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Raspberry Pi Shares Its Official Tutorial For Making a Cyberdeck

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Why This Matters

Raspberry Pi's official tutorial for building a cyberdeck highlights the growing DIY trend of portable, customizable computing devices, fostering innovation and hobbyist engagement in the tech community. This move also underscores the company's support for grassroots hardware projects amidst rising component costs, encouraging consumers and developers to explore creative tech solutions.

Key Takeaways

Raspberry Pi has published an official guide for building a cyberdeck, leaning into a viral trend of homemade portable computers built from repurposed cases, purses, and other oddball hardware. The guide uses a Raspberry Pi 5, keyboard, battery, and Pelican-style case. The Verge reports: Raspberry Pi's head of social, Ashley Whittaker, acknowledged the cyberdeck trend today, saying "we haven't been able to get away from cyberdecks this year." Raspberry Pi has also increased its prices multiple times this year due to rising costs for RAM and other components, which could be another reason to support this growing market of active and would-be hobbyists. The 16GB version of the Raspberry Pi 5 included in the company's official cyberdeck guide got a $100 price hike in April, nearly as much as the board's original $120 price.

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