CrowPi-L for Raspberry Pi Kit, Programming Learning Laptop, Single Board Computer, Python and Graphical Coding Learning, Electronics STEM for Starter (RPI not Included)

DO NOT LOSE THE POWER SUPPLY - none of my other chargers work with this laptop! Very nice little Pi4 based laptop. Getting the Pi4 in the back is a little tough at first. Instructions aren't super, but if you know the pi, you won't have any problems. Comes with a 2 SD card slot, so you can flip between SD devcies, but you have to flip over the laptop, open the panel, and flip the switch to make it happen.

I bought this one and the crowpi 2. Out of the two, get this one every time, for what I want to do, its awesome. Having the built in battery, i can use it as a laptop and also mess around with learning how to use a pi in other projects. This is a simple and convenient way to get into learning about pi's and how to implement them.The good-decent battery lifegood sizekeyboard is very usable, large enough to use for programing.I like the idea of the switchable OS (switching to different memory cards)the bad-The 40 pin gpio port on the side- WHAT MORON decided that needs to be a smaller layout than the pi uses? now the only option I had is to buy a special made thing from your website to actually use the pins. i ordered it several weeks ago and I am still waiting on it to show up. It was like 2 bucks, include that with the laptop, charge me 2 dollars, what the heck?The color- is white really the only option?The mouse pad. I get you probably did the best you could, but a trackpoint would have been a better option here without killing the keyboard layout.The magnetic cover on the bottom - not the best way to do that, make it snap in place. Magnets really dont make sense.the fan- its loud and there had to be a better way to implement this.the GPIO label above the keyboard- put some LED's in there to indicate high or low so I can test programs without having to hook it up to something.No speakers? really?put a switch recessed on the side that I can switch the os with without taking a panel off, thats not too hard to implement. even better, extend the card reader to the side of the pi and give us the option of Micro sd or standard size SDs. Maybe add a standard size SD reader on the side for extra storage.The OS, make it work with the standard raspian os that we can get from the official site, but give us downloads that has scripts to implement the battery charge and all the extra stuff you want to add in. or just put all that crap on a card that is in the storage slot.How can I see the battery charge using another os? like kali or some other option in the second slot? give us a way to add those functions.overall - buy it if you are tempted, it is worth it. BUT, Elecrow, listen to the cons and give us another revision with the complaints addressed and ill buy it as soon as it comes out.

Maybe a year before this device came out, I set myself a goal...to create a form factor case for Raspberry Pi hardware that was future-proof. Well, I succeeded at a prototype, but prototypes are clunky and a production system is hard to move in a niche market. It did, however, make use of Pi foundation standard resources, and allowed access to all the ports.Then Elecrow came out with this wonder. I had to say..."where was this a year ago?!"Elecrow offers a couple of different solutions for making a Raspberry Pi minicomputer usable and portable for novice learners, tinkerers, and professional developers alike. This is a simpler solution with far better streamlined and simplified integration. This is a self-contained chassis that, unlike the Pi400, does not require an additional monitor or additional hardware for battery power management. Also, you can put the 8GB Raspberry Pi 4 into this device (the Pi400 tops out at 4GB of RAM).It doesn't need to carry a board of sensors, displays, and buttons so the novice can learn and the professional can test. With a breakout board, you get full external access to the GPIO for hardware control systems. All you need is a ribbon cable, a breadboard breakout, and whatever electronic parts you want to work with.I dinged it 2 stars on the "easy to assemble" part for one reason...it's hard to swap micro SD cards. Elecrow does give you a nice 2-boot drive module which lets you switch between microSD boots. The downside, though, is that if you have more than 2 installations, it's difficult to swap cards. (Elecrow could have saved the hassle by extending the microSD socket to an external port on the housing.)But, I still recommend this for both education and professional developers. For education, it's an inexpensive way to make sure kids have access to a versatile STEM tool with GUI-based software that is compatible with industry-standard stuff that's out today (LibreOffice files will export to MS Office, GIMP runs with similar mathematics to Photoshop). For pro developers and engineers, it gives you a lightweight digital swiss army knife.Some tips:1: You can run a raspbian build on this laptop without too much hassle. However, you should back up all your irreplaceable assets and make notes on what you can re-install from the software manager, then rebuild an image from scratch. It's tedious but you only need to redo it once.2: Put the build you're going to use most often in the "B" slot on the microSD adapter, because it's going to be harder to access later.3: Save the microSD card that comes with it...especially if you want to learn stuff. But it also serves as a "standard" for rebuilding later.