Does it run Doom?
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The Pi Pico is capable of running Doom and it actually runs quite well when overclocked. It would probably take a bit of work to get it running on this computer since it uses a second RP2040 as a graphics processor.
Doom is one of the examples for the PicoVision. It might need some hacking to get the keyboard to work since I think he used I2C to connect it instead of USB, but it can definitely run Doom.
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There is something about the simplicity of this kind of thing that makes it so attractive. There’s no bloat, just a device for a maker individual to play around with.
But it makes me wonder if there’s something similar to this but more “ready” for people to buy and play around building software. I’ve thought about learning more low level stuff with emulators, not a real device. A real device like this with a minimal Unix-like OS and some development kit to play around would be interesting.
I can recommend his youtube video about it. It’s quite a nice build.
Is there a modem included for LTE?
There is no such LTE modem mentioned in the article, neither in images, so I think there is none. Yet, one image says WiFi...
With LTE working, I could see me ditching my phone for a device like this 😇
I think I’m slowly starting to understand the use cases of these small form factor computers. Pretty much Swiss Army knives in computer form.
Makes sense that people are trying to sell them commercially now, even if they are bit experimental and don’t have a defined use case as of yet.
Plus it just looks cool.
What would you use it for?
Private messenger using something like Briar in a protest environment?
RP2040 Pico for CPU and PicoVision from Pimoroni as GPU. His own micro-OS doesn't run Android apps.
Playing cataclysm DDA in a zombie apocalypse.
Add meshtastic and it'd be a nice little texting device without relying on external networks.
There's often been times at kink spaces where I want to check the time or send a text or something, but phones or anything that has a camera are banned.