supply in the back?

[@Ryanisthere]

the "can run for like 30 hours straight" just sold me on the fact that this is better than a chromebook that and the fact that the raspberry pi 400 is better than a chromebook in almost every way

[@darkcnight]

I suddenly remembered who you look like. Pimento from brooklyn nine nine!!

[@eatcomics]

You're right, now I can't unsee it. Not that it's a bad thing

[@tokenhempshire]

I recently just learned about you. You're doing all the things I've been wanting to do. I might get a 3D printer because of you. I am currently in school right now, learning to code. Now all I need are the skills to build...

[@dooware6644]

I saw this video on my recommended, looked on safari to try and copy your discord link, saw your linkedln. And then realized you also went to Stevens! What a small world

[@larswadefalk6423]

Absolutely the most crazy looking insane raspberry project I've ever seen. It looks like an exercise tool, like a graffiti orgy, like a NSA hack tool, like a Swiss army knife, it looks like everything.

[@ZackFreedman]

Patrons: You rule! My projects wouldn't exist without you. You can watch the workshop tour here: www.patreon.com/posts/49048883

[@edwardfletcher7790]

William Gibson would be proud ! It really looks like it belongs in Cyberpunk 2077 or Wired magazine circa 1997 ! Have you considered working in the movie industry making functional Tech props ? PS: The clear blue 3D print is 90's Handspring Palm Pilot case AWESOME ! That copper painted wire is some serious Chinese HW scam next level deviousness !

[@vcmdpropulsion126]

What's the view fined part.

[@karoliskesminas8247]

Very nice project, but i think you can in-prove it by 1. putting rgb mechanic keyboard 2. putting small laptop motherboard 3. paint in one color 4. put more rgb in it. 5. puting little bigger display. 6. Install sexy looking linux like Garunda. 7. Put small second screen who shows animacion

[@olliroxx2418]

Next version, remember to include RGB

[@legerdemain]

I love this - it's brilliant, but gives me ideas. After seeing your keyboard, I bet you could revise the screw-down 3d printed covers (rear right, rear left, and front left) on the front and backside of the deck to be a carrier for screen-printed NextPCB panels. That is to say, the NextPCB panels you made look cool enough to be part of the housing.

[@Jan12700]

7:26 *Klemmbausteine

[@LuxurioMusic]

I did not know there was a term for this kinda computer format. I love the old portable computers with the oversized monochrome LCD displays and such, and this feels like such a loveletter to that old style, plus the cyberpunk. I've also never had an idea what those long displays could be useful for and this is defninitely somewhere where it makes sense.

[@8Dbaybled8D]

I wonder if moving out of NY will boost or hinder your creativity

[@ZackFreedman]

Definitely boost. Doubles my disposable income and fewer rats to distract me! Also the legal sticky icky

[@8Dbaybled8D]

@@ZackFreedman can't wait for the voidstar strain

[@_M_a_r_t_i_n_M]

I cannot wait for another round of voidrealm tabs to hit the markets.

[@wasyl00]

When designing weird shapes in fusion based on real life objects (like your wearable display) I highly recommend using canvas feature. It just needs snapping picture of the object in good light with mobile phone on some uniform surface. Then importing and scaling, orienting to one known dimension we took with calipers. Works wonders for me. You will significantly cut amount of prototype slice/prints.

[@martinvasilev6099]

It's so awesome. I love watching your videos. When I watch your videos i feel like i have traveled a month into the future.

[@someonecooltech]

It's basically duel disk and D-gazer, but actually have some usage.

[@Gregatron13]

I came to your channel for the 3d printing, I stayed for the puns. Now I live for the inspiration for my long-term goal of integrating guitar pedal circuits into the guitar itself. With as many ergobleds as possible. If I can ever get past the distraction of shiny things and squirrels. Keep up the good stuff!!

[@brainisfullofnonsense8183]

Hey Zack. Nice build. Just wanted to let you know that Walmrt sells 18650 3.7V cells. Not teally cheap at around $14 for a pack of 4, but they USED to be open 24&7, and it was the only place that I can think of to get cells in the middle of the night. Made by Westinghouse, in the lawn and garden section usually next to the uard lights (for solar lights battery replacement). I love the radio frequency sniffing graph! That sure would sniff out any bugs in the room for sure...

