Dual-Screen Deck with a Built-In SDR Receiver
This retro-futuristic luggable uses a Raspberry Pi 4 for dual monitor output.
As noted by Cameron Coward in his previous Hackster post, much of modern hacker culture can be traced back to William Gibson’s iconic Sprawl trilogy — Neuromancer in particular. One prominent piece of hacking equipment seen in there is known as a cyberdeck, a highly customized luggable computer… from the future! That article features the Reviiser, a 'deck running on a Raspberry Pi. It has a keyboard that folds down from the front to reveal a monitor on one side, and a switch/label panel on the other.
Given the Pi 4’s dual-monitor capabilities, and a large swath of open space, it was only a matter of time until someone squeezed two monitors into the this type of setup...
Inspired by that build, this dual-screen deck does just that with a pair of 7” panels from eBay arranged side-by-side. It also includes an RTL-SDR unit, repurposed from a NOAA radio receiver and a BNC antenna connector on the outside.
The keyboard is made using custom-machined aluminum, along with Cherry MX switches. An awesome-looking skeleton frame, designed to save filament and printing time holds the build’s HDPE body panels together. One might note that this kind of construction would allow for passive airflow when the keyboard is open, but the cyberdeck is actively cooled with four fans to both push air in and pull it out on separate ports. The project also sports a clear polycarbonate center panel to let you admire the hardware inside.