Build a Raspberry Pi 500 Laptop with USB Monitor 🔧

When the Raspberry Pi 500 and the official USB Monitor arrived, I couldn't help but notice they looked like the makings of a sweet little laptop. So, I grabbed a USB touchpad, a slim power bank, and fired up my 3D printer!

After a fun weekend of designing and printing a custom hinge stopper, back panel, and palm rest, I hot-glued everything onto a clear acrylic sheet. I'm pretty stoked with how it turned out!

The Pi 500 wants a 5.1V 5A supply. My power bank pushes out 5.1V at 1.5A, which works surprisingly well as long as I keep the display brightness at or below 30%. Any higher and you'll get the dreaded screen flicker. If that happens, a quick fix is to plug the display into a separate power source, lower the brightness, and then switch back to the power bank. The power bank's display showing the voltage and amperage is a super handy feature for monitoring the juice.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Specs:
2.32 kg
36 cm x 29 cm x 7.5cm

Parts:
Raspberry Pi 500
Raspberry Pi USB Monitor
seenda MOS400 USB touchpad
Baseus Blade H1 Powerbank 20000mAh

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