This LoRa-Linked Meshtastic Cyberdeck Repurposes an Old Clarinet Case as a Robust Housing
Pseudonymous maker "owntheweb," hereafter simply Web, has turned a clarinet case into a cyberdeck designed with "slow communication" firmly in mind — using a Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computer connected to a LoRa transceiver for mesh networking.
"I was collecting parts for quite some time for a rad cyberdeck," Web explains of the project. "It was going to have all the cool features as I build up on electronics skills. However, the collection of random parts kept growing (anyone else do this?) I even learned a lot from a friend on how to build a custom battery pack for this fictional beast. Then! I found a clarinet with case on sale for $8 in a pawn shop. It fit my keyboard perfectly and also at a low height (on the lid side anyway) so that I could type like normal without much oddness. Having an enclosure handy kept me honest...
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