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Reminds me of a certain screen you replaced recently... I'm not enough of an electrical engineer to know what to mess with to make it better, and whether I should, which is why I'm using someone else's design in the first place :)

Beautiful machine though the support is a bit "odd" and while parts are still "HOW MUCH?" you can, at least, get parts for them... like keyboards, trackpads and the like. There are other ways to make Matt's original head work though - not as fancy, I'll grant you, but there are other ways to do this...

Yup. The global economy is in such an awful state right now, but especially for us builders and creators. We can't practice our craft without materials, and we can't get materials because one single resistor or a capacitor costs as much as a month's rent. And it isn't even as if it's just bare parts...

This is what kills it right now for many of us and there's no way around it - even sending out the "gift" boards for beta test... NOOOOPE!You do get two for that (and it's not that much more for a pack of five) but as a BETA it's complete but still could have some minor improvements - and the only w...

Yeah, I can answer some questions if you have them but I'm still relatively new to this, so I don't know how much help I'll be. The furthest I've gotten on this project is the checkout (a point which I've reached about 4 times by now, each time with a slightly different tag), and the cost to build i...

I'm around most days if you need anything. I'm just neck deep in something that should have taken me about a week - is about, ooooo say, three months down at this stage.

I don't know the price estimate currently, but if it's beating an equivalent consumer product I still think that's a good deal.   I saw you mentioned build instructions to go along with the BOM/files posted earlier on this page, but I wasn't able to find them when skimming through previous...

@sterntooth I think as long as the antennae have a little hole to poke through the back of the frame the signal should be okay...not sure though so don't quote me on that ;) I don't know a lot about specific speaker drivers but I do know that sometimes even cheap ones can sound good. I got a 4-pack ...

@avieatrix It's ready but the cost of parts from China (due to political problems) has made it quite costly.3.5 is fully functional but as with any "beta" there are things I could have done better, there's also the question of if I should do a version without the CM108B (which is the "USB bridge" ev...

@avieatrix It's ready but the cost of parts from China (due to political problems) has made it quite costly.3.5 is fully functional but as with any "beta" there are things I could have done better, there's also the question of if I should do a version without the CM108B (which is the "USB bridge" ev...

Just found the original video and immediately went diving into this forum to see if there's been development in the last four years. Super cool to see Marcdraco putting so much effort into the upgraded version. I'm subscribed to the thread to keep up with progress and I'll hopefully have the time an...

Yeah, that display power brick is a beast and there’s only 2 places it can go. I doubt it would fit in a 21” iMac shell. Yes, I mounted USB C hub on the back which has Ethernet. I’m waiting on another stick of RAM before I seal her up again. Also need to decide if I should mount the wifi antenn...

@sterntooth Nice! I'm surprised it all fits flush without displacing the LCD panel (assuming the LCD panel still goes in its original spot), especially that power brick. There's definitely room for some laptop speakers in there if you found some good ones, or maybe some bigger but still flat drivers...

@imp-inventor I thought I did! Sorry, new to this forum. It's a bit of a mess but it works!