Raspberry Pi 5 Thin Client

The idea

Instead of putting a fully equipped computer on every desk, a small and affordable endpoint that lets users connect to and work on a remote Windows machine: rather than buying an off-the-shelf product, I built my own thin client solution.

How it works

• The device boots into a simple interface I built to run on the Raspberry Pi 5.
• The user enters their credentials in this interface.
• Using FreeRDP, the system signs them into the remote Windows machine, and they use that desktop directly from their own screen.

In use

I rolled the solution out at Termosa. As part of the infrastructure I manage as IT Manager, users connect to the central Windows machines through these devices.