hackdeck

I turned a ClockworkPi uConsole into a practical hackdeck - covering hardware, assembly, trade-offs, and workflow-focused mods.

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Description

After spending some time researching portable hacking setups, I finally decided to pick up the ClockworkPi uConsole and turn it into a compact, self-contained "hackdeck." What started as a simple curiosity quickly turned into a fairly opinionated build, shaped by long delivery times, hardware trade-offs, and a focus on practical usability over feature overload. In this post, I walk through the hardware choices, assembly experience, and the modifications I made to streamline the device into something that actually fits my workflow: https://andy.codes/blog/security-articles/2026-06-08-the-ultimate-handheld-hacking-device-hackdeck-hardware.html

Details

This is based on my original blog post.

Components

1 × uConsole https://sapsan-sklep.pl/products/uconsole-kit-rpi-cm4-lite
1 × Adapter board (required for most of AIOv2 features) https://sapsan-sklep.pl/products/plytka-adapter-do-uconsole-upgrade-kit
1 × HackerGadgets AIOv2 https://sapsan-sklep.pl/products/aio-v2
1 × NVMe extension board https://sapsan-sklep.pl/products/rozszerzenie-nvme-do-uconsole
1 × AC1200 wifi adapter (not used in the end) https://sapsan-sklep.pl/products/ac1200-usb-c-karta-wifi