fabPlane wiki

Practical hardware
knowledge.

Living technical notes for taking boards from uncertain idea to reproducible source and physical release.

fabPlane 02 guides

Getting started

How the initial fabPlane architecture fits together.

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Project visibility and publishing

How private, unlisted, and public hardware projects cross the static-site boundary.

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Git and source 01 guides

Hardware repository anatomy

A practical layout for PCB source, libraries, mechanical data, checks, and releases.

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KiCad 01 guides

KiCad project libraries

Keep custom symbols, footprints, and 3D models portable across machines.

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Manufacturing 01 guides

Manufacturing release checklist

A compact gate before sending PCB data to a fabricator or assembler.

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Interfaces 01 guides

LVDS display bring-up

A staged workflow for unknown or legacy LCD panels.

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Hardware 01 guides

Open-source conference badges

A curated catalog of electronic conference and camp badges with public PCB, firmware, or both — plus notes on building your own.

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Publication 01 guides

Retro-mod catalog and git buckets

How fabPlane catalogs console and home-computer mods, mirrors open-source git, and keeps generated PCB assets on the CDN.

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Retro hardware 07 guides

Sony VAIO P Raspberry Pi CM5 modding

A practical overview of a Sony VAIO P Raspberry Pi CM5 mod, including motherboard replacement, LCD bring-up, keyboard-to-USB conversion, power, and carrier-board planning.

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Sony VAIO P core CM5 modding guide

A practical teardown and planning guide for replacing the Sony VAIO P internals with a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 system.

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Sony VAIO P LCD board guide

Notes for driving the Sony VAIO P 1600 x 768 LVDS display from a Raspberry Pi CM5 using a Koyomi-style LCD board.

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Sony VAIO P keyboard to USB guide

A guide to adapting the original Sony VAIO P keyboard matrix into a USB HID keyboard for a Raspberry Pi CM5 rebuild.

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Sony VAIO P Windows 7 setup guide

Baseline setup notes for a Sony VAIO P donor machine before teardown, including drivers, recovery media, and original behavior checks.

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Sony VAIO P Linux setup guide

Planning notes for the Linux side of a Sony VAIO P Raspberry Pi CM5 rebuild, including display, keyboard, brightness, battery, and power management.

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Open-source Sony VAIO P mod comparison

A comparison guide for open-source Sony VAIO P modding references, including Project Koyomi, CRImier reverse engineering, and Omniwing's rebuild.

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