Pi-Top 4 New DIY Edition - Power Armor For Your Raspberry Pi 4

[@eudaimona]

Love this casing. Really elevates the Pi to an almost NUC level of self-contained polish.

[@aldojamari4445]

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[@gannonalex9842]

@Aldo Jamari instablaster ;)

[@aldojamari4445]

@Gannon Alex Thanks for your reply. I found the site thru google and I'm in the hacking process atm. I see it takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.

[@aldojamari4445]

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[@gannonalex9842]

@Aldo Jamari You are welcome =)

[@TheSulross]

Thought this was a case aimed at desktop use of a Pi and wondered why the battery (and no provision for a USB integrated SSD), but when I went to the web site they showed it off being used for robots and drones, so is intended to be a nice way to package the Pi in those kind of Maker applications.

[@rubixdude1067]

A case, that enhances your pi... Epic. I want a Raspberry Pi and this makes me want it more because I'm always finding so many things you can do with the thing.

[@WickedGamerCollector]

This is a really cool casing, looking forward to the other video's.

[@KarLKoX]

Welcome to the ETA family ! ;)

[@SethPinnock]

Why did you opt to use thermal paste instead of he thermal pad.

[@mrburns366]

meh.. I'd rather have a package from China 😁

[@ashutoshtiwari3785]

That video's shouldn't have an apostrophe.

[@suhailkhaan]

Great accessory for the pi. I think it enhances the pi and encourages new users. Great review as well 👍👍👍

[@originofcomics4973]

Casing looks great ❤️ Your camera quality look great 👍🏻

[@brianhuffman4461]

The description says it comes with a father so it really does come with everything you need!

[@CaffeinatedTech]

Gentle Father's Day reminder? I'd be pretty happy with that as a gift TBH.

[@---vw9cc]

There's people who own this, and people like me, who have their pi hanging from a cable at the shelf barebone, getting dusty, for 3 years now, doing it's job in the network, even is on the internet xD This is overengineering par excellance ... but okay, I can see why people buy this, but for 35$ you can get a 5 inch screen and with a 3d-printer a case for it...

[@DConnor799]

I'm 5 mins in to the video and still don't know what this thing does...

[@omgg4031]

@@DConnor799 Active cooling, power bank, display + buttons and armor case and sound

[@satno4224]

There are people out there that use the pi 4 as main linux desktop, and if you want to overclock it, you need a good cooling and this pack looks nice

[@MikeysLab]

I love watching reviews like this, gives great inspiration to go and DIY the solution :) Keep up the awesome videos :)

[@craigdianesmith]

One of the best maker cases i've seen. Thanks for reviewing

[@sideswipe1261]

Sir, you rock! You, Drew Talks and Wicked Gamer & Collector are my top 3 go to people! Never change! :)

[@Izzkhairable]

ETA your video content is truly a pleasure to watch👍Always looking forward to watch your vids at the end of a long day

[@eikixia]

99$ but how much will be the foundation kit (baseplate and sensors) to add on top of the 99$?

[@jeremyshannon3946]

The foundation kit sells for $70. Pretty easy to find that out on there website. Lots of other info about what you can do with this as well on their site if you’re the type of person who likes to DIY.

[@ArtemisKitty]

As far as the stuff it comes with? Lessee... 4 click buttons, 2 each old-school, 5mm dome-top, red, yellow, green LEDs (think 1990s style), a sonic range sensor, a microphone (labeled “sound sensor, though it’s NOT an IMU), a tiny buzzer/speaker (like the old motherboard ones for boot beep diagnostics) and.... oh wait, that’s it. A piezo buzzer, a mic, a sonic range sensor, some buttons and a few dim, mono LEDs. I’d rather see stuff like M5Stack includes - Barometric pressure, temperature, humidity, volatile gas, etc sensors, color sensors, sonic along with radar, laser, etc range finders, and similar. The accessories they’re including would have been expected 20 years ago in a diy kit.... and promptly replaced with something more useful. RGBW LEDs. Capacitive touch sensors. NFC read/write devices. That sort of stuff.

