The fame of Raspberry Pi continues to grow and more and more users are making the leap to this small PC with tremendous possibilities. The last one is not that it is new in concept, but it is in form, since the idea of turning it into a laptop has been trying to get it right for some time, but it was not achieved until now and thanks to the CrowPi L kit. This new kit will turn our Raspberry Pi into a laptop much like an old Intel Atom netbook, complete with screen and keyboard!
The versatility of the Raspberry Pi is without a doubt its strongest weapon, but this kit is sure to take it to the next level. As we said, the idea is not new, but this kit achieves what the others have not achieved and it is not more than to do it well and take your Pi to be a real laptop.
CrowPi L, the best kit to make it a laptop
It is something worth seeing, since from a PCB in the air as such, which is Raspberry Pi, we went on to a fully functional laptop. And it is that we will have an 11-inch screen with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels with IPS technology on its panel that is accompanied by a structure that surrounds it and also takes a full laptop keyboard as well as a small trackpad.
Said structure is magnetically mounted , which makes everything much easier to install and without screws in most parts.
The structure is thicker than that of a normal laptop for obvious reasons, but it is certainly worth it, since for example the 40-pin GPIO and the HDMI are accessible from one of the sides of the case, allowing them to be used.
As a good laptop, it has a battery and in this case the one we have is 5,000 mAh that can be used in a conventional way without being plugged in, so the mobility of a conventional laptop is also adopted in this CrowPi L kit.
Only compatible with Raspberry Pi 4B
Something bad had to have this kit, and it is nothing more than the compatibility with a single model of Raspberry, specifically the 4B . But leaving this aside, the improvements are obvious and can also be enhanced thanks to what the manufacturer has called the Crowtail Starter Kit .
This kit is made up of a series of parts that can be added to CrowPi L and that make it even more portable. It is a DIY project, so it would not be part of the kit to convert the Raspberry Pi into a laptop as such, but if we are handy and like to mess around, it is undoubtedly a great option to consider to expand its capabilities.
96 programming courses for beginners are also included as standard, something that will not be charged in the price, which for this CrowPi L kit is 279 dollars and can be purchased from its official website. It is undoubtedly a great option at a reasonable price that will allow us to get even more out of our Raspberry Pi.
