Building a Homebrewed 3-Screen Laptop Display

Matt Perks wanted to expand to a 3-screen display for his laptop, but there were a number of things he didn’t like about the commercial displays. But hey, it’s the 21st century and we’re makers!

So, he designed a portable, lightweight 3-screen display with two iPad displays as the secondary screens, a 3D printed case, and a built-in folding stand so that the tri-screen can sit at eye level.

Matt used the Framework motherboard and battery to control and power everything. And for the secondary displays, he used the Adafruit Retina iPad DisplayPort Driver.

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