Seems similar to the M5Stack (https://m5stack.com/), which is a good thing, if only to have more competition.
Pocuter – A coin-sized micro computer with WiFi and BLE
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#22Impressive! Congrats! How did you manage to integrate ESP32'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't it cause interference? [1]: https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/034/323/339/1a68f2cee050491...
I’m not 100% sure it answers your question about the antenna, but FTA: “Some people are asking themselves where the antenna is. We are using a chip antenna - It is the blue component in the corner!”
Re: Pocuter – A coin-sized micro computer with WiFi and BLE
#23Impressive! Congrats! How did you manage to integrate ESP32'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't it cause interference? [1]: https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/034/323/339/1a68f2cee050491...
The small blue chip on the bottom left corner of the side of the board with the SD card is the antenna. We isolated it with ground plane stitching and placed it as far from the SD card as we could in order to avoid interference, and we haven't seen any thus far!
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#24This looks super awesome. I got excited until I saw it was a Kickstarter and not delivering until December. I guess I'll wait until they actually start shipping in case there's something better by then ...
If they could ship one in a week I'd totally buy one now.
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#25This looks super awesome. I got excited until I saw it was a Kickstarter and not delivering until December. I guess I'll wait until they actually start shipping in case there's something better by then ... If they could ship one in a week I'd totally buy one now.
Thanks! I also wish we could ship immediately. We figured we'd better set a conservative delivery date in case regulatory approvals and the chip shortage caused havoc but we're looking to fulfill all of the deliveries as early as possible so we can move on to branching out with derivatives.
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#26Does this actually exist? I'm weary of kickstarters.
It sure does! I am directly involved with Pocuter. We are already organizing production for backer fulfillment. We'd like to upgrade to the ESP32-C3 since it isn't as affected by the chip shortage as the SAMD21 and ESP32 are (and offers more favorable performance/security)
That is fantastic to hear, tech hardware might be one of the hardest things to create. Congrats!
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#27I've already got something just like this, only its better: the m5StickC:
https://shop.m5stack.com/products/stick-c
It is truly dee-lightful to sit and play with this environment, made even more awesome by the depth of the PlatformIO library system.
See also, PineWatch, similar ..
Re: Pocuter – A coin-sized micro computer with WiFi and BLE
#2832KB SRAM with up to 512GB of microSD storage.
That's just wild.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
It sure does! I am directly involved with Pocuter. We are already organizing production for backer fulfillment. We'd like to upgrade to the ESP32-C3 since it isn't as affected by the chip shortage as the SAMD21 and ESP32 are (and offers more favorable performance/security)
That is fantastic to hear, tech hardware might be one of the hardest things to create. Congrats!
You're weary of kickstarters but all it takes is for a guy to tell you typical kickstarter stuff for you to say fantastic! LOL
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#30I like it! The name is especially cute.
I carry a PQI Air Card in my pocket to use as an SD->WiFi->iPhone adaptor, and this could complement it nicely. I've also carried a CoreWind WiFiG25 for USB host, so I could mount other people's phones using MTP or libimobiledevice. The CoreWind stopped working, so I've been trying to replace it with a VoCore, but I haven't got that to work yet either. Does the Pocuter have USB host ports?
Having battery power management circuitry is really wonderful - I'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'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!