Pi-Top, the company behind the upcoming crowdfunding Raspberry Pi-powered laptop, have just announced that they’ve finalised their design. Speaking to 3dprint.com, they’ve also announced their expected price point, which is around $300 (Earlybird backers can expect a discount on this). The package will include the following:
- Injection molded case
- 3D printer STL files compatible for all 5″+ print bed sizes
- PCBs – Power Management, HDMI to LVDS Bridge and Keyboard & Trackpad Controller
- Electronics breadboard
- Battery
- Keyboard
- Trackpad
- 13.3” HD LCD Screen
- WiFi adapter
- Acrylic slice
- Wiring
- DC wall plug
- Build instructions
- Online & integrated lesson plans
$300 seems an awful lot considering that you can get a much higher-powered Chromebook for less money, but I guess they know what they’re doing. The Pi does, of course, have advantages of it’s own (such as the GPIO) but bearing in mind that Kano priced their kit at $99, Pi-Top may find less enthusiasm about their price point.
Perhaps more excitingly is that they have also announced a HAT which will be run what they claim to be is the smallest Raspberry Pi-powered robot ever.
I would love to a Din A4 or larger sized chassis with motors and encoders
for some serious autonomous robotic work. I have found such chassis BUT the cost is very high. The real problem is that I cannot make the Chassis my self – then I get get exclty what I want.
Perhaps in Future a 3D Printed chassis but I do not have a 3D Printer
so I would need a service for that.
Best regards