RASPBERRY PI ALL-IN-ONE

RASPBERRY PI ALL-IN-ONE

I've chosen a new
project and that is to create a Raspberry Pi 5 tablet. I bought a few bits and
pieces such as an Geekworm
H505 Raspberry Pi 5 Active Cooler with PWM Fan - Aluminium Heatsink,
a Geekworm X1004 Dual M.2 NVMe SSD Shield PCIe Peripheral Board and
PRI All-In-One 10.1”, I already had a Raspberry 5 and a MicroSD
256GB card, so that's most of what I need, the only thing I didn't
buy was some NVMe SSD storage.


The
All-In-One monitor has some quite decent specifications:
 RPI ALL-IN-ONE 
 Specifications

 Aspect Ratio
 16:10

 Screen Finish
 Glossy

 Contrast Ratio
 1000:1

 Display Type
 60Hz

 Display Tech
 LED

 Viewing Angle 
 178 degrees

 Image Brightness 
 370 Lux

 Has Colour Screen 
 Yes

 Picture Quality
 Enhanced Tech IPS

 Resolution 
 FHD 1200p Ultra Wide 

 Max Display Resolution 
 1920 x 1200   

 Native Resolution
 1920 x 1200


The
use of a Raspberry Pi 5, the active cooler and Geekworm products are
nothing new but the rest of the hardware is a bit of an unknown but
I'm looking forward to the end result. From what I can gather from
the reading it appears to have all that I need to get it up and
running, again apart from the NVMe storage (a bit too pricey).


I
don't foresee any problems in putting it together but I have said
that before about other projects I've done that haven't gone quite to
plan but I am optimistic and very excited for this one. Just got to
remember, read all the instructions before I unscrew anything, screw
anything or plug anything in and I should be OK.

First
thing is open the box the Geekworm
X1004 Dual M.2 NVMe SSD Shield PCIe Peripheral Board
is in and see what it comes with, there is the board and a small bag
with bits in, so after watching a bit of YouTube I make a start with
the board, first by attaching 4 risers with four screws trouble is
there are no screw but I have a collection of small screws so I
attach the risers. Next lets pop the board on top of the risers and
guess what, the risers are too short so at present the X1004 is not
an option. A bit disappointing but I have ordered some risers.


I'm
going to take the NVMe SSD board ut of the equation for now and let's
turn to the RPI All-In-One, I watched a video about this and saw that
it appears very tricky to put together, the sort of tricky where you
need 3 or 4 hands to get it together. There is a problem with the
microSD card slot, once the Raspberry Pi is in situ you cannot remove
or insert a fresh microSD card, so I thought I'd use a microSD
extension ribbon so that I could feed the cable out and have access,
however once the extension ribbon is inserted the Raspberry Pi cannot
be located properly so that is not an option, I just have to make
sure I have what I need on the microSD card so that I don't need to
worry about swapping it out.

Using
Raspberry Pi Imager on my laptop I got Raspberry Pi OS (Trixie)
installed onto a 32GB microSD card, then inserted the micro HDMI
adaptor into the micro HDMI port on the raspberry Pi and the USB-C
adaptor into the USB-C port and placed the Raspberry Pi and bits
inside the All-In-One and switched it on but the Raspberry Pi wasn't
getting any power and on further inspection the USB-C adaptor wasn't
seated correctly so I took the board out and tried again, this time
Raspberry Pi had power but there was no display and on inspection the
micro HDMI adaptor wasn't seated right, in and out, in and out a few
times before getting both adaptors and the Pi board seated correctly,
so after a bit I switch on the All-In-One and there is life.

I
found a slight problem with a 10.1” screen at a high resolution,
anything displayed on the screen is way too small to see and therefore the preferences needed addressing to change the resolution, I also
accessed the preferences to get my internet up and running, both were
very straight forward.

My
first thought now it is working is get some games up and running so I
installed ScummVM and got “Beneath a Steel Sky” working, this was a very straightforward job and done quickly.

Would
I recommend the All-In-One?
I
must admit I am a bit hesitant to recommend, if you have plenty of
patience, like to tinker and have 3 or 4 hands then I'd say give it a
go but do know it will take you some time. There is one thing I would
have liked would have been to have it rechargeable.

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Michael