"Camodelkin: PDAs in the road - what could be easier!

In today's diy "We welcome Victor Moszkowski. This remarkable man presents to the public for their pet - travel suitcase with a set of gentlemen, which, contrary to traditional ideas;) included: the legendary Pocket PC HP iPAQ h2210, GPS-receiver, a mini-keyboard, a portable HDD, card reader, all sorts of peripherals, as well as a clutch of batteries and solar panel to power a mobile farm:) Quite often I have come on the road: go hiking, or just go where a normal PC or laptop is unlikely to take because of the size and high power consumption. So the idea to solve the problem of buying a PDA and necessary peripherals came at me almost as soon as I learned of the existence of handhelds. The idea of ​​a suitcase for transporting kit was born after the next campaign, when I had to take a lot of valuable equipment - Pocket PC HP iPAQ h2210, mobile Siemens s55 (to connect to the internet), GPS-receiver for navigation HAICOM HI-303S on the CF- card and battery. All prichindaly very erratically moving in the depths of my backpack and brought every time a lot of trouble with finding and connecting to each other. In addition, the haunted the idea: in fact while a PDA is recharged, he could rest quietly in a backpack, and I, meanwhile, would continue the campaign. Yes, and place a whole set of convenient way to recharge every time somewhere on-site parking would not have to. So in the mind arose bright image of the miracle briefcase that holds all that is needed and, moreover, protects against the harmful effects of external factors:) Back home, I built such and now nothing does not deny. The final weight of the PDA-case amounted to about 600 Basically a set is used for navigation, Internet communications, music and reading books in the campaigns. Work on it quite convenient, though, the buttons on the keyboard "Ray-805" a few small, but nevertheless, compared with a stylus - it is the lesser evil.

As for my gentleman's suitcase set involved a case for carrying a CD with lessons envelopes, which are mounted:
• four boxes for the batteries for 4 * AA (for charging PDAs)
• Keyboard "Ray-805" without the lid (the sensor passed back to top)
• tester to control the charging and PDAs by the solar panels and other sources
• spare stylus
• cases for storage of memory cards
• The set of switches for switching batteries
• cvetodiody bright glow to work in the dark
• the solar battery (connected via an optional connector)
• portable hard drive ASUS WL-HDD 2,5, storage and backup media that connects to the PDA through the CF-LAN card or a Wi-Fi
• a card reader to record the various flash memory cards on the screw.

Optionally, you can also connect a USB flash.Once assembled, turned water resistant and quite shock resistant device. On average - a standalone runtime suitcase PDAs - 30 hours without charge from solar panels. The price comfortable solving the issue of road - about $ 250 (without PDA and HDD). Here's a funny contraption turned out. In the future creative plans - empowering the CPC-case by adding columns, full-size keyboard, etc., as well as a substantial restyling - improved appearance. In this regard, I promise to keep readers HPCru (especially those who appreciated;) in the course of events. PS From the Editor. C the onset of spring - the pores of hope, change, bursts of creative enthusiasm - HPCru is a new section - diy. Under her banner we offer to meet anyone who does not stop at buying a handheld communicator, a smartphone or any other mobile device of their dreams and continues to independently develop the purchased product in search of the ideal. Accepted for consideration by the stories with photos of the original solutions, including hardware changes, as well as software products of its own production is called "the soul" (not for money!) Who made ​​your life better with a PDA and more fun. In return promise to publish a story on HPCru, and, therefore, known in some circles:) Please send your letters to editor@hpc.ru. The authors, translation: