Resurection of the "PiTop MiSTer" Laptop
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 1:15 am
Inspired (retrospectively, I actually bought the PiTop for another project) by https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_Mi ... /Pi-Top-v1 I am working on a MiSTerFPGA laptop
Unlike the original, trying to avoid too many custom boards, just easy to get off the shelf components:
1. 'FPV' flat cables
2. de-cased Monoprice HDMI rate convertor/audio extractor
3. generic memory modules
Project is here on twitter : https://twitter.com/strangedevices1
Issues as at today:
1. RAM - my crude right angle RAM adaptor is causing performance issues with some modules
2. Power- the combination of the MiSTer and Panel/audio electronics is requiring some careful wiring
3. Heat - fans are noisy, but may be unavoidable
4. wiring management - using a lot of "FPV" flat cables, USB hub is a very tight squeeze
4. MiSTer updates messing things up - the usual !
The good:
1. I got the PiTop V1 fairly cheap
2. its display is nice
3. keyboard is fine for this use case
4. battery and power are chonky
Unlike the original, trying to avoid too many custom boards, just easy to get off the shelf components:
1. 'FPV' flat cables
2. de-cased Monoprice HDMI rate convertor/audio extractor
3. generic memory modules
Project is here on twitter : https://twitter.com/strangedevices1
Issues as at today:
1. RAM - my crude right angle RAM adaptor is causing performance issues with some modules
2. Power- the combination of the MiSTer and Panel/audio electronics is requiring some careful wiring
3. Heat - fans are noisy, but may be unavoidable
4. wiring management - using a lot of "FPV" flat cables, USB hub is a very tight squeeze
4. MiSTer updates messing things up - the usual !
The good:
1. I got the PiTop V1 fairly cheap
2. its display is nice
3. keyboard is fine for this use case
4. battery and power are chonky
looking so nice!