[@florider_hd]

personally i dont like Raspberry pies but his voice is just so relaxing

[@JonathanHolt1988]

He is quite mesmerizing isn’t he

[@BarnyardCasanova]

I put Pi-Top OS on a Pi desktop attempt and it runs great. Only issue I've had is if its left alone for a while the screen glitches, and zooms in requiring a restart. But its one of the most Windows user friendly Linux OS's that I've used yet.

[@spicynoodle6668]

Dang that is a really cool case. Could you do an OC test as well with that cooling system?

[@PabstOban]

I recently had to buy a budget windows laptop (in fact, it was similar to the Lenovo Thinkpad you just reviewed)... mainly because Chromebook sucks at Zoom. Do you know if the Pi with 8gb does Zoom well or does it suffer the same limitations as the Chromebook?

[@scottwilliams895]

Great review, thank you! @2:08 For those of us less familiar with Pi-Top, would have been nice to have a bit more info about the "Pi-Top connector".

[@scottwilliams895]

After reading... I don't think I like that concept much at all. Pi-Top intentionally used the physical dimensions of USB-C ports/cables, but doesn't follow the protocol. That just creates unnecessary confusion, and decreased compatibility. #NoThanks

[@koalitaDormilona]

"but still offers the same fathers like Built-in Battery" Hmmm yes that's a nice father that I can't live without too 😜

[@ducangdinh6580]

Hey Prime, thank for your continually awesome content! What do you suggest for a power solution on the DIY pi-top 4 (for charging and such)? I know it supports 15V PD USB-C, and the one that comes with the regular edition is 36W 12V. I have a 61W USB PD MacBook charger that outputs 20V at 3A... that should suffice, right?

[@drescherjm]

I liked the look of this the last time you reviewed it but I did not like the price of the unit considering how much CPU performance the Pi4 has. However now with the reduced price DIY edition I really like it at this price point.

[@zeeshanrabbani8125]

Pi top 4 has raspberry Pi with it

[@zeeshanrabbani8125]

But this one you h

[@drescherjm]

@@zeeshanrabbani8125 I would actually enjoy putting 1 or 2 together if I had to assemble 100 then not so much..

[@fritzhopper5145]

coolest raspberry pi accessory I always dreamt of.

[@gamingwithkev8208]

That case is adorable!

[@ddub9968]

This case would be a clear winner in my book if only it had a spot to connect an M.2 SSD.

[@ShelBelSapphire]

I feel like at this point at least 1/4 of the etcher downloads are from you. Great vid!! I definitely want one of these.

[@bartender_billy6229]

Amazing! I’m curious if this would work a a great portable emulation station. Since it doesn’t require a power input, you could plug this into most displays and have a neat little portable gaming box

[@SwiftFire-zf8jn]

I have not had this super cool looking case, but your idea sounds like it would be perfect when implemented! Emulation surely shouldn't draw any excess power so you'd be able to keep it running for a decent amount of time!

[@bartender_billy6229]

SwiftFire1002 sort of like an on the go arcade machine that hooks to just about any display! Maybe someone will design a docking station similar to a Nintendo switch that has display out and charging capabilities!

[@S0Fr3shThisKid]

I've been waiting for just the case!!! Thank you

[@harrison00xXx]

You made a Raspberry Pi Fan out of me. I was looking for a small box to take with me as some sort of "classic" game console to use as emulator and as a small "low end" PC. Seems to fit perfectly for this needs since all i need to emulate is GBA/GBC/N64 games, probably try even emulating PSX as it seems to be powerful enough. Much better value than any of these "mini" consoles of Sony or Nintendo. Not mentioned yet playing around with a Raspberry Pi which i wanted since ever but never saw any reason because of low performance and im not really a fan of linux. When i see this thing has also battery.... damn nice, all is missing now is a small screen for it to use it as regular computer on the go.

