Cyberdeck Alef 22

This is a separate page for my Alef-22 ver.1 cyberdeck.

I’ve been thinking about my own cyberdeck for a few weeks.

RH: Cyberdeck – Is a terminal for connecting to the matrix (virtual reality), this term was first used by William Gibson in the novel Neuromancer. The name Alef – 22 was given thanks to the novell Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson.

Everyone uses Raspbery Pi but big boys want big toys.
I recently built a portable case on a Raspberry Pi 2B for monitoring the radio band via SDR.

It’s fine for SDR, but the display is small for browsing the Internet. (post in slovak lang.)

Pic. case for SDR

So, anyway, I tried to design something heavier for the briefcase.
Until I came across a hard plastic case.

So I used the HP T510 ThinClient which is passive and had it for retro gaming.
In addition, the HP L1530 15″ monitor with built-in speakers and a couple of useless items lying around. Like the old IBM KB-7953 (Chicony) keyboard, TomTom One GPS or Cirque Power Cat touchpad.

Pic. Alef-22 during activity in windows with eDex-UI. first test.

Pic. Complete. GPS, Keyboard, touchpad and Revoltec game keyboard.

PC configuration:

HP T510 ThinClient
CPU: VIA Eden X2 U4200 @1GHz 2c/2t
RAM: Kingston SODIMM PC3-12800 4GB
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard 158Ch ( HP T510 )
VGA: VIA/S3 Chrome9 HD 512MB
Network: wifi + bt Intel 7260 AGN / LAN: BCM57780

SSD: INTEL SSDSA2BW120G3H 120GB
GPS: TomTom One 125 PA
Display: HP L1530 15″ LCD
OS: Windows 7 pro with legacy update/ MX 23.1
Keyboard: Compaq KU-0133 (Chicony)
Touchpad: Cirque Power Cat
Fightpad: REVOLTEC FightPad Advanced Steel grid
Case dimensions: 460x350x120mm (w x d x h)
Weight: 6.4 kg without keyboard

Pic. In the closed state.

Pic. In the closed state.

Pic. Composition during transportation. The keyboard and touchpad are separate.

Thin client HP T510 HSTNC-012-TC

After upgrading the BIOS to version 786R11 v1.05 from the parkytowers website, there was an upgrade to 4GB ram and a 16GB sata port module. For this, I put an Intel 7260 network card from an ACER Aspire-ES1-111M laptop into the miniPCI-e port.

Pic. Hewlett – Packard ThinClient T510.

Pic. Hewlett – Packard ThinClient T510. Open case. 4GB ram, 16GB sata ssd is under cooler.

Pic. extender and conected 120GB SSD, Left open, right closed.

The HP T510 comes in the following configuration:
Processor VIA Eden X2 U4200 2c/2t 1GHz and 2GB RAM, 2GB or 16GB storage.

The T510 has a rich set of connectors.
6x USB (4 + 2 hidden), serial and parallel ports, 2x PS/2 ports, and DVI-I and DVI-D video outputs.
The power supply is provided by an adapter with 19V and 3.42A

Pic. CPU-Z report

T510 is supplied originally with this operating systems: Genuine Windows Embedded Standard 7, Genuine Windows Embedded Standard 2009, HP ThinPro, HP Smart Zero Client Service, Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 (CE 6 Release 3).

HP ThinClient T510 CPU-Z validation

Power consuption T510:
average: 10W
maximum: 17W
consumption at rest with the OS on: 7W
consumption of switched off computer: 0.23W

Pic. CPU-X under linux.

RH: T510 has voltage saving solved by variable processor frequency. The variable frequency of the processor was done in Windows only by reducing the multiplier 800.0 MHz = 4.00 x 200.0 MHz to 1000.0 MHz = 5.00 x 200.0 MHz. At the minimum, the CPU power supply was 0.7875V and at the maximum it was up to 0.9104V. So it either went to 800MHz or 1000MHz (1GHz). Whereas in antiX it ranges from 800MHz to 1100MHz (1.1GHz).