Pi-top 4 project demo

pi-top [4]
#1

Hi All,

Hope everyone is doing alright.
Thought of posting a video and a couple of pics with the project I build using the pi-top 4 DIY.

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Have also a video posted on IG if anyone is interested:


It’s been quite a journey so far, especially with figuring out how to make the pi-top harware work with the Buster OS. Hope you enjoy this little project, feel free to post any suggestion or improvements. Thanks😊

@admins - if this post is not allowed I do apologies in advance.

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#2

@Luis Woah! This is awesome! :+1: What are you using the RGB LEDs at the front for? Do you have a link to all the parts you’ve used? Would love to see an Instructables on this.

@wil has been working on a portable internet-based radio using the OLED and buttons for selecting a station, you guys should chat :grin:

#3

Thanks😊. Will be working on a more detailed build now, for now this is the first iteration. Have a couple of ideas with this build😊.
The parts I used are the following:
RGB LEDS - Pimoroni Blinkt
Display - Waveshare 4.3 DSI touch screen display
RTL-SDR - Nooelec nesdr smart usb, this only does RF reception, if both transmition and receiption is needed the HackRF would be an option.
USB angled adapter - this is so I don’t hit the rtl sdr dongle by mistake and damage the RPI usb port.
The radio requires no internet connection this is similar to a frequency scanner. You can only listen on any given frequency from the sdr-rtl range.
For the display a CSI/DSI ribbon is needed, preferably longer than 50cm so this can be routed internally.
To fix the display to the pi-top, this requires a bit of drilling (not for the fainthearted :joy:). A couple of standoffs and that’s it.

I do want to expand on the OLED and buttons and somehow integrate more functions but have not had a chance to look into this. If anyone is willing to share some examples that would be very much appreciated.

What I would like to have is in the pi-top oled menu using the buttons to go to a submenu and add certain features there (i.e run the RGB leds code when a certain button is pressed).

For example as I did it in this video with my pwnagotchi build:
https://youtu.be/qCxwgW9nWiQ

Thanks for your interest!
I hope to see more projects from this great community and exchange ideas😉

#4

for the miniscreen and the buttons next to it, you can check the SDK documentation here

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#5

@CAProjects, thanks so so much. Didn’t know this was released. From a first glance I had this is a good starting point. Do you know if it goes into details where the actual menu for the oled is located in the code? Thanks again for your support!

#6

No documentation about the system menu but think that’s due for an overhaul