[@harrison00xXx]

Is there any solution to use a SSD while its inside such a nice housing or is it better to go "mobile" with the data and use a fast USB 3 stick instead, which is also cheaper (and already there with my Sandisk Extreme Pro USB3.0 Sticks)? Transfer rates are pretty ok also over USB3 what i have seen. Wondering if the OS/platform is capable of bitstreaming DTS-HD and so over the HDMI port? If yes god damn the Pi4 is damn awesome and i absolutely NEED it. Could be even "better" than a subnotebook/netbook when using it with a display with built in battery which im anyways thinking to get one because sometimes i want on my notebook a second screen (on the go or even at home to be able to fast remove/add a 2nd screen from the table)

[@iblackfeathers]

2:09 - at first i was concerned about being forced to use a proprietary pi-top cable + hdmi adapter just to have a proper display (as seen on your first video). but glad to know they still have a mini hdmi connector to the right of it.

[@abdulrahmankhan79]

Can someone pls tell me can i download pi top os without owning a pi top just a normal raspberry Pi 4 4gbram and a normal case?

[@eliphillips877]

@@abdulrahmankhan79 Yep! The OS will work on a regular Pi.

[@preiter20]

That kit is very well made!

[@TCDIXON]

Your killing me with all these cool gadgets for the PI :)

[@gaborenyedi637]

You know, I once loved RBPi, since that was a cheap, fanless mini PC. I used both the pi1 and pi2 as a media center. With these cases, it is not cheap and not fanless. Instead buying a Pi3, I bought an x86 for slightly more money with an SSD, USB3 and without fan (complete silence!). Now, Pi4 finally has USB3, but still, my old N4000 CPU is stronger, and while Pi has a good support, an x86 has better support.

[@sherbftfy2287]

basically the H.E.V suit for the RP4

[@ETAPRIME]

😂 Half Life 3 Confirmed!!!

[@abdulrahmankhan79]

Can someone pls tell me can i download pi top os without owning a pi top just a normal raspberry Pi 4 4gbram and a normal case?

[@ryzech4168]

@@ETAPRIME isnt that half life alyx? Or is that the 2nd one

[@Vizulize]

@@abdulrahmankhan79 yes you can!

[@ivanguerra1260]

Man, install MX Linux 19.2 AHS KDE final, really hot !! ( Debian 10.5 I guess ).

[@arlokkkk]

Hi EtaPrime, thanks for the video. About a year ago I modified my arcade1up watching your videos. I was using a pc but ended up being a hassle to config and open games. What do you recommend me to use for a easy turn on and play games on the arcade? Thanks

[@xspaniki]

very nice case!

[@superusr]

Great Video! Can you try to run geforce now. I'm thinking about getting one but don't know how it will handle

[@cdfa2700]

Nice... Thanks for sharing.. been looking for a kit like this online for quite some time now... thank god its now available.. just hope they would lessen the price though.. how do you charge this?

[@joseexcalibur8792]

Congratulations for 5k subcribers!! 😜

[@EmulationDojo]

501,000 and counting.

[@SlartiMarvinbartfast]

5k ??? 501k .......

[@PoeLemic]

Very impressive case. I hope you keep covering this topic. I have an interest in Pi computers. BUt, more importantly, I'm glad that costs & dies have shrunk so much. Now computers are really, really going to get impressive. A generation of Pi from now, will be world-changing I bet.

[@aguilar1015]

I am buying one for sure. Waiting on this for a while

[@chromerims]

Thank you, Prime. I guess one way here would be to try out their O/S spin before purchasing their daughter hardware.

[@Obloms]

This kit seems great. I am absolutely going to spring for it once the $99 version is out in US. Battery, speaker, display all in one case and a lot of it is programmable is worth the entree price.

[@NigglesSquiggles]

Could this run the Umbrel or myNode OS for Bitcoin and Lightning nodes. I like the idea of a battery backup.

[@EmulationDojo]

This looks nice!

[@mobde33]

Thanks for your channel....Can I use it with Berryboot?

[@damikki]

Games and more games, what's the performance like with retro gaming ? Great video thank you ☺️

[@thairice._.]

Ahhh the Pi-Top It’s best you plug it into a monitor instead of a laptop first just to boot it up and update it. I’ve done some experiments with it and it seems to work with Kali Linux, the Display on the Pi-Top doesn’t seem to work, on Kali Linux flashed into the SSD. It’s either blank or a display of SSD pointing at the Pi.

