Jay Doscher Shrinks the Raspberry Pi Recovery Kit, Launches the Recovery Kit Nano

Maker Jay Doscher has shared another twist on his Recovery Kit system-in-a-box concept, this time designed to be the smallest in the family: the Recovery Kit Nano "desk buddy" device.

"While I work to round out the details of the Recovery Kit Ultra, I thought it would be a great time to share the smaller 'desk buddy' that is the Recovery Kit Nano," Doscher explains. "The nano has a humorously small 5" screen from the company who brings you the many variants of the Raspberry Pi. This small 5" screen with a tremendous bezel is really left to act more as a showpiece on your desk, but it does so with a surprising amount in common with the Raspberry Pi Recovery Kit, the Recovery Kit Mini, and even the Recovery Kit 2!"

Doscher's original Raspberry Pi Recovery Kit was unveiled back in November 2019 as an "off-grid cyberdeck" built, as so many are, into a rugged Pelican case. In the years since, the maker has tinkered with a variety of follow-up designs including a faster variant powered by a Raspberry Pi 5, an easier-to-build version dubbed the Raspberry Pi Quick Kit, and even a fully 3D-printed version that does away with the Pelican case entirely.

Now, Doscher is working on a range-topping model called the Recovery Kit Ultra, with the new Recovery Kit Nano acting as a stop-gap design while he tools around with various ideas. Like the original Recovery Kit and smaller Recovery Kit Mini, the Nano is built inside a Pelican case with a 3D-printed framework to hold the components. This time, there's a 5" touchscreen display plus a USB hub with four front-mounted ports, an RJ45 connector for Ethernet networking, a satisfying power switch, and rugged connectors for expansion — plus the promise that "all the parts can be removed and re-used for another project without breaking any of this build."

Full details are available on Doscher's website, along with a bill of materials; STL files for printing are available to paying subscribers.