I’m not the only one storing tech gadgets in flight cases (:
Posted by jpluimers on 2024/09/05
It was about 2 years ago that Jilles reminded me I had a flight case with gadgets too.
Back when I assembled it in 2018, I had big plans for showing private “cloud” container experimentation and gadget stuff at conferences. Then 2019 kicked in with rectum cancer.
So it was good that he helped me motivating to get it working again, especially as the time around assembling it so much fun and working on it brought back those days.
Here are the pictures:
And the tweets leading to them:
- [Wayback/Archive] jilles.com 🔜 MCH2022 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Twitter: “When your stuff is in a flightcase”
- [Wayback/Archive] Victor Boesen on Twitter: “Yesterday I received a small flight case for my SDRs and LNAs📡 Not because I really needed it, but because it was for sale and it’s great for when I need to bring it somewhere 😃 Now my @airspy_com HF+ and mini together with my @Nooelec LNAs lie safe and sound together😉 “
- [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “@victor_boesen @airspy_com @Nooelec Love it. Here is a little back story about ours (:”
- [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “@jilles_com Like this? 8 Raspberry Pi, USB power bricks, 7″ touch display, ethernet switch, WiFi, and short cables in a Pelican 1400 camera flight case.”
[Wayback/Archive1/Archive2] larger Twitter picture (1536×2048)
- [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “@jilles_com The surprise when we saw the safety drill video at @RoyalCaribbean (short video with start mark:
youtu.be/DLA1ohbaPlw?t=21, long video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9jH_0fwBWko) It is safely with Mrs en Mr Spy at their cabin (: Or is it? BTW: did you notice *both* cases?”
- A similar case is in the muster drill video that we saw on the cruise we took early 2018:
- [Wayback/Archive] Royal Caribbean Safety Video Trailer – “Operation: Little Bear” – YouTube (short teaser)
- [Wayback/Archive] Royal Caribbean 2017 muster drill video – YouTube (long version)
- [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “@jilles_com Like this? 8 Raspberry Pi, USB power bricks, 7″ touch display, ethernet switch, WiFi, and short cables in a Pelican 1400 camera flight case.”
- [Wayback/Archive] Victor Boesen on Twitter: “Yesterday I received a small flight case for my SDRs and LNAs📡 Not because I really needed it, but because it was for sale and it’s great for when I need to bring it somewhere 😃 Now my @airspy_com HF+ and mini together with my @Nooelec LNAs lie safe and sound together😉 “
And of course what is in it:
- [Wayback/Archive] Amazon.com: SmartiPi Touch 1 – Case for The Official Raspberry Pi 7″ Touchscreen Display – Adjustable Angle : Electronics
- [Wayback/Archive] Amazon.com: Raspberry Pi 7″ Touch Screen Display : Electronics
- 8x [Wayback/Archive] Raspberry Pi 3 Model B ARM-Cortex-A53 4x 1.2GHz, 1GB RAM, WiFi, Bluetooth, LAN, 4x USB: Amazon.de: Computer & Accessories (1 for the display and 7 in the stack)
By now you could use newer models, although they are probably really hard to obtain.
- [Wayback/Archive] Amazon.com: SAMSUNG 32GB EVO Plus Class 10 Micro SDHC with Adapter 80mb/s (MB-MC32DA/AM) : Electronics
Samsung Micro SD cards still feel like they fail the least.
- [Wayback/Archive] Amazon.com: GeauxRobot Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 7-Layer Dog Bone Stack Clear Case Box Enclosure Also for Pi 3B+ 3B 2B B+ A+ B A … : Electronics
Not available any more, but similar stacks are available from other sources
- 2x [Wayback/Archive] Amazon.com: Easycargo 20pcs Raspberry Pi 4 Heatsink Kit Aluminum + Copper + 3M 8810 Thermal Conductive Adhesive Tape for Cooling Raspberry Pi 4 B, Raspberry Pi 3 B+ : Electronics
In practice they hardly make the Raspberry Pi any cooler, so could have done without them.