[@samuelpearsall8624]

How did this come up in my recommended videos? I don’t play Cyberpunk or work on PCs. That said, I now want one so thanks Zack,I whole heartedly like this video 👍

[@The_Y33TER]

"So now that we are in Colorado where we have fields, you are going to see this this a lot more." *Proceeds to show it in like one other video, if even at all*

[@edwardfletcher7790]

This makes Matrix (1999) me so very happy !! That's a really nice Palm Visor Blue. The little extra features you include are what makes it so awesome ...

[@stormfath3r754]

Welcome to Westminster man, hope you like it here! New rasp pi enthusiasts are always a welcome addition!

[@ernestmasson464]

I love how he managed to fit the lithium batteries in the handles. This project is so portable and i'm really surprised to see that the screen can fit 2 windows.

[@the_trainman2334]

Welcome to the Centennial State! Hope the copious amounts if snow haven't scared you off yet!

[@adamb404]

the aesthetics on this are *chef kiss*. good job

[@realtalk5626]

thats mad genius

[@_skyyskater]

Zack you continue to be the best thing on KZbin... we gotta get you to 1M subs!! You SOOO deserve it! Keep pushing it forward, you rock man!

[@ZackFreedman]

Thanks! I'm trying!

[@vasssiliss]

Man, I don't always check your videos out right away, but when I do I LOVE your galactic projects!!!

[@larsmurdochkalsta8808]

I would like to state I'm very grateful for you making this video and the singularitron video. They both remind me of things I wanted to make as a kid when the consumer level pack just wasn't there. So thank you, can't wait to build my first deck!

[@ZackFreedman]

Awesome! Make sure you post it on the Cyberdeck Cafe Discord!

[@Tecrogue]

Welcome to Colorado! Hope last week's snow didn't make getting settled tok rough.

[@Scrogan]

More than the cool factor, I like how you ended up with something practical. Still ended up with a touchscreen though, should hack open one of those eBay trackballs instead next time. I’m also interested in more esoteric keyboards too, like a chorded keyboard. Might save a lot of space.

[@ZackFreedman]

I think a touchscreen actually works pretty well for this kind of device. The only clicking I’m really doing is picking windows and hitting the occasional button.

[@BushWookie666]

This looks ridiculously cool and I can imagine several uses for it. I’d like to see a version made with either aluminum or industrial polymer to make it more rugged though. But this would definitely make a great debug/programming machine for telecommunications or industrial applications.

[@Queuexdodge]

naming your cyber deck is by far the most important technical decision anyone will make.

[@alejandrotaudil3689]

with dificult shapes you can scan it on a flatbed scanner or similar, inport it on your 3d software and imput the measurement to get the right scale. Awesome proyect!!

[@paulrisk606]

You moved your whole lab? Nice! Hard work. Congrats! Thanks for making another video.

[@RandomMan1]

You're a strange dude, and that's what I appreciates about you.

[@ZackFreedman]

THAT’S what you appreciate about me

[@kirilliskretsov9001]

Welcome to this surreal state where the weather forecast throws around temperatures like Powerball numbers!

[@soggybaguette8457]

Hey Zack! I was looking for an RTL-SDR that was worthy of my gadget collection and the one you featured in this project was perfect! Thanks for linking it, you made my inner nerd super happy.

[@SamChaneyProductions]

I'm very excited for the future of this channel. I would like to say that I think it would be beneficial to actually slow down your release schedule to every 2 weeks or even less. I foresee burnout and/or cut corners on projects if you try to keep this weekly schedule, as impressive as it is that you've been able to keep up with it.

[@fredwupkensoppel8949]

Had that before. In soldering wires, I generally don't care if they are copper or just copper plated, but this one company sold me aluminium claiming it was copper. I left a review reflecting that.

[@JeffEmbracedDC]

Great work, man! Keep it comin'. Laura and I are headed out to the 'burbs too (Florida). We'll have to meet up at an Applebees soon.

[@obvfw]

*Dude!* It plays Doom? I wanna play Doom on a tiny wearable display, that's so cool!

[@bitwize]

It looks like a prototype of a Speak n Spell redesign from the 90s. 10/10 would totally use.

[@yamagawa9830]

Imagine using that as a prop in comic con, instant flex right there

[@Michael-dt7sd]

Very cool. If I were planning to use it on my arm like that I think I'd make the handles so they could rotate a bit so my wrist isn't back at such an odd angle when holding the thing.

[@kevin9120]

That's pretty funny that I recognize the area that you showed while walking around outside out of those stores. I hope you enjoy your time in Colorado!