After a little googling, I know a UpBoard = Atom (tm) SBC from Intel. Same Form factor as RaspPi2, RaspPi 3. Is DH (David Heald) locked-into using a Pi-Top Laptop enclosure? An alternative is an
IndieGoGo (sp?) enclosure. Although an IndieGoGo is more a Flat-Panel Enclosure. Rather than a Clam-shell Laptop (like the Pi-Top). I watched a video on the GoGo and a Ben Heck video on the Pi-Top. Some observations: (1) GoGO has "rails" onto to which you can mount RaspPi (or UpBoard), Pi-Top has distinct mounting Posts. (2) The GPIO Pins (on either RaspPi OR UpBoard) are more accessible on a GoGo Than on a Pi-Top. I use a Smarti-Pi Touch Enclosure for my RaspPi 3B and 7" touch-screen.
My pi-TopCREED (Case Only , No RPi Board) should arrive today (21MAR17). My only RPi3 is in my SmartiPi Enclosure. B/c there are magnetic mounting Rails, I can put any SBC (w/ footprint of RPi3 OR Smaller) into this Pi-TopCREED. I am going to get an UP SBC Board (NOT an UP^2 b/c of a Larger Form-Factor and Ports are placed differently). I have unused Legitimate Win8.1 Product Keys, which I can parlay into Win10 ver 1067 (using a USB Flash Drive)
I was referring to the specific Pi-Top product. I put an up board in one for my wife. She loves it. I had to make my own power cord for it, but otherwise it works great.
To DH: so you put an UP Board in the "clam-shell" laptop Pi-Top product? Didn't it come w/ a power Brick.? My Pi-TopCREED uses a 18Vdc @1A Power Brick. I believe the Pi-Top Laptop and Pi-TopCREED share the same inner components. But the Pi-TopCREED does not have Battery, Keyboard, Trackpad. Since I haven't bought an Up board yet. I am going to test my Pi-TopCREED w/ a RaspberryPi Zero-Wireless.
To DH: Have you used your Pi-Top Laptop(?) as a External HDMI Monitor? I mean cabling the HDMI Cable of the Pi-Top to an External (to Pi-Top) HDMI source? No other Connections aside from DC Power to my HDMI Source (RaspPi Zero). Did Not connect to the GPIO Pins. Pi-Top Support is working this Issue
BTW the Pi-Top that you configured for Your Wife, the one w/ Up SBC, what O/S did you use?
To DH: I successfully got my Pi-TopCREED to work w/ my RPi-Zero (v1.3). The 40pin Header MUST BE CONNECTED to the 40pin GPIO Pins for the HDMI/LCD Screen to work. Not all 40pins are used. Just pin4 [5V], pin6 [Gnd] (duh. of course), pin19 [SPI_MOSI], pin21 [SPI_MISO], pin23[SPI_CLK], pin26[SPI_CEI_N]. I think these Signals on the GPIO pins are used in conjunction w/ the HDMI Input (into) the Pi-TopCREED internal "Hub" board that produces Output on the LCD Screen. If this is the case, then it looks improbable that I can use the Pi-TopCREED HDMI/LCD Screen as an external HDMI Display Screen. THIS even if I leave my RPI-Zero connected to the GPIO Header and attempt to "drive" the PitopCREED HDMI w/ external (video) Content. Darn. I was hoping this Pi-TopCREED would do Double Duty: (1) as RPi Enclosure, (2) as External HDMI/LCD Monitor. At least my LCD Display is proven to be Good. AAR can you (DH) verify that your (wife's) Pi-Top Laptop is: (1) UP and Running w/ the Up SBC board [Pun Intended], (2) the GPIO Header is connected to the GPIO pins on the Up SBC. BTW what O/S is running? Thanks.
W/ help from Pi-Top Support Staff, I found out about the Pi-TopCREED: (1) The HDMI Cable allows the LCD Screen to be used as an External HDMI Display. No connection to the GPIO pins required. (2) the power Supply inside the Pi-topCREED can supply +5V @ 1A. This opens the possibility of Installing an Up SBC instead of RPi 3B (or Zero). But will have to add an additional Power Brick b/c the Up board will draw 3A @ 5V.
It came with the power brick yes, but the power connector from the Pi-Top Hub board to a regular Pi is a usb cable. The Up Board doesn't support that, and instead uses a barrel connector. So, I merely soldered a barrel connector onto the end of a usb cable.
