Salim Benbouziyane’s Cyberdeck Is Predictably Gorgeous

I’m ashamed to admit that I am deeply envious of many of my fellow makers. Some are just so talented that I don’t feel like I can compete. Salim Benbouziyane is a great example, because everything he builds is amazing and he presents those builds very well in highly polished videos. So, I really had to emotionally prepare myself when I watched his newest video about this cyberdeck project that is predictably gorgeous and perfect.

I don’t say that lightly. I have covered many dozens of cyberdeck projects over the years and I’m not easily impressed. But Benbouziyane knocked it out of the park with this one. This cyberdeck is stunning, practical, and very well-built.

Benbouziyane designed it around a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, which is a Raspberry Pi 5 is a package with all of the ports removed. The idea is for engineers to put the Compute Module on a carrier board with only the ports they need, which is exactly what Benbouziyane did. His custom PCB hosts the Compute Module, provides ports and connections for other components, and also backs the keyboard.

Other features include an ultrawide touchscreen LCD panel from Waveshare, a split ortholinear mechanical keyboard, a center-mounted trackpad, an OLED status screen, and dual internal lithium batteries.

Those components all fit inside the beautiful clamshell enclosure, which Benbouziyane had 3D-printed in resin for maximum quality. Most of that enclosure is black, but the back panel is a translucent Atomic Purple color that should really hit that nostalgia button for those of us of a certain age.

It is safe to say that this project hasn’t done anything to help me keep my internal green-eyed monster at bay, because it is just so good. If you agree and aren’t too proud, you can build this cyberdeck for yourself using the files that Benbouziyane uploaded to GitHub — because he’s very generous, in addition to being skilled.