Technology is always taken to the next step, Raspberry pi project is taken to the next revolution to Do it Yourself Laptop. Raspberry pi 2 is available online for $35, which has been used in many school and college projects in developing tools like robots, drone, gadgets and smart devices.
Here is a Pitop a 13.3 inch screen display laptop, the components are a display screen, keyboard, trackpad, battery and Raspberry pi 2 which is the motherboard of the whole system been packed together in the box. Raspberry pi 2 comes with a default linux favor of pi OS, where pitop uses its own Linux based OS where the user can surf internet and perform some function like other laptop do.
The battery life of Pitop is to be around 7-8 hours by Jesse Lozano, Pi-Top co-founder and CEO, said in an email.
The Pi-Top kit will ship in May, Lozano said. The kit can be ordered for $299.99 with the Raspberry Pi 2, and for $264.99 without the board. The company has already shown working units of the Pi-Top, and Eben Upton, founder of Raspberry Pi Foundation, has used a Pi-Top machine.
The Raspberry Pi 2 was introduced two months ago as a successor to the original Raspberry Pi, which has sold more than 4 million units. The Pi has developed a cult following among do-it-yourselfers, and the Pi-Top kit could extend the board’s appeal to regular laptop users.
It could also appeal to existing Raspberry Pi 2 users, who currently need to attach a keyboard and monitor to use the computer. Right out of the box, Pi-Top will provide those components in a single chassis. But at $265, it is an expensive Raspberry Pi 2 case.
Pi-Top was announced late last year, and raised $176,746 from a successful Indiegogo campaign. It was originally due to ship with the original 3-year-old Raspberry Pi board, which wasn’t viewed as a PC replacement due to slow performance. But the Raspberry Pi 2 is six times faster than its predecessor and sports more memory, making it more feasible for use as an everyday laptop.
The Raspberry Pi 2 has a quad-core ARM Cortex A7 CPU, which is part of many low-cost smartphones. It also has a Broadcom VideoCore IV graphics processor, which will be able to render 1080p video. Additionally, it has four USB ports, an HDMI outlet, an ethernet slot, microSD slot for storage and GPIO pins. The Pi-Top chassis will allow access to the many Raspberry Pi 2 ports, which will be accessible by pulling out a removable panel.
Beyond Raspberry Pi 2, the Pi-Top will also make laptops out of other popular single-board computers like Odroid, BeagleBone and Banana Pi.
What it takes to make a pitop ?
2) 3D printer STL files compatible for most print bed sizes (5" x 5" bed size and up)
3) PCBs - Power Management, HDMI to LVDS Bridge and Keyboard & Trackpad Controller.
4) Electronics breadboard
5) Battery
6) Keyboard
7) Trackpad
8) 13.3”HD LCD Screen
9) Wifi adapter
9) Acrylic slice
10) Wiring
11) DC wall plug
12) Build instructions
13) Online & integrated lesson plans
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