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Title: Pi Recovery Kit
Status: hidden
save_as: portfolio/pi-recovery-kit.html
Date: 2025-04-28
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    ![im.giovanh.com: Latest project is a silly one: I gathered all the components needed to work directly on a pi or other microcomputer into one box with fitted inserts. It's got hdmi video, audio, microusb and usb c power, and a dedicated keyboard. Now I can set up new devices on my table without a KVM.](https://bsky.app/profile/im.giovanh.com/post/3lnya6otvgs27)
    ![im.giovanh.com: Unfortunately no good way to share this design as a reusable project as it's very much designed around the shapes of weird leftover components I happened to have around, including that awful keyboard.](https://bsky.app/profile/im.giovanh.com/post/3lnyabdm7f22m)
    ![im.giovanh.com: The spine of the thing is this power strip, which you can get to without deconstructing the whole thing. The secret to this whole project was finding a way to store the power cable safely in an isolated container so it can't damage the screen.](https://bsky.app/profile/im.giovanh.com/post/3lnyagfvmtk2m)
    ![im.giovanh.com: Originally I went for the wooden box so I could drill a slot in the side to thread the power cable through, but it actually fits in the margin, so the only drilling was to mount the cheap screen into the lid](https://bsky.app/profile/im.giovanh.com/post/3lnyaich2v22m)