Ben Heck's Pi-Top Assembly Demo Episode -- Episode 219

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In this episode Ben and Felix assemble the Pi-Top (a Raspberry Pi laptop you build yourself) and create a small add on breakout board for it.

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makerkaren over 8 years ago in reply to bwims

Doing a build a week leaves little time to gather and post such information, but we're doing what we can. I've spent the last week going through old build files to see what hasn't been uploaded to github. You can check there to see what builds have already been uploaded and keep checking back for updates. If there is a particular build you are working on and there is missing information, you can ask me here and I can see if I can find answers for you. In the meantime, look through the files we already have posted, https://github.com/thebenheckshow
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bwims over 8 years ago in reply to mosespray

I've never yet seen any useful schematics and plans for anything I've seen on the Ben Heck show. It seems to consist of "look what I can do! Now you try to copy it!".

I mean how hard would it be to provide the schematic of that breakout board with a BOM? Pah!
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monkz0390 over 9 years ago in reply to Former Member

All the information is now on TBHS GitHub. Just find the files for episode 219 and you'll see it all there including the sketch Felix used to make the proto board.
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nobble over 9 years ago

A must for any person new to Pi computing!
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retrogamer over 9 years ago

I like this kit. Could be a fun project if you have a Pi kicking around.
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mosespray over 9 years ago

Are there plans to release the design of the breakout board shown in Ep 219? I would really like to make this.
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nuvis01 over 9 years ago

You should make a pi tablet
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makerkaren over 9 years ago in reply to Former Member

Felix told me that the pi-top guys have posted it since we filmed this episode. Check it out here, https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/pi-top/ceed-pt-hub-mech001-1.png. Hope that helps!
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makerkaren over 9 years ago in reply to Former Member

You can see some of them in the photo in this post. http://www.element14.com/community/community/experts/benheck/ben-heck-exclusive/blog/2015/12/15/how-to-identify-an-unlabeled-gpio-w-felix
But I'll see if I can get the completed file from Felix.
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Former Member over 9 years ago

It would be really appreciated if you could release the pinout details you reverse engineered. We have been asking the Pi-Top about this since release with no luck. What type of connector is used to attach the custom made breadboard to the Pi-Top's power hub?
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