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    Log My handheld PC projects

    It's a generic 5V battery shield I bought on eBay. You can find lots of these by searching "Li-Ion battery shield" on AliExpress or eBay and they take one or more 3.7V batteries and step up to 5V. They usually max out at 3A current so they're just for low power devices.
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    Selling [USA] Chuwi Larkbox mini PC

    The Lattepanda Delta is no longer for sale. Chuwi Larkbox price is reduced to $85!
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    Prototype MT4-S - Compact and flexible 4 liter case

    Going with corner cubes or screw slots seems to work well enough for small cases, but I guess it depends on how the cases is going to be handled. Screw slots may not withstand strong vibrations long before coming more loose. I have also considered a SFX compatible design with case bends. There...
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    Log My handheld PC projects

    After getting the battery and testing it a few days, I would say that the Framework build would be pretty slim still. The connector is short and doesn't allow much room to swivel so there's no way for an air gap to be between the battery and motherboard. Also it would not fit inside the 112mm...
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    Selling [USA] Chuwi Larkbox mini PC

    Chuwi Larkbox - Great condition, barely used. Celeron J4115 with 6GB of LPDDR4 and 128 GB eMMC. M.2 for 2242 SATA drives (not NVMe). No OS installed. Comes with power supply and accessories. $85 OBO LattePanda 2 Delta 432 - Board only, no power supply. This is the last gen Delta board with...
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    Log My handheld PC projects

    The Framework battery is finally ordered and this will be the last major piece of the build that will help me design the case around. Currently this case is made at 25mm thickness at the middle area, which hopefully has some room for motherboard, battery, and screen with input components to be...
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    Log My handheld PC projects

    First update in almost 4 months. I wasn't sure how to handle the lack of Framework laptop battery with this handheld PC, but it's back in stock! So I can possibly buy it soon. Also, I renamed this topic so it could cover my second, smaller handheld concept in the meantime, but I want to continue...
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    SFF.Network News is Light: Enjoy The Worst Set-Top Box of My Life

    The CD-i is the reason I purposely avoided the first PlayStation lol. What a mistake that was.
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    Log Custom Wood & Aluminum Case for the Phantom Canyon NUC

    Nice case, I love the wooden accents. Makes me want to build a mini ITX case with this look. It definitely makes the NUC more classy.
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    Log 4L Custom STX Case Deskmini X300 with RTX GPU (brickless) 3d printed

    I like the flexibility of this layout. You can either use a short GPU with a full-width PSU, or go with a longer card with external brick or a narrower PSU (like HD-Plex) to place on the motherboard side.
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    What did you do today?

    Learning some PCB design with Eagle CAD in trying to design a simple USB hub with breakout pads.
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    Stratos 3: ~3.5L PicoPSU Chassis

    Looks great with the round hole pattern.
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    Discussion Smaller than ITX

    Very small Ryzen 6600u/6800u motherboards courtesy of AYN tech for the Loki portables (source page) They boards are custom made, not off the shelf products. But a guy can dream, right? They would be so good in some ultra tiny cases.
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    Advice Deskmini A300 with GPU

    Hey, I'm replying to your comment you posted in my other thread, regarding the 160W HP PSU that I have. I currently am not using it, but I still have it. If you recall from that Slim Machine build log, the wires were de-pinned and put into a PEG 6-pin connector (except for the green sense wire)...
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    Log how to turn a game console into an SFF PC - or - the fastest APU build to date

    MESA drivers just work like magic for AMD, at least in my experience. Even Intel is comparatively good with drivers next to Nvidia. I haven't used Mint in a long time but for Steam experience on Linux, I went with Manjaro which is an arch-based distro, and use the KDE desktop which makes it...