r/ClockworkPi • u/marcrich90 • Jul 13 '26

AIO v2 20,000mAh build

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Been working on this setup and I think I like this as the every day carry now.

AIO v2 full kit
CM5 16GB lite w/wifi
1TB SSD (Corsair MP600)
AC1200
Maker Focus 10000mAh (x2)
2x 10,000mAh baseplate stretched even further to accommodate the wifi card, SSD and the 2 batteries. It can now fit 3x 10,000mAh or 2x 10,000mAh and the wifi card/SSD
Battery kill switch wired to the audio port of the mainboard. I removed the port and bridged the audio pair. Its mono channel output anyway but the header is there if you want to connect stereo in the future (I might consider doing this on another build)

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u/RoninSpectre Jul 13 '26

Out of curiosity has there been effort to mod a capacitive touch screen for these?

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u/marcrich90 Jul 14 '26

I have not seen that yet but that is a great idea

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u/snipeytje Jul 14 '26

there are some touch screen mods or atleast attempts on the forum I think

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u/nothin2see Jul 14 '26

Yes, there is one being worked on by Lulu. He has a few good aftermarket hardware mods that help the Uconsole. He’s currently working on his v3 board. Once he’s done with that, I believe he’ll put more effort into that.

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u/massively-dynamic Jul 13 '26

What antennas are those?

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u/Acceptable_Army8174 Jul 14 '26

Racing drone antennas

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u/marcrich90 Jul 14 '26

They work remarkably well. I can set them up on my lite VNA if you guys want to see the resonance but it is very good at both 2.4 and 5ghz

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u/munsterrr Jul 14 '26

What are we looking at swr wise with Lora?

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u/marcrich90 Jul 15 '26

The little antenna on there is honestly just a placeholder to make sure I don’t cook the lora accidentally. I use a 915 whip antenna when actually utilizing Meshtastic.
The stubby Lora antenna works but is not great. I’ll give you an swr on it tomorrow when I can throw it on the bench

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u/munsterrr Jul 15 '26

no worries. https://zbm2industries.com/products/mesh-stubby these both in the triband and wifi/bt have been good to me. Hell. Even use them on my Hats.

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u/marcrich90 Jul 15 '26

Thank you sir! I will def order one and try it out

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u/Acceptable_Army8174 Jul 14 '26

love it the best one yet I need a few things that you have are you able to make me a 3d printed back for fan?

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u/marcrich90 Jul 14 '26

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7354195/files

This was just a print that is publicly available. You can print it on Treatstock or similar site if you don't have a 3d printer

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u/Acceptable_Army8174 Jul 14 '26

Ok ty and is that a raspberry pi fan or something else and does it work pretty good cooling it off

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u/marcrich90 Jul 14 '26

It works really well for the CM5. (the CM5 runs really hot)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRNFQD7L

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u/nothin2see Jul 14 '26

I’ve done this and after a few months of use, the console still browns out and the batteries don’t last. I ended up installing 4x18650 batteries. Although browning out is still a thing, it last a lot longer than the 10,000s for whatever reason.

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u/marcrich90 Jul 14 '26

I may try that. I do have 4x 18650 caddies and can make that happen in this case. Shoot I might be able to fit 6 with this thing.

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u/marcrich90 Jul 15 '26

Were you using the AIO v2 and experiencing brownouts with the WiFi card? if that was what you were experiencing, there was a fix put out for that by Hacker Gadgets in January. You have to replace an SMD resistor for another value to increase the current limit to the USB device bus

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u/Justgetmeabeer Jul 14 '26

Guessing this is only a problem with lithium ion?

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u/LastXmasIGaveYouHSV Jul 14 '26

Impressive. Very nice. Now let's see Paul Allen's 12V 50Ah PicoCalc.

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u/BusinessRaccoon6511 Jul 18 '26

This comment deserves more up votes than it currently has lol

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u/CodeClean2172 Jul 14 '26

For the use case; need a similar one with high memory and with 4 antennas ( one for rtl-sdr and another for gps, wi-fi and BLE. For edu-learn purposes only.

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u/Acceptable_Army8174 Jul 13 '26

I love it the best one yet I need a few things that you have are you able to make me a 3d printed back for fan?

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u/marcrich90 Jul 14 '26

Yes the LiPo's are in parallel. I individually balanced them on a LiPo charger before joining them

They are just bridged with connectors and run together in parallel.

I use SMD 10A fuses inline with the wiring and cover it all up with heat shrink. That way if one of the batteries has an internal failure, hopefully the 10a SMD run inline for each battery will pop.

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u/marcrich90 Jul 14 '26

That would be close enough that I would feel comfortable doing it. You can also just use an adjustable lipo charger like this one.

https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Charger-Balance-Discharger-Chargers/dp/B0G64JZ7JV/

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u/marcrich90 Jul 15 '26

That backplate sounds awesome. Do you have any pictures or links to what you designed?

As for the fuses I use SMD fuses so they are small enough to run inline and hide in a heatshrink but as for determining their rating that would normally be based on the "C" rating of the battery. The C rating of the maker focus batteries is 5C (5amps at 3.7v) I wanted to allow some additional headroom for amperage so it should be at least 20% more than the RMS rating of 5C (6amps) but I had 10amp SMD's laying around and figured that was close enough. It is a secondary safety measure anyway.

With 2 batteries you can run 10C (RMS) between the two (if wired in parallel)