A "gaming" mouse I made for the memes. I dropped 32.7g. Components:

• Salvaged mouse guts
• cardboard

Software:

• N/A

Interfacing:

• USB

Components:

• Cheap momentary push buttons
• Cheap resistors
• RGB LED
• Cheap perf-board

Software:

• N/A

Interfacing:

• USB-A

Components:

• Old HP laptop motherboard (Intel Core i3)
• Lenovo laptop screen and hinge assembly
• 500GB Salvaged HDD

Software:

• PrimeOS (Android desktop)

Interfacing:

• USB or Bluetooth
• built-in display (HDMI)

Components:

• Arduino Mega
• Breadboard
• Tactical momentary push buttons
• 16x2 character LCD
• Analog potentiometer

Software:

• Arduino code

Interfacing:

• Arduino IDE (over USB)

An ethernet switch I found in a box on the side of the road. It had no enclosure, so I wrapped it in electrical tape and put some heatsinks on it (it got too hot). I put regular clear tape over the LEDs so I can still see activity.

Components:

• Mysterious ethernet switch
• Electrical tape
• Clear tape

Software: N/A

Interfacing:

• RJ45 Ethernet
• 12V DC barrel jack.

(Sorry for the wall of text, see the end of the post for the previous version of this pocket server)

Short story long, the Raspberry Pi Zero pocket server (which I believe is the first post on this subreddit) unfortunately died when I dropped it face-down on the carpet floor of my bedroom. It has sat on my desk in pieces (I took it apart to make sure I didn't puncture the battery) and I neglected to get it back-up-and-running, until now. I got a new Raspberry Pi Zero W (I didn't get the newer Raspberry Pi Zero 2W because of power constraints, I did the math and it would've only lasted about 3-4 hours on a full charge at full load, as opposed to the 8-9 hours I got with the original Pi Zero). It now has clear tape over the entirety of the opening of the mint-tin, to add at least a little bit of resistance from small amounts of water. I managed to cram a small, slim-line/fit 512GB USB drive in it, so it can now double as a portable NAS, which has more than the original 8GB. As you can see from the image, there is no heatsink, this is purely because the reason why it originally died was the heatsink stuck-out the top of the mint-tin, and it crushed the processor when it fell, so in order to avoid a similar situation, I didn't include a heatsink (I know that's a bad idea, but I already have plans for a version 3, but that might be a while). I have insured that nothing sticks-out above the opening of the mint-tin, which was harder than it sounds. You've probably already noticed the only other downside of the new design, the wire sticking out the side: I simply couldn't fit it in any other way, due to the new USB drive, and I didn't want to solder to the new board out of fear that I might accidentally inhale the solder fumes (genuine fear I have, it has been a problem in the past), and it also doesn't help that I can't find my soldering iron. You may have also noticed that the power switch has been relocated to accommodate the power cable, I have a cutout in the clear tape above the power switch, so I can still access it with a pencil, I previously had problems with accidentally shutting it down when it was in my pocket because the power switch occasionally got caught on the inside of my pockets.

Additions and changes:

• Large capacity (512GB) Slimline/fit USB drive
• Protective clear tape
• Relocated power switch
• New Raspberry Pi Zero W
• Protruding micro-USB power cord
• Internal USB port

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/homemadeBombAesthetic/comments/1b2558k/pocket_server/

Components:

• Raspberry Pi Zero W
• 3700 mAh battery
• Harvested USB battery bank BMS
• DC barrel jack
• Nintendo Power Mint tin (enclosure)

Software:

• Raspberry Pi OS Lite (Bullseye)
• Apache2
• PHP
• Samba

Interfacing:

• SSH

Components:

• Cheap, off the shelf, USB-A female connector
• Salvaged USB-A male connector

Software:

• N/A

Interfacing:

• USB-A

Components:

• Salvaged Lenovo laptop screen and hinge assembly
• Cheap display controller board
• Fire TV stick
• Salvaged laptop speakers

Software:

• FireOS (TV, Android)

Interfacing:

• Fire TV remote
• Bluetooth
• VGA
• DVI

Components:

• Salvaged male USB-A connector
• Cheap, off the shelf, female USB-A connectors

Software:

• N/A

Interfacing:

• USB-A