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OK, now for the hardware for building the DukePad. Some of the apps require hardware setup. There are some other steps not yet documented on this wiki for setting up accelerometer support. The following two files provide all of the template for laser cutting acrylic for the body of the DukePad. There are two different thicknesses, 3mm(1/8") and 4.5mm (3/16"). We're working with Special Computing to provide pre-built kits that can be ordered. This wiki will be updated with further information as it becomes available.

• Screen + Display Board $135  http://www.chalk-elec.com/?page_id=1280#!/~/product/category=3094861&id=14647624
• Raspberry Pi Model B $35 - http://www.newark.com/raspberry-pi/raspbrry-modb-512m/model-b-assembled-board-only/dp/43W5302
• Raspberry Pi Camera $25 - http://www.newark.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?sku=69W0689
• 16Gb Mem Card $13 - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VNKNEQ/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
• USB Wifi $10 - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003MTTJOY/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
• USB Hub $20 - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005P2BY5I/ref=oh_details_o09_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
• Battery Pack $40 - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009USAJCC/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
• MPU 9150 Gyro/Accel/Mag $50 - https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11486
• 1ft USBA to MiniUSB B $4 - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002L5U7N2/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
• 20x #4-40 7/16" Flat head screw $1 - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FN7UQO/ref=oh_details_o07_s01_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
• 10x Standoffs Hex Female To Female 3/16" 4-40 3/4" Aluminum $3.5 -  https://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&langId=-1&productId=133656&storeId=10001&krypto=vFgRhKXJZKuM8sLfuPRmxv3tw%2BNp1UpM3AZ3S0xdP278VMhlhjwnqg%3D%3D&ddkey=https:StoreCatalogDrillDownView
• Panel Mount RJ45 $5 - http://www.adafruit.com/products/909
• USB A connector for power from battery $1 - http://www.adafruit.com/products/1387
• DB25 IDC Female for external GPIO $2.5 - http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?search_type=jamecoall&catalogId=10001&freeText=115976&langId=-1&productId=115976&storeId=10001&ddkey=http:StoreCatalogDrillDownView
• GPIO Cable, cut one end of and replace with DB25 $3 - http://www.adafruit.com/products/862
• Case Acrylic $15
• 6x #4-40 1/2 Flat Bolt and Nut $1
• 4x #2-56 5/16" Bolt and Nut $1
• Small amount of wire for power wiring and i2C $1
• 650uf 6.3v capacitor to keep Pi running while switching screen on/off $0.3
• 2P3R Slide Switch $1.25

Credits

We'd like to give a special thanks to the following individuals / companies for helping us out in this project, either directly or indirectly. First thanks to Eben Upton and the Raspberry PI foundation, for giving us the PI in the first place, and for taking time out to talk over with us technical details that helped us make JavaFX work well on the PI. We'd like to thank Bill at Special Computing for working with us to make available dev kits of the DukePad for customers.

Also, thanks to the PiBow for an amazing enclosure for normal raspberry PIs, and the inspiration for the design of the DukePad case. And thanks to Rich, Jasper, Alexander K, Stas,  Debbie, Gary, John Yoon, and all the others who have helped in producing the hardware and software for the DukePad (and our management for supporting us in this wild JavaOne keynote idea!). We hope it will be useful to the Raspberry PI community, particularly in the Educational markets as a way for kids to learn how computers work and to fire their imaginations for those things that are not yet built, but desperately need a builder to dream them up and make them happen!