ClockworkPi
ClockworkPi is an open-source hardware brand behind handheld computing products such as GameShell and PicoCalc.
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Overview
ClockworkPi is an open-source hardware brand. Its official site presents PicoCalc, a cost-effective MCU platform with an IPS display, backlit keyboard, 18650-based rechargeable power system, onboard 8MB extended memory, dual speakers, SD card support, and a debug port, plus swappable MCU modules and GPIO expansion ports. The brand's about page describes a small team of seven staff plus two part-time employees from backgrounds including the Internet, communications, mobile phone, industrial design, and advertising, and states that the team created GameShell, a handheld product.
History
ClockworkPi's about page states that the team is small, with seven staff plus two part-time employees, coming from backgrounds including the Internet, communications, mobile phone, industrial design, and advertising. The page says the team created GameShell, motivated partly by the common dream among engineers and gamers of creating their own handhelds, and by the commercial opportunity seen in the strong sales of Raspberry Pi products. The official homepage presents PicoCalc as a cost-effective MCU platform and credits open-source projects used with it: the MMBasic interpreter by Geoff Graham and Peter Mather, the uLisp interpreter, the Fuzix UNIX v7 clone, and the YAHAL hardware abstraction library for the MP3 player.
Products and positioning
Open-source hardware; cost-effective MCU platform for developing applications in multiple programming languages.
PicoCalc
A cost-effective MCU platform with an IPS display, backlit keyboard, 18650-based rechargeable power system, onboard 8MB extended memory, dual speakers, SD card support, and a debug port, housed in a lightweight casing; it features swappable MCU modules and GPIO expansion ports.
GameShell
A handheld product created by the ClockworkPi team.
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