We would suggest first checking the interfacing of all the components individually with the Raspberry Pi to avoid any last-minute troubleshooting. You can make it even more compelling by adding a Raspberry Pi camera module as a webcam. Then you can start gathering all the electronic components as shown in the figure above. The guides for the same are provided on the tutorial page. An HDMI extension cable allows connecting to an external display.įor getting started with this project, first, you’ll need to be familiar with the working of Raspberry Pi and the Adafruit PiTFT display. By connecting a 3-pin sliding switch to this board, you can charge the battery and boost the 3.7 V from the battery to 5 V, which is used to power the Raspberry Pi. A 6600mAh Lithium-Ion battery and a Powerboost 500C power supply and charger board can make this project portable. Electronics and Getting started Electronic components of the Mini Mac Piįor adding internal audio you can use one Stereo Class D amplifier and a thin 8ohm 0.25w speaker. Still, the Mini Mac Pi is a pretty good project as it can run most of the essential apps.

Screen Size Cut to 320 x 240 so we can use the PiTFT (original was 512×342).

There are also some limitations to this project which are: This project doesn’t require original hardware and runs alongside raspbian.” the makers noted. “The Mini vMac is an emulator that runs software for early Macs that ran Motorola’s 680×0 microprocessors. For making this process smoother, they have even provided brief explanations of all the STL files.Ĭoming to the software part, the onboard Raspberry Pi runs a flavor of mini vmac and emulates booting into Mac OS 7. Using those, you can even customize the housing to add any additional feature you may wish to do, like a port for a webcam. The makers provide you with the STL files for 3-D printing. The five parts are designed to print without any support material.” 3-D Printed parts of the Mini Mac Pi “These parts are optimized to print with desktop 3D Printers capable of printing in ABS or PLA material with a minimum build area of 100mm x 100mm x 90mm.

This project requires minor assembly and soldering.” according to the makers of this project. “You can either have a service print the parts for you, or you can print them yourself on an FDM 3D Printer.

The outer housing is completely 3-D printed.

Along with a 320×240 mini touch screen display and a speaker unit, this small Mac will surely give you the feels of Macintosh 128k glory days. This project uses a Raspberry Pi as its main microcontroller.

The Ruiz Brothers on the Adafruit Learning System had made another exciting project, the Mini Mac Pi.

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