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A DIY Steam Deck... Ultrawide DS
Here is the full video going over the whole process and the struggles I went through: (video will become public 11/25/24 7am EST)
I have found myself with another broken Lenovo yoga 730-13 to tear apart for a project. This time I wanted to build a steam deck clone of my own just with a trackpad instead of joysticks. After not being able to find a smaller screen that would work with the laptops eDP, I found one cut in half and it was perfect to build this Ultrawide DS monstrosity.
I started by taking the laptop apart and testing my screen (very stressful, I had no idea if it was going to work). So I set off on reorganizing the laptop, folding the battery over to fit this new shape with an aluminum mid-plate and I had the enclosure 3d printed by PCBway in nylon. Note: The nylon has excellent thermal properties, but it was a bit more flexible the I was expecting, I would probably print in ABS or a stiffer plastic if I were to again.
I then needed a new keyboard and a way to control my games so I designed a long PCB with a button matrix and a slot for an Arduino pro micro. Funny story, the Arduino is actually plugged in internally in the place of a fingerprint sensor (which turns out was using usb 2.0).
And finally I put it all together and it came out pretty great in my opinion :). The design is by no means perfect so I haven't included the files but I think this is great way to show what you can build with PCBway services.
A DIY Steam Deck... Ultrawide DS
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