[@longnamedude3947]

An expensive kit, but damn does it look nice, and the build quality is very nice too. Personally I couldn't justify buying such a kit due to the cost of it, but I can see how it may have a market. Thanks for doing a video on this, if they release a "Raspberry Pi Model 4+" of some kind in the future then I may look at this. (Assuming it is plug and play compatible.)

[@dimitristryfonos9680]

Hey, I've had this question for some time now. Could you please test if one of those external touch monitors with usb C works with HDMI as input but also with the USB connected (just as a touch input device to the host PC). It would be awesome as a second monitor for a desktop setup having touch enabled. Thanks

[@dimitristryfonos9680]

I know a lot of laptops implement the touch (digitizer) function in a similar way. Also a lot of controller board for external monitors use edp for the display and usb for the digitizer and combine them both over a usc C port. Early android phones did this as well if my memory serves me well. Can't see why this wouldn't work but I also don't want to spend extra for a touch display that will end up as "just" a second monitor.

[@RobinCawthorne]

this is a cool kit. proper cool.

[@gcardinal]

So its a case with a 10$ powerbank for a 100$? wow that is awesome

[@TomS_FoX]

Great review. I just starter with a raspberry Pi zero W. This is a hole other level!! ones I learned more about everything raspberry this will be a great way to go! thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@Jinbutsu]

Please do a review on the screen and keyboard combo that coming out soon from them

[@DoryanTheCritic]

For real, that accessory might be the only reason why I might buy this DIY case.

[@klrfrazier]

Really cool video. Do they make a version compatible with older Pi boards like a 3B+? I know there's an obvious performance downgrade, but it would be a nice for us Pi obsessives to get more use out of our ever growing Pi collection.

[@beatadalhagen]

This is a great bit of kit, but does it have power over Ethernet?

[@bastivega9393]

this thing is so cool

[@marthinnesoosthuizen9294]

love the casing it is really cool .

[@crbrownies]

Hey Prime, thank for your continually awesome content! What do you suggest for a power solution on the DIY pi-top 4 (for charging and such)? I know it supports 15V PD USB-C, and the one that comes with the regular edition is 36W 12V. I have a 61W USB PD MacBook charger that outputs 20V at 3A... that should suffice, right?

[@psi3000]

what's that line (tattoo?) we keep seeing on your hand? did you put a rfid chip in your hand there? I have seen someone do this on a site before to open their car.

[@truespiderman]

ETA how did you do that animated explode and assembly? Very cool. 👍

[@beckwill8499]

Can install reteropi on rasberry pi using pi top?or any other similar casing?

[@PatrickMartinez1]

Would this be a good option for making a portable pi4 handheld console? Could we add a Bluetooth controller and mini screen?

[@BrianThomas]

Great review. I love the price a lot better. Can you set the display to show Drive space?

[@satno4224]

That would be nice

[@Drew-zp8dp]

If your using a pi with an ice cooler and overclocked what power supply are you using I don’t have the official plug because I got mine second hand without it

[@Noname_2014]

can it run volumio? with the display and the Buttons?

[@ThatGeometryDude]

Lovin these vids, keep it up! :)

[@kelleytech]

Great video as always!

[@noahneutral7557]

I may have to try this one day!

[@jagardina]

What's with the coil on the bottom of the case, does it do Qi charging? And what's the camera connection for?

[@pickleshanks]

I have no idea about the coil, but the camera connector is for the RPi camera modules you can get. It's just a way to make the case fully compatible if you want to attach one of the cameras available for the RPi.

[@ryandunwoody5076]

That's an FPCB cable that is taking the pi's two HDMI signals over to the closed side of the casing - it has many signal traces which is why it looks like a coil! We take both the Pi's CSI (camera) and DSI (display) interfaces and pass them through to the 80-pin connector on the bottom of the [4] - access is provided by an expansion plate that the [4] docks into. We built a 3d printed mars rover over a year ago prior to this feature (in a pi-top [4] prototype) and it used an RPi camera. However, every time we wanted to un-dock the [4] from the project to use for something else we also had to disconnect the camera FFC cable which wasted precious time - this is why we added a pass-through!