- [Wayback/Archive] Amazon.com: D-Link Ethernet Switch, 8 Port Gigabit Unmanaged Metal Fanless Desktop or Wall Mount Design (DGS-108) : Electronics
This is USB powered, and finding items like these was very hard back then. Hopefully by now it is easier to get them. I wish for a 10port one (8 Raspberry Pi, uplink to router, spare).
- [Wayback/Archive] Amazon.com: Cat 6 Ethernet Cable 1 Ft (6Pack), Outdoor&Indoor, 10Gbps Support Cat7 Network, Heavy Duty Flat Internet LAN Patch Cord, Solid High Speed Weatherproof Cable for Router, Modem, Xbox, PS4, Switch, Black : Electronics
Note these are flat cables so they are very compact.
- [Wayback/Archive] Amazon.com: GL.iNET GL-AR300M (Shadow) Mini VPN Travel Router with 2dbi External Antenna, Wi-Fi Converter, Mobile Hotspot in Pocket, OpenWrt, Repeater Bridge, 300Mbps, 128MB Nand Flash, 128MB RAM, OpenVPN : Electronics
Used for LAN/WAN connectivity; this model is not available any more, but newer [Wayback/Archive] GL.iNet (@GLiNetWiFi) / Twitter models are and work just as fine.
- 2x [Wayback/Archive] Amazon.com: Junwer Quick Charge 3.0 60W 6-Port USB Wall Charger, PowerPort+ 6 for Galaxy S9/S8/S7/S6/Edge/Plus, Note 5/4 and PowerIQ for iPhone XR/X/8/7/6s/Plus, iPad Pro, LG, Nexus, HTC and More (Black) : Cell Phones & Accessories
I might replace this with a 10 port charger later on.
- 3x [Wayback/Archive] Amazon.com: Anker [4-Pack] Powerline Micro USB (1ft) – Charging Cable for Samsung, Nexus, LG, Android Smartphones and More (Black) : Electronics
for a total of 12 USB power cables (8x for the Raspberry Pi devices, 1x for the switch, 1x for the router, 2x spare)
Not in the case, but usually have it with me:
- [Wayback/Archive] Amazon.com: iPazzPort 2.4G Mini Wireless Keyboard with Touchpad Mouse Combo, Lightweight Portable Keyboard Controller, Compatible with Android TV Box/PC/Tablets/PS4/Raspberry Pi 3/HTPC KP-810-19S : Electronics
Fits only with a lot of pressure, so usually it is in my backpack (as it is very convenient for hacking other stuff as well).
- [Wayback/Archive] Amazon.com: UGREEN Ethernet Adapter USB to 10 100 Mbps Network Adapter RJ45 Wired LAN Adapter for Laptop PC Compatible with Nintendo Switch Wii Wii U MacBook Chromebook Surface Windows macOS Linux Black : Electronics
For connecting a laptop to the switch (though usually WiFi will do)
This might do in the future as USB power device: [Wayback/Archive] Amazon.com: USB Charger USB Charging Station with Rapid Charging Auto Detect Technology Safety Guaranteed 10-Port Family-Sized Smart USB Ports for Multiple Devices Smart Phone Tablet Laptop Computer : Electronics
Everything is in a [Wayback/Archive] Amazon.com: Pelican 1400 Camera Case With Foam (Orange) : Everything Else (note that in the background of one of the cruise pictures you see a second 1200 case which Amazon sent me twice and sending back failed so we kept it):
Oh, the related fun thing from the same trip was buying an extra cabin approved carry-on bag as having two smaller bags was not allowed on board:
[Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “@victor_boesen @airspy_com @Nooelec Some lifehacking during the same trip:”
[Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “Memories from the past. When you cannot bring 2 pieces of carry on luggage, put them in a bigger carry on bag.”
–jeroen
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