Cyberdeck with tablet display

Cyberdeck with mechanical keyboard and tablet display

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Cyberdeck with mechanical keyboard and tablet display. The goal is to make a couch computer for coding.
I'm using a minisforum mini PC as the base. It's a small snappy PC. I'm using a tablet display as the screen, but I need to convert DP or HDMI to MIPI DSI in order to connect it to the motherboard. I also need to design a backlight driver. Initially I will use a trackpoint as a mouse, but I might try to add support for the touch screen. I'm using a 68% mechanical keyboard. Initially I will just power it from an AC/DC converter, but I might add an RC battery to it to make a UPS.
I have no idea what the final form factor will be. I think I will see it when I have all the parts. I think it should not be too difficult to 3dprint the bottom of the keyboard and use that as the frame.
Initially I wanted to enter the cyberdeck contest, but I quickly realized there isn't enough time to finish it in time.

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Broke and fixed antenna, looking for datasheets...
Chris • 08/13/2023 at 17:59 • 0 comments

I have the J4125 based minisforum PC from Amazon and a mechanical keyboard from Aliexpress. I currently use my TV as a display and use it as a media and entertainment PC. I accidentally broke the internal tape antenna for WiFi after taking it apart several times, so I drilled holes in the enclosure and added connectors for external antennas (u.fl to SMA). WiFi and BLE work again.

I also have the display. It's an 8.7 inch display for the Galaxy Tab A7 lite. I like that size and the price for a 720p display. It uses the MIPI DSI protocol. I'm currently looking for schematics and pinouts for the display so I can design a board. I also bought another MIPI DSI display with included HDMI board. I might use that as a reference.