[@jagardina]

@@ryandunwoody5076 That explains it. I did hear mention of the docking port but wasn't aware of it's full capabilities. This really makes the rpi a very versatile package for use in many applications. Keep up the good work!

[@UnkyjoesPlayhouse]

sweet, it is now on my wish list :)

[@vfletes1]

Thanx ETA Bunny prime.. Run Ubuntu Mate with a camara..as that is why I've use for my son now for school.

[@gersondavid4151]

the casing is excellent

[@yurkshirelad]

I assume if it's connected to a power supply, and you lose power to your house, the battery would function like a UPS, giving you the chance to safely power down the Pi4?

[@tyzerro]

i like you idea of a portable podcast player but i would love to see how if possible you could use the OLED to display the navigation of local music files.

[@_emnljrz]

Will the led display works if I install other linux distro, such as kali? As always great video man! 🔥👌

[@eliphillips5848]

Right now the hardware features only work with the pi-top OS. It would be possible to port the features over, though.

[@imcade88]

thanks for another great video!

[@dyc2107]

is it possible to run batocera ? I wonder if a small screen can be connected on the gpio pins

[@ETAPRIME]

It would be cool to have it display the name of the game playing.

[@letsplayagame226]

ETA I swear one more big buck bunny and you'll become ETA Big Buck Bunny Prime.

[@volkinaxe]

i may get one if they ship to new Zealand

[@arthurdent8091]

Excellent review. If I hadn't already built my One-Piece I would give serious thought to this one.

[@turtlelore2]

Even with the best Pi 4 at $80 and a 128 GB sd card at about $25, the pre-built is $100 more than the raw components at retail prices.

[@abhikedlaya]

Can you try using Google Meet on this unit to check how it performs & share the results ? Thanks!

[@carlfranz6805]

I don't know. I might consider that much for a Pi Case if it had a connection and place for an SSD. Then It might be OK. Also, their sensor suite for $80 is very expensive for what it is. Also, if your gonna do that much engineering, why not add full-size HDMI connectors?

[@teshx9x9x40]

Thats one nice case I'd be nice on the go device.

[@TheJacklwilliams]

I have been torn between two cases since buying my RPi48GB. I wish, the Argone and Pi Top cases would get together. The PiTop has everything I want minus the one additional thing that Argone provides. A connector / module for M.2 SSD. I've looked at every possible option for setting up the pi with SSD and to date, this is my favorite implementation. PiTop only needs to add SSD and it would be complete. Argone, is missing everything else that PiTop provides.... Sad, sad, sad...

[@BEED0GG]

I'm wondering if you know of any retro mini tv's battery powered and loaded with the raspberry pi 4 compute module for emulation. I can only find cheap Chinese devices.

[@donnanorth7324]

Does the analog 3.5 audio jack actually work?

[@loganbyrne3054]

With this case, can you use an external 3.5 screen?

[@silenthill4]

is the OS required for the led to function?

[@RoadToTheCup]

Will this work with Windows 10 Pro, I hope you try it and works, lettuce know.

[@ziex8180]

Is it possible for you to check out the Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 Tiny? See what it an emulate, run benchmarks, etc.

[@sadeness]

Was there something wrong with the screen?It was flashing a lot.Or was that just because of the camera recording it?

[@DoryanTheCritic]

Yes, the naked human eye won't be able to perceive it, just the camera recording it.

[@ReavoEnd]

No link in the description to your PiTop OS review?

[@10120003]

Can this work with the retro pi software. I want to use this case.

[@stopdusty420]

You forgot to mention smudging the thermal past. It just wouldn't be thermal past if it only went where we wanted it to;)

[@ltweed1]

Awesome product, much better price than the original. Thanks for the review. I'll definitely pop for one of these at least

[@chrisheaney741]

Great content as always. 👍 Any chance of covering some good PoE hat compatible cases in the future?

[@iansalgado8710]

hi, can you run VMware ESXi on the PI-TOP4 ?

[@vhenriquez240277]

Like Allways, great video, thank you.

[@jmssun]

Can it work as external storage for iOS devices?

[@teja9676]

Excellent