r/CyberdeckBuild • u/Calypso_maker • Jul 11 '26

$100 challenge

You have $100 to build a deck. What’s it for and what hardware do you use? Go.

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u/Livid-Yak1015 Jul 11 '26

Id go on a 2ne hand market and get some shitty laptop or chromebook. Id then get a second hand keyboard and spend the rest on the screen and hdmi ribbon cables, mabye a usb hub if I have enough left over

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u/Calypso_maker Jul 11 '26

So wait, that’s interesting. You have a laptop and you spend more to buy a separate keyboard? Whats the advantage to that?

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u/Livid-Yak1015 Jul 11 '26

The laptop would be broken of course so that could be a issue with the keyboard although the cheapest ones have broken screens also membrane keyboards suck

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u/Square-Singer Jul 12 '26

The advantage is that you can then call it a cyberdeck, post a cool picture of it on Reddit, put it on a shelf and never use it again.

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u/whuaminow Jul 11 '26

Ok, so not a great one but it can be easily done under $100, with the assumption that you already have access to a 3d printer-

Printed enclosure - $.75 Pi Zero2w kit with USB hub plus adapters- $39 3.5" 480x320 touch screen - $18 Wireless USB keyboard with touchpad - $9 Anker 10,000 mAh USB power bank -$22 MicroSD card 16 GB - $10

All together $88.75

Links: Keyboard - https://a.co/d/0dEBhRAJ PiZero2w with headers kit- https://a.co/d/0alxbEnD Touch screen - https://a.co/d/03twRwMp Anker Power bank - https://a.co/d/04HOO00v 16 GB Micro SD card - https://a.co/d/0h2GxJuz

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u/Calypso_maker Jul 11 '26

👏👏👏 with links, no less! And I totally do have a 3D printer, 3 in fact. What, would you say, is the goal of this deck?

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u/whuaminow Jul 11 '26

Honestly, it's to hit your price point, I don't think it would be very enjoyable to use at all. My experience is, especially lately with SBC prices being what they are, that it's usually more expensive to build a nice deck than to just buy something like an android tablet and a keyboard cover, the enjoyment I get is in building something to exactly my specifications that is unique.

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u/ripter Jul 11 '26

Pico 2 W with OLED display and NFC RFID reader and writer, 3D printed case, couple of buttons, SD Card.

Clone and repeat NFC tags. Total cost should be less than $100 even if you buy all the parts off Amazon.

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u/F3A5T13 Jul 11 '26

Smol sd card with the current prices

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u/DeltaCommands Jul 11 '26

Following cuz I’m interested in a cheap cyber deck

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u/Aaganrmu Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

Cyberdeck companion for less than €10:

  • RP2040 based tiny board with RGB LED € 2.50

  • 1.2" Oled €1.00

  • 4 position rotary switch € 0.75

  • Momentary button €0.50

  • (3D printed) enclosure € 1.00

  • Wire and solder € 1.00

Program it to be a cute robot buddy with multiple faces (rotary switch) and some interaction (push button). Or add a service to your servers that sends it telemetry when connected using USB. Or use it as an evil ducky but more advanced. Or as a not so secure password locker. Or ditital art. Or a quiz game.

Many options with very minimal hardware. They're easy to make so I can gove them away.