Raspberry Pi Laptop with Atrix 4G Dock

We found this post in the Raspberry Pi forums and wanted to make a tutorial for this easy way to make a Raspberry Pi laptop using the Atrix 4G dock: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/vie...

Check out Adafruit's many Raspberry Pi tutorials and accessories: http://adafruit.com/rasperrypi

More info on the cables and adapters used to make this project here:
http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2012/09/...

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[Rowen Pierick]

where does one buy a HDMI female to female coupler? i cant find it!!!

[Adafruit Industries]

There's a link in the description to the adafruit blog post containing more info about where to get the cables/adapters. The F-F micro HDMI coupler came from China via eBay, we couldn't find a US distributor.

[Naomi Baron]

I like the idea. But I do have a question about your soldering and use of the heat shrinking thingie (I'm not sure what it's called in english). Why not just use the soldering iron to make it shrink? If it's just the heat you need, that should work fine as well. And save you on lighter liquid :) .

[Adafruit Industries]

You can use the shaft of your soldering iron to shrink the tubing, yes, but it's not great for your soldering iron! We like to "use the right tool for the job" whenever possible =]

[Adafruit Industries]

Maybe if you didn't automatically objectify women in tech, more of them would be interested in careers in science and engineering.

[Coleslaw Productions]

I just got my laptop dock. Now I need the Raspberry Pi and adapters. I'm so excited! :D

[Stephen Ritchie]

Can we use the Trackpad as well?

[Jonathan Kipp]

Will a razer lapdock work as well?

[Clapboardstudio]

Where is the "any key?"

[sanosukke]

So you can use your raspberry pi without having to hook it to a bulky tv/monitor and keyboard/mouse, and to be able to use it on the go, kinda like a regular laptop, you know.

[HappyCheeze]

Have you done any further work on it to keep the pi attached to the back with minimal wires poking out?

[Troy Younts]

OUTSTANDING!

[haiquan huang]

actually u don't need to split the usb cable, it can power by usb male port while as a connector. i have try to power RPI with USB hub, it work.

[Erich B.]

sorry i this is a noob question but why would you wanna do this?

[andidarmika]

wow this is a very good idea :)

[Noname7401]

There is a headphone jack on the back of the Atrix 4G dock will it work if i do this with a MK802 IIIS?