Christopher Stevens

Cyberdeck work-in-progress featuring Cannon Keys keyboard, 20 Ah battery (gets triggered to 20V, 5A, buck converted to 5V, 5A. It features custom acrylic work.

The base is ace! I’ve been dragging my feet on a Raspberry Pi 5 cyberdeck project. However, found a cheap used clarinet case that fit my keyboard perfectly. So far it passes Dairy Queen’s turn it upside down and not fall out test and I have the power worked out (5V, 5A)!

✨ Happy Holidays from the Stevens family and internet-connected devices.

HotSpark II is my Raspberry Pi 3B+ video host. The magic 8 ball has its own Arduino API endpoint to trigger spins. It's read via Gemma 3 from LM Studio API. #diy

You can ask: @hotsparklab.bsky.social !8ball [my question]?

I'm doing a little robotics/fun project this weekend. Want to help test it out? Watch @hotsparklab.bsky.social for details. #raspberrypi #rpi #arduino #diy

Flying Jumping Spider

What's scarier than a spider? A flying spider. Jumping spiders are pretty cute though so this balances it all out. #NMS (No Man's Sky)

Sign next to supermarket shelves reads “all deodorants are under video surveillance.”

Recently, there have been several stick-ups and one Axe murder (in the first Degree). Management has made no Secret of the need to increase security, but still haven’t found the Right Guard. Finding themselves underarmed, the crime wave continues to roll on.

This 3D-Printed Luggable Raspberry Pi Cyberdeck Features a Throwback Trackball, Rugged Carry Handles Powered by a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, this portable is designed to go where modern laptops fear to tread.

Powered by a Raspberry Pi 4, this portable is designed to go where modern laptops fear to tread.

Should I internet-enable this homemade #Arduino Uno R4 WiFi Magic 8 Ball shaker? “PROSPECT GOOD” it says.

Magic 8 ball harness for an active electronics project

Measure once. Cuss twice! 🤬😆

Here’s my first interlocking 3D print design. I learned a bit about overhang, fragile joints, and well, measuring. I have a great update printing soon.

Raspberry Pi RFID boombox

I finished my daughter's Raspberry Pi RFID boombox project (a while ago, time flies). She loves it, and it helped me upgrade battery knowledge and a bit of 3D enclosure design. It makes use of a Pimoroni Pirate Audio board to manage sound and a cheap RFID reader. Code available if there's interest.

Love it!

CanonKeys custom keyboard

First custom keyboard ready to go! This will be a good test to see if I remember Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing…

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(adjusting for inflation)

This looks great!! 😍

May I ask, what type of hinge are you using? I have a cyberdeck project hitting this year (currently a few loose pieces connected together, no useful keyboard yet either). I’m betting those have some torque to them?

3D printed mini boombox powered by Raspberry Pi 2 W that reads RFID cartridges to trigger audio playback

Almost* finished with this Raspberry Pi RFID boombox.

Boombox front with Raspberry Pi 2 W, Pirate Audio, 2” speakers, RFID reader and potentiometer

The front plate of my mini RFID-triggered boombox is all hooked up! Working out the measurements in Blender was new yet I’m getting there. Sadly, I broke the Pirate Audio display while moving parts from the old plate to the new one (replacement in the mail). Now for the back and handle.

Its main function though is to inspire at maker events and collect donations (with thanks) for the Pikes Peak Makerspace.

Per family tradition, I like to send out an intriguing holiday eCard in some form every year. This year was an AI co-op experiment with OpenAI's ChatGPT-4 an... 'Twas The Night Before Launch (An AI Holiday Story)

The voice comes from AWS Polly, which also returns visemes used for mouth lip sync. Here’s my overkill holiday eCard sent this year as an example (I try to make something interesting every year) created with the bot: youtu.be/jjrjErSDOvI

I made a robot that accepts donations via QR code and sings in the donor’s honor by name. 🤖

The RFID “cartridges” are turning out well for my Raspberry Pi boombox project.

I still need to add labels to the front to differentiate, yet moving along.

The i in the .map() may not quite line up in the out of scope items will it… :) 🐞

The mini Raspberry Pi boombox with custom 3D design is moving along splendidly (power cord doesn’t fit though… yet). ;)

Pimoroni Pirate Audio connected to a Raspberry Pi 2 W, 2” speakers

These 2” speakers sound pretty good when attached to a Pimoroni Pirate Audio amp/display for Raspberry Pi (2 W pictured).

Now to transform this into a tactile musical experience for my little one who is excited to explore new genres.

Have a prompted story or song you would like to see here? Post in the comments!Music generated by:https://pro.splashmusic.comImages generated by:https://ideo... Waffles

I’m sad that Splash Pro, an AI music generator is shutting down. Here’s a co-op my daughter and I made with Splash Pro music (this one had us both laughing for a day).

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Widget sleeps on a tortilla-themed blanket, freeing my keyboard and hands a for serious work, like taking pictures of my sleeping cat.

Cat repellant: a soft blanket in the shape and style of a large tortilla

Is that card supporting a Feather data logger? Then which sensors? :) Cool idea!

Pimoroni hdmi screen on box it was shipped in, Raspberry Pi 4 inside

I put my new hdmi screen to use, on the new box computer! This still has a long way to go before it becomes a cyberdeck, yet at least the screen ribbon isn’t flying around loosely.

Sir Bolty Gearsington representing the Pikes Peak Makerspace, powered by Raspberry Pi 3B+

I tend to make heavy use of the GPIO pins in my Pi projects. I can see making one of those PCs a Steam deck or kiosk though. I hadn’t thought about using them until seeing your video (mini PCs were worse at one point).

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