War never changes, and neither does our desire for more cyberdecks. After exploring fascinating designs with Framework motherboards and industrial hardware, today we come to the tutorial by "Eric B" and "kc9psw", who adopted the Raspberry Pi as the main system, but did it in a very particular way: the entire cyberdeck is inspired by the Fallout universe, and includes multiple functions to monitor signals, initiate long-distance communications, store large amounts of offline information, detect radiation, and of course, withstand electromagnetic pulses.
The hype ate me alive and I don't regret it: I'm on my second binge with the Fallout series, and I'm quickly approaching the 100-hour mark in Fallout 4, though I decided to keep my distance from the new next-gen patch because it doesn't do much on PC, and breaks almost all mods. Obviously, it wouldn't be a Bethesda game without the risk of your save file blowing up due to an update… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
However, there are other ways to celebrate this new wave of popularity in the Fallout universe, and one of them comes courtesy of users "Eric B" and "kc9psw", who joined forces to create a cyberdeck inspired by Vault-Tec products. The most impressive thing is that they didn't limit themselves to printing a special case; it's full of switches and additional functions.
A Fallout Cyberdeck Ready to Survive Nuclear Fury
It all starts with a modified Pelican iM2200 Storm case. One of the most popular uses for that model is storing firearms, but here they turned it into an EMP shield, combining two layers of Faraday fabric, nickel paint, Flex Seal (yes, the same company from the meme), conductive gaskets, and ferrite cores.
The cyberdeck actually has two Raspberry Pi: a 4B that acts as the client, and an RPi 5 taking on the server role. This configuration stores hundreds of gigabytes of information (Wikipedia, recipes, and TED talks are some of the examples mentioned), but that's just the tip of the iceberg. The Fallout Cyberdeck can calculate its position with offline maps and a GPS module, perform signal intelligence (ADSB, NOAA, AM and FM radio) via SDR, and detect radiation through the NukAlert device.
Finally… it looks great. The exact mix of "Vault-Tec blue and yellow", huge switches, exposed screws, a huge central cable uniting both halves of the system… the "design language" is almost perfect here, and I hope to see updates for the project very soon. Link below!
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