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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday August 27 2015, @03:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the mmmm-pi dept.

Adafruit has released step by step instructions to build your own 10" Raspberry Pi 2 based computer.

From the article:

This project takes a DIY approach with no compromises in cost. The cost of this build easily goes over low budget DIY projects, but it's [meant] to be [a] premium build. It will be used for monitoring and wirelessly controlling a farm of printers. A dedicated linux box with a decent sized screen could cost about the same amount, but when the process of building a project is more meaningful than getting the cheapest deal, this sorta thing becomes a trophy item as well as a functioning utility. Also, we can mount it to anything and design custom brackets to adjust it in any configuration, and that's pretty darn cool.

A PDF of the instructions is also available.


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 27 2015, @08:36PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 27 2015, @08:36PM (#228716)

    That case is not that hard to make by hand. They used a 3D printer because they have them handy and it also helps to sell them, but a Dremel and some patience will get the same results.
    Let's not forget that people built precision mechanism watches a century ago when there were no 3Dprinters around.

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