Raspberry Pi's DIY cyberdeck project is the tiny computer I didn't know I wanted

Credit: Raspberry Pi Published Aug 24, 2026, 1:04 PM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian tech publication MobileSyrup, and earlier in his career, he worked as the technology editor at the Financial Post and Postmedia. He's based in Toronto. Over the past 15 years, he's written thousands of articles. Patrick has also interviewed dozens of tech industry executives and covered GDC, E3, Gamescom, WWDC, Apple keynotes, Samsung Unpacked events and more. Patrick has a BA in journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. Sign in to your XDA account Summary Raspberry Pi released an official cyberdeck guide with a detailed Pelican-style case. The guide covers storage, peripherals, and power and includes step-by-step images for beginners. Pi raised SBC prices this year; the 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 saw a $100 hike in April. Cyberdecks, tiny Raspberry Pi-powered computers constructed of common objects like purses, jewelry boxes, or more utilitarian-looking plastic cases, have gone pretty viral on social media platforms like TikTok over the past year. Now, Raspberry Pi has released its own guide on building one of these cyberpunk-looking homemade computers (via The Verge). The single-board computer (SBC) guide outlines the storage you'll need, required peripherals, power options, and more, providing all the steps to pull this project together yourself. It even includes detailed images of its Pelican-style case build. It's a pretty detailed guide that even those unfamiliar with single-board computers (like myself) can likely follow relatively easily if they have all the requirement components on hand. There are a lot of interesting projects out there Credit: Raspberry Pi To be clear, there are far more exciting Cyberdeck builds out there, including projects that use housings like an Altoids container, a fully wooden case, a clamshell-style purse, and even a retro Typeframe PX-88. The tutorial is part of Raspberry Pi Official Magazine #168, a monthly Raspberry Pi-focused projects magazine that also includes a print edition. In other Raspberry Pi-related news, the company increased the cost of nearly all of its SBCs earlier this year due to rising RAM costs. Even the 16GB version of the Raspberry Pi 5 mentioned in the company's official cyberdeck how-to was hit with a $100 price hike back in April.