Raspberry Pi Tablet

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The concept of the project is to develop a 3D printable, Raspberry Pi based tablet. All parts (components) must be easy to obtain and readily available. It must have a battery, and it must be the primary source of power (meaning, it will charge up with a cable plugged in, but must have enough power to run without it.) It must be able to operate perfectly fine without a keyboard (meaning, everything in the user interface should work without an issue even if you don't have a keyboard and mouse plugged in.)
This project uses the Raspbian OS for now, until I can find a more suitable "touch-first" solution.
Features
SBC : Raspberry Pi version 4B+
Display : 7 inch LCD Display (with touch)
Power Supply : PiJuice UPS (with 5000 mAmp battery)
Camera : Official Raspberry Pi 1080p Camera (front-facing)
Sound & Speakers: Waveshare Audio HAT - powers 2 speakers, and 2 microphones, and provides an audio jack for headphones.
Accelerometer: MPU-6050 Gyro/Accelerometer - to orientate the screen. (with python)
Cooling: Fan connected to a Mosfet fan-speed controller (speed is controlled in python)
USB: Breakout USB
Buttons:
Power Button
Volume Up/Down rocker

LEDs
Charge
Power and activity LED light is redirected (using nylon) to the case.

Backplate: Bamboo wood back, with laser etched decal