lanefu Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 @nicod I saw it on the other thread. It’s worthy of its own post. That rig captures the essence of what makes hacking on SBCs so great. Lane Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicoD Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Hi @lanefu. I took some pictures of all my tech gear I take with me on trips. Spoiler The most important thing is my solar panels(I've got 2). It's a RavPower 24W 5V solar panel with 3 usb ports. Each USB can load up to 2.4A, and a total of 4.8A over all 3 the ports. In a nice sunny day it's quickly at it's maximum power. Then the RavPower power banks(also 2). These are beasts of 26 800 mAh. With this I can work for 15 hours with my Odroid C2 + 7" display. It does take a bit more than a day to fully charge it with my solar panels. I always use one, while charging the other. Spoiler For video editing and rendering I used the Odroid C2(on the right) with a 7" display. This because it's the only one that's fast, and doesn't need active cooling. When it's cold and wet you don't want to sit in a tent with a fan blowing. The Odroid also has it's own 3.5" HDMI display to watch video that I've filmed on it. So it's also a handheld. The C2 I'll replace with a RK3399 board. I still need to make a new metal case for everything. I also got a 13.3" 1080p display with speakers for the new "laptop" The one on the left is my Raspberry Pi 2B with a 3.5" gpio display. This has a usb audio adapter, and a Sony lavalier microphone. This uses only 0.25A idle with the display included. So I can leave that on the whole day. It's totally protected with rubber on the sides, and a plexi glas in front of the display. So I can throw it arround and nothing happens. The same for my 7" display. Plexiglass, and then a rubber layer between the glas and the display. Spoiler For entertainment I've got the Raspberry Pi 3B+ also with a 3.5" hdmi display, and a PS3 controller. That fills up the rainy days when I ain't got anything better to do. Or when my Odroid C2 is bussy rendering new videos. I often travel with my bycicle, and go wild camping everywhere in Europe. With this I film everything, I edit it in the evening. And when I go to a camping I upload everything to Youtube. Many people would not want to travel like this. But for me it's my heaven. I couldn't do all that with my laptop. The thing is heavyer, a lot more power consumption, battery only lasts about 1,5hours, ... So SBC's are the greatest pieces of tech ever for me. I used to carry around a lot of thick books while traveling. I'm happier with all this. I love to watch a movie with a beer while the sun goes down on a beautiful spot. I can't wait to leave again. In daily life I also use them, I don't have a smart phone. So these replace that. I made a quick video on my last trip about it all. Also about my new 13.3" display. But I didn't do any video editing on that trip since it was not a long trip(less than 2 weeks) I hope that fulfills your curiosity. I use my SBC's for a lot more than that alone. But it's because of this I fell in love with sbc's. I was a giant tech nerd when I was young. I started working as a programmer when I turned just 15, but lost my job at 19(bankruptcy of the company I worked for) and didn't have a school degree. So I then lost all interest in computers for almost 15 years. SBC's have brought me back that joy of the early days. I just love them.... Greetings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanefu Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 Thanks for sharing, dude. That is super cool!Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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