As long as there's some kind of power available inside the machine (e.g. an extra SATA power connector) it can just use that and wifi.
I suspect that the Valve engineers weren't so short sighted though and probably have all the usual headers/connectors inside the thing that a normal PC would have. For example, a USB 3 header (the kind usually used for front-panel USB ports).
If anything, the device probably has at least one extra M.2 connector and a 1x or 4x PCI express connector. With those, anything is possible.
Even if the only power available is the CPU fan header you can always just use a splitter and pull power out of that.
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ozoned@piefed.social · 33 pts · 259d
LOL WOW! Already? Imainge the art you could desplay on the front of that
ziggurat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 257d
Like family portraits?
ozoned@piefed.social · 2 pts · 257d
I hadn't thought of that actually, but I'd 100% have pictures of my kids rotating on that thing! :-D That'd be INCREDIBLE.
piyuv@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 259d
Interesting, I thought there wasn’t connectors for the front panel
soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de · 14 pts · 259d
Could be wireless. That would also explain the "battery" mentioned in the poll on shitter.
markz@suppo.fi · 9 pts · 259d
Batteries on a device that needs wall power?
Well I guess I've seen things this dumb already so maybe
piyuv@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 259d
That’d require charging it though
soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 258d
Yeah, I could imagine that it would need to be connected to a USB charger for that...
(I hope they make the suggested version with the eInk display. That way the image would persist even if the power runs out.)
artyom@piefed.social · 6 pts · 259d
There aren't, to my knowledge, but I'm sure you could grab it and data from somewhere on the board.
piyuv@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 259d
It won’t look as clean as shown in the pictures then
artyom@piefed.social · 8 pts · 259d
Why not?
hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 259d
It's not hard to hide wires behind that big screen, even if you have to drill a little hole, no big deal.
Are you picturing a big USB or HDMI cable sticking out the side?
piyuv@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 259d
Yeah, a usb cable
hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 259d
Gotcha, yeah just 4 little wires, easy to make a custom connection or small cable and hide it away
artyom@piefed.social · 1 pts · 259d
I meant you could get power/data from inside.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 259d
It wouldn't be the first product that started advertising the concept art as the finished product.
CMahaff@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 259d
Maybe there's a spare USB header inside on the board?
riskable@programming.dev · 2 pts · 259d
As long as there's some kind of power available inside the machine (e.g. an extra SATA power connector) it can just use that and wifi.
I suspect that the Valve engineers weren't so short sighted though and probably have all the usual headers/connectors inside the thing that a normal PC would have. For example, a USB 3 header (the kind usually used for front-panel USB ports).
If anything, the device probably has at least one extra M.2 connector and a 1x or 4x PCI express connector. With those, anything is possible.
Even if the only power available is the CPU fan header you can always just use a splitter and pull power out of that.
Feddinat0r@feddit.org · 9 pts · 259d
Yesssssss!!!!!
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 6 pts · 258d
I thought the front panel having customizable plates was already pretty cool and now someone is making display panels for them? Nice.
nocturne@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 259d
https://steamdeckhq.com/news/jsaux-steam-machine-panel-voting/
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Jsaux-to-introduce-Steam-Machine-screen-front-panels.1166537.0.html
https://www.theverge.com/news/823958/here-come-the-third-party-steam-machine-accessories