Cobalt RaQ3 Frontpanel

To replace my current network router, I'm planning to maybe put a Raspberry Pi in the case of a Cobalt RaQ I have standing around since half a eternity.

Don't ask me why, but I spent way too much time (~8 hours) chasing the pinout of the RaQ and putting the awful lot of pins to a Arduino I often use for prototyping. Now I can write to the LCD, monitor button presses and let the LED blink. Because that's the most important thing for a router to do, in a closed network-rack, in the cellar, where the central heating is sitting. And none ever goes to look. Enough for today, I'll most likely put it back in the box I got it from, so that the project can be continued 2014 :-(.

Code is at github.

From chris' blog

From chris' blog

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