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Pocuter – A coin-sized micro computer with WiFi and BLE

142 pointsby dirkk0over 3 years ago

11 comments

ducktectiveover 3 years ago
Impressive! Congrats! How did you manage to integrate ESP32&#x27;s WiFi antenna into that space? Specially in this image [1], it seems the pins of the esp32 is very close to the SD card...Wouldn&#x27;t it cause interference?<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ksr-ugc.imgix.net&#x2F;assets&#x2F;034&#x2F;323&#x2F;339&#x2F;1a68f2cee050491231c0b382e4ff1c8f_original.png?ixlib=rb-4.0.2&amp;w=680&amp;fit=max&amp;v=1627322521&amp;auto=format&amp;frame=1&amp;lossless=true&amp;s=3db98891e9fdf9faf8c51604b8aa97b6" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ksr-ugc.imgix.net&#x2F;assets&#x2F;034&#x2F;323&#x2F;339&#x2F;1a68f2cee050491...</a>
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squarefootover 3 years ago
Seems similar to the M5Stack (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;m5stack.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;m5stack.com&#x2F;</a>), which is a good thing, if only to have more competition.
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bitwizeover 3 years ago
&quot;Micro computer&quot;. There&#x27;s a phrase I haven&#x27;t heard in a while. Back in the day it referred to computers the size of my desktop.
somesortofsystmover 3 years ago
I&#x27;ve already got something just like this, only its better: the m5StickC:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;shop.m5stack.com&#x2F;products&#x2F;stick-c" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;shop.m5stack.com&#x2F;products&#x2F;stick-c</a><p>It is truly dee-lightful to sit and play with this environment, made even more awesome by the depth of the PlatformIO library system.<p>See also, PineWatch, similar ..
GekkePrutserover 3 years ago
Interesting, but the price is a bit too high for what it is IMO. You can get a pinewatch or M5stick for much less. For me the appeal of such boards is that they cost negligible money so you can use them everywhere.<p>I know they&#x27;re not the same this and have some different specs, but they are in the same class. This is not something I&#x27;d buy as easily.<p>However I hope it does well, after all scaling up will bring prices down.
peterburkimsherover 3 years ago
I like it! The name is especially cute.<p>I carry a PQI Air Card in my pocket to use as an SD-&gt;WiFi-&gt;iPhone adaptor, and this could complement it nicely. I&#x27;ve also carried a CoreWind WiFiG25 for USB host, so I could mount other people&#x27;s phones using MTP or libimobiledevice. The CoreWind stopped working, so I&#x27;ve been trying to replace it with a VoCore, but I haven&#x27;t got that to work yet either. Does the Pocuter have USB host ports?<p>Having battery power management circuitry is really wonderful - I&#x27;m usually having to use a Third Rail battery and microUSB M - USB F mini adaptor and microUSB M - USB M rotating adaptor to power the pocket computer, and then I can&#x27;t use the same wire for plugging in other devices. Screen support is also very impressive - and with an ESP32 on board then it should be able to bit-bang VGA out too!
dheeraover 3 years ago
This looks super awesome. I got excited until I saw it was a Kickstarter and not delivering until December. I guess I&#x27;ll wait until they actually start shipping in case there&#x27;s something better by then ...<p>If they could ship one in a week I&#x27;d totally buy one now.
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bufferoverflowover 3 years ago
32KB SRAM with up to 512GB of microSD storage.<p>That&#x27;s just wild.
spicybrightover 3 years ago
Does this actually exist? I&#x27;m weary of kickstarters.
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throwaway316943over 3 years ago
Could something like this be leveraged for a physical representation of crypto currency? So that you could spend it like cash.
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Huwyt_Nashi_064over 3 years ago
Maybe nitpicky but why is the ESP32 (dual core @ 240MHz, 300kb+ memory, options with megabytes of flash and memory integrated in package) relegated to coprocessor for a 48MHz microcontroller with 256kb flash and 32kb memory?
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