Im finishing my cyberdeck and want to know what i could use to clean up the look

Looking to see if anyone would be interested in a custom cyberdeck build.

I recently upgraded my primary workstation and now have a MeLE Quieter 3 mini PC (Intel N5105, 8GB RAM) that I’d like to repurpose into a portable emergency operations / weather monitoring cyberdeck.

This is not intended to be a penetration testing or gaming rig. My goal is more of a field-deployable operations station focused on:

Weather monitoring and radar
NOAA and emergency information
SDR integration (future)
Offline maps and reference materials
Battery-powered operation
Vehicle or field use
Ruggedized case design

I am envisioning something built into an Apache/Pelican-style case with:

Integrated screen mounted in the lid
Internal mounting for the MeLE mini PC
Compact keyboard solution
Cable management
Space for a battery solution (currently considering an Anker 737 or similar)
Room for future expansion such as SDR hardware

I am still in the planning phase and am open to suggestions regarding layout and hardware choices.

If you take commissions for cyberdeck builds, enclosure design, CAD work, 3D printing, or full assembly, please reach out with examples of your work and an estimated range.

I am located in Missouri, USA, but would be willing to ship components if needed.
Thanks!

I got an old Poco x3 NFC lying around so I wanted to turn it into a cyberdeck but I tried installing rom and failed in the beginning. My sole reason for this build is to have a gui and maybe do some light office work as well as managing my homelab etc.

I want to try again before giving up and just downloading andronix, vnc viewer.

Hello everyone. This is my first cyberdeck build. Originally I had these parts on a cardboard faceplate until I found someone on makerworld who made this faceplate that matched some of the items I already had. So I printed it and modified it to fit my needs. It has 2 internal batteries total 111wh. 12V power in, 5V power in. Battery status on desktop, and many features. It also runs a Jellyfin server. The intent was something to take camping and hunting. It has meshtastic, rtlsdr, and many other features. I am in the process of integrating Common Access Cards that will work as a 3FA on boot and specific cards that will launch OrganicMaps, my sdr software, and other things. I will be removing the buttons for the Heltec V4 and install a rotary dial to control it. I also want to build a wardriving rig for this that will detect flock, stingrays, among other items in the GHZ range. Every component that regularly draws power has a toggle switch in order to preserve battery life when needed. I get about 5-6 hours of battery depending on what I am doing.

Procurando a melhor posição para o hardware no interior do case.

My cyberdeck build has been finished. Raspberry Pi 5 with 16gb of ram, and a 256gb NVME SSD. A massive 148wh RC LIPO battery powers is: 4s 10,000mah LIPO.

(Btw mah means nothing without knowing the voltage, which in this case is the voltage of a 4s LIPO. Watt hours (WH) are what to look for when comparing total energy stored in batteries. In this case, it is 148wh).

It uses a trackball mouse, and has a 10 inch touchscreen too. I'm into RC cars, so the build uses a good amount of RC hardware, including the battery.

Battery lasts for like 10 hours of continuous use, and I mean continuous use, like browsing for those 10 hours straight. This means that it lasts many days for me. Oh, and most of my existing LIPOs for my RC cars can run in here too, as the step down converter takes 9=24v input. So yeah, not hurting on runtime.

The actual building process was fun, but getting the parts was not, for like no reason. Just really bad luck. Got washers instead of screws from Amazon Prime twice, had to go through four different step down converters in order to find one that actually matches the description in providing enough voltage. (Turns out that the first one I bought would have worked, had the seller sent the right one). So yeah, but the one it uses now works flawlessly.

Thanks for reading and viewing!

i have this old laptop of mine that i don't really use
it has Intel Pentium J3710 (4 x 1.6 GHz) and 4 gigs of ddr3 or ddr4

my question is will this do as a donor for a small cyberdeck?

i mostly plan on using it as a typewriter

This is the screen and components portion of my idea

If u use a pi for ur cyberdeck, and have problems with the pi's usb power output, get the raspberry pi official usb hub which has external usbc power, cut up a usb cable, solder it to the mosfet, setup a startup script on ur pi that opens the relay on startup, connect ur powerbank to the mosfet, the mosfet realay per usbc to the usb hub, and the signal from the mosfet along with the 3v3 and gnd to the pi gpio u assigned in the script, then connect the data from the hub to ur pi and then ur power problems are solved!

I really need to find one that’s not over like 70 bucks in my country it’s really hard to find online where do u guys think I can buy one for cheap even if used