{"id":1847,"date":"2014-07-06T17:30:56","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T22:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2014-07-10T11:46:35","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T16:46:35","slug":"raspberry-pi-laptop-with-mods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/2014\/07\/raspberry-pi-laptop-with-mods\/","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi Laptop (with mods)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an earlier post, I wrote about my <a title=\"Personal Tech Road Map\" href=\"http:\/\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/2014\/07\/personal-tech-road-map\/\" target=\"_blank\">personal tech road map<\/a>, and the first milestone on that was to build the Raspberry Pi Laptop out of my Motorola Atrix 4G Laptop Dock and Raspberry Pi.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t take credit for this, as the project idea and implementation has been around for at least 2 years. However, I did make some changes to the steps I followed, and <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/+Neotsn\/posts\/Zm5C5UV7qfe\" target=\"_blank\">modified\u00c2\u00a0my Raspberry Pi case to make the\u00c2\u00a0circuit board\u00c2\u00a0a little safer<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h1>The Source Information<\/h1>\n<p>Back in March, my friend <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jermlac\" target=\"_blank\">[wizard]<\/a> sent me a link to a blog post about <a href=\"http:\/\/rasathus.blogspot.com\/2012\/10\/a-raspberry-pi-laptop-easy-way.html\" target=\"_blank\">how to make a Raspberry Pi Laptop<\/a> out of the Atrix 4G Laptop Dock (which I had purchased, and ended up being disappointed with its limited functionality).<\/p>\n<p>I ordered the parts from the blog (which I have a modified list below) and waited 2 months for everything to get in from China. When I put it all together, I found there was not enough power from the HDMI cable\/coupler\/connector\u00c2\u00a0chain to activate the laptop dock. After checking out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/forums\/viewtopic.php?f=63&amp;t=31416\" target=\"_blank\">this forum thread<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0I realized I could ditch the extension cable and coupler, and just go with the micro-to-normal HDMI converter directly into the Pi\u00c2\u00a0board.<\/p>\n<h1>The [actually used] Parts List<\/h1>\n<p>This is taken directly from the blog post mentioned above, with my formatting:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">1 x\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/uk.farnell.com\/raspberry-pi\" target=\"_blank\">Raspberry Pi Revision 2 ( 004 ) ( although I hear a revision 003 may work )<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">1 x\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXyYFL\" target=\"_blank\">Motorola Atrix LapDock<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00c2\u00a0(<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXyYFL\" target=\"_blank\">UK<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00c2\u00a0,\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1cHNpKu\" target=\"_blank\">US<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">1 x\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXAaZG\" target=\"_blank\">Female USB Micro to Male USB A connector<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00c2\u00a0 (<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXAaZG\" target=\"_blank\">UK<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00c2\u00a0,\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1g9AC26\" target=\"_blank\">US<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">1 x\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXARlB\" target=\"_blank\">Micro USB Female to<\/a><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXARlB\" target=\"_blank\"> M<\/a><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXARlB\" target=\"_blank\">ale<\/a><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXARlB\" target=\"_blank\"> extension cable<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00c2\u00a0 (<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXARlB\" target=\"_blank\">UK<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00c2\u00a0,\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/Jz26SQ\" target=\"_blank\">US<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">1 x\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXAA2a\" target=\"_blank\">Female Micro HDMI to HDMI Male connector<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00c2\u00a0 (<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXAA2a\" target=\"_blank\">UK<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00c2\u00a0,\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1ccKumF\" target=\"_blank\">US<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><del><span style=\"color: #333333;\">1 x\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXAEyX\" target=\"_blank\">HDMI coupler<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00c2\u00a0 (<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXAEyX\" target=\"_blank\">UK<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00c2\u00a0,\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1butLva\" target=\"_blank\">US<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">)<\/span><\/del><\/li>\n<li><del><span style=\"color: #333333;\">1 x\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXAMhY\" target=\"_blank\">30cm HDMI cable<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00c2\u00a0 (<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXAMhY\" target=\"_blank\">UK<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00c2\u00a0,\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/19rWkMY\" target=\"_blank\">US<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">)<\/span><\/del><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><del>\u00c2\u00a0<\/del><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><del><span style=\"color: #333333;\">1 x\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/StQz4q\" target=\"_blank\">SKPang Raspberry Pi Starter Kit<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0( Optional )<\/span><\/del><\/li>\n<li><del><span style=\"color: #333333;\">1 x\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXzNOD\" target=\"_blank\">Self Adhesive Velcro for attaching the SKPang Breadboard area<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00c2\u00a0( Optional )<\/span><\/del><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">1 x\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/OQvOQp\" target=\"_blank\">Edimax EW-7811UN Wireless 802.11 b\/g\/n USb Adaptor<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00c2\u00a0( Optional ) \u00c2\u00a0(<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/OQvOQp\" target=\"_blank\">UK<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00c2\u00a0,\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1cHOMJ6\" target=\"_blank\">US<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t have a need for Velcro or the breadboard components (he never described their purpose, and I didn&#8217;t bother investigating it). I also ended up not using the HDMI coupler or the HDMI cable, as mentioned before. I used a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/TP-LINK-TL-WN725N-Wireless-Adapter-Miniature\/dp\/B008IFXQFU\/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1404684559&amp;sr=1-4&amp;keywords=TP-Link+Wireless+adapter\" target=\"_blank\">TP-Link Wireless adapter<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0instead of the Edimax simply because I already had one. However the <a title=\"How to install TP-Link Wireless USB Adapter on Raspberry Pi\" href=\"http:\/\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/2014\/05\/how-to-install-tp-link-wireless-usb-adapter-on-raspberry-pi\/\" target=\"_blank\">TP-Link Wireless adapter comes with its own headache of installing drivers<\/a>. So go with the Edimax one if you have a choice.