DC34 A7S Cyberdeck

by skitz0 · Advanced · manifest draft — being verified

A Radxa Cubie A7S handheld with a custom through-hole backplane, 2.8-inch touch display, dedicated RP2040 input controller and swappable radio sockets.

Designed for the DEF CON 34 Maker Village, this deck packages the eight-core Cubie A7S in an eight-part printed chassis. The source project includes fabrication files, a printable guide, a bootable software image and separate deck and backplane bills of materials.

Original: github.com, github.com, github.com, github.com

Printable files

File links are being added. Check the original source above in the meantime.

Jump to the parts list ↓ · License tags say whether you may sell prints (NC = non-commercial).

Parts

QtyPartPriceBuy
1×Radxa Cubie A7S—Search Amazon
1×microSD card
The guide uses an 8GB card; choose more capacity if rebuilding the image requires it.
—Adafruit Search Amazon
1×USB-C power bank—Search Amazon
1×USB-C power cable—Adafruit Search Amazon
1×A7S Cyberdeck backplane PCB—Order at JLCPCB Order at PCBWay
1×Cubie A7S female mating-header set—Search DigiKey Search Amazon
1×A7S backplane radio-socket header set—Search DigiKey Search Amazon
1×2.8-inch ILI9341/XPT2046 SPI touch display—Search Amazon Search AliExpress
1×1×14 female header, 2.54mm—Search DigiKey Search Amazon
1×Waveshare RP2040-Zero—Waveshare Search Amazon
4×6mm tactile push button
On-board shield buttons.
—Search Adafruit
1×Flipper GPIO female-header set—Search DigiKey Search Amazon
2×100nF through-hole ceramic capacitor—Search DigiKey Search Mouser
2×0.5A-hold through-hole resettable polyfuse—Search DigiKey Search Mouser
1×PSP-style analog thumbstick breakout—Search Amazon
1×EC11 rotary encoder with push switch—Search DigiKey Search Amazon
2×Off-board tactile push button—Search DigiKey Search Amazon
1×M2.5 brass standoff + screw kit
Four standoffs and matching screws are required for the backplane-to-A7S mounting pattern.
—Search DigiKey Search Amazon
1×Thin stranded insulated hookup wire
Use 24–28AWG stranded silicone hookup wire as specified by this source.
—Adafruit Search Amazon
1×Heat-shrink tubing assortment—Search DigiKey Search Amazon
Parts cost estimate coming soon: prices are being checked at reputable sellers.

Notes

Checked README, both BOMs, the build-guide index, printable-file index and per-domain license at source commit 217d93f on 2026-10-23. Kept as draft because the source leaves power bank, cable, several input parts and some electrical ratings unspecified; radio modules are optional and excluded. The README mentions blower cooling but neither BOM lists a fan, so cooling hardware remains unconfirmed.

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