Decktility: Project transforms Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 into handheld PC with keyboard and display

A developer who goes by the name of ByteWelder has showcased the Decktility, a project that owes its roots to the likes of the uConsole. Hence, the Decktility is a handheld PC, which ByteWelder has designed to measure just 124.4 x 144 x 16.3 mm, with a 10.2 mm protrusion for its battery lid. For reference, the Decktility relies on two 18650 Li-ion batteries, which it can recharge via USB Type-C at roughly 10 W.

According to ByteWelder, the Decktility has been built around the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4), a system-on-module (SoM) that incorporates four ARM Cortex-A72 cores within a Broadcom BCM2711 processor. Additionally, ByteWelder has used an Arduino to keep the project's Bluetooth keyboard in check, as well as the Raspberry Pad 5, a 5-inch and 800 x 400-pixel display panel. Please see our corresponding launch article for more details about the Raspberry Pad 5, which also includes a few handy ports that the Raspberry Pi CM4 lacks.

Currently, ByteWelder has no plans to mass produce the Decktility or sell it in any form. However, the developer has provided a full write-up on their website in which they also detail various learnings from the project. Moreover, ByteWelder has published a separate guide on GitHub, should you wish to recreate the Decktility yourself.

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