<\/p>\n<h1>The Build<\/h1>\n<p>The build process is pretty straight forward, as he describes in his post. The only change being Step 5.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1461px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-5y6OYG4052U\/U7mXiF2gxBI\/AAAAAAAAZXU\/j79MyT0eokM\/w1461-h822-no\/20140706_133746_LLS.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-5y6OYG4052U\/U7mXiF2gxBI\/AAAAAAAAZXU\/j79MyT0eokM\/w1461-h822-no\/20140706_133746_LLS.jpg?resize=580%2C326&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Raspberry Pi board connected to the laptop dock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Step 5, instead of connecting all the HDMI components together, you&#8217;ve only purchased the one HDMI connector.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Plug in the <a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXARlB\" target=\"_blank\">Micro USB Female to<\/a><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXARlB\" target=\"_blank\">\u00c2\u00a0M<\/a><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXARlB\" target=\"_blank\">ale<\/a><a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXARlB\" target=\"_blank\">\u00c2\u00a0extension cable<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0to the laptop dock&#8217;s Micro USB port first.<\/li>\n<li>Plug the <a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXAaZG\" target=\"_blank\">Female USB Micro to Male USB A connector<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>into the Pi&#8217;s USB port, <strong>but don&#8217;t connect the cable to the adapter yet<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Plug in the <a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXAA2a\" target=\"_blank\">Female Micro HDMI to HDMI Male connector<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0into the laptop dock&#8217;s Micro HDMI port next (because of the connector&#8217;s\u00c2\u00a0width and shaving, it makes it easier to do it in this order).<\/li>\n<li>Carefully slide the Pi board onto the\u00c2\u00a0<a style=\"color: #009eb8;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NXAA2a\" target=\"_blank\">HDMI Male connector<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Plug the USB cable into the USB connector.<\/li>\n<li>Your Raspberry Pi should then start its boot sequence, flickering the\u00c2\u00a0ACT light after a few seconds, and the laptop dock&#8217;s screen should show your usual boot sequence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure style=\"width: 1461px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-h-knhhZabRM\/U7mXdUsjVVI\/AAAAAAAAZXI\/CorS5aVrIZQ\/w1461-h822-no\/20140706_133736_LLS.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-h-knhhZabRM\/U7mXdUsjVVI\/AAAAAAAAZXI\/CorS5aVrIZQ\/w1461-h822-no\/20140706_133736_LLS.jpg?resize=580%2C326&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Raspberry Pi Laptop booted<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>The Caveats of the Raspberry Pi Laptop<\/h1>\n<p>One thing I found, by accident, was that closing the lid sends a power surge\/signal to the Raspberry Pi board, and it causes it to power cycle. The same thing happens when you open it.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as an owner of the Atrix 4G phone, I can tell you that this signal\/surge causes the phone to come out of docked mode (where the screen functions differently on the phone) and that makes the phone go back to normal. Unfortunately, the dock doesn&#8217;t know it&#8217;s connected to the Pi, and not the phone.<\/p>\n<p>So, don&#8217;t close your lid until you&#8217;re ready to power down. Once you do close it, disconnect the USB cable from the USB adapter&#8230;this saves wear &amp; tear on the USB ports for your Pi and Dock (the adapter is cheap\u00c2\u00a0enough to replace).<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll have another post in a couple of days describing <a title=\"Raspberry Pi Case Mod for Raspberry Pi Laptop\" href=\"http:\/\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/2014\/07\/raspberry-pi-case-mod-for-raspberry-pi-laptop\/\" target=\"_blank\">the modifications I made to my Raspberry Pi case<\/a> to make the cable management better and circuitry a little more protected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an earlier post, I wrote about my personal tech road map, and the first milestone on that was to build the Raspberry Pi Laptop out of my Motorola Atrix 4G Laptop Dock and Raspberry Pi. I can&#8217;t take credit for this, as the project idea and implementation has been around for at least 2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[506,885,11,913,910,3,2],"tags":[934,170,197,935,954,914,936,169],"class_list":["post-1847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","category-labs","category-projects","category-raspberry-pi","category-tech-fixes","category-tech","category-updates","tag-atrix-4g","tag-computer","tag-laptop","tag-motorola-atrix-4g","tag-programming","tag-raspberry-pi-2","tag-raspberry-pi-laptop","tag-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140706_133746_LLS1.jpg?fit=1461%2C822&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prOO4-tN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1821,"url":"https:\/\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/2014\/07\/personal-tech-road-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":1847,"position":0},"title":"Personal Tech Road Map","author":"[[Neo]]","date":"July 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I've gotten my hands on a lot of tech projects in the past few months, but I have yet to do anything significant with any of them. After a few months of bouncing around ideas, learning a couple new things, and venturing into subjects I have before\u00c2\u00a0found difficult to learn,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gadgets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gadgets","link":"https:\/\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/category\/reviews\/gadgets\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Photo by Yasmin Walter. 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