Funded within 5 minutes, soulscircuit are clearly onto a winner here with their upcoming Pilet open source modular mini computers powered by the Raspberry Pi 5.
  • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
    69·
    2 months ago

    Powered by Raspberry Pi 5

    Also…

    The Raspberry Pi 5 board is not included in this kit.

    • S2K@lemmy.todayEnglish
      21·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, wish they were a bit more upfront about that. In their defense it is in the FAQ and somewhere at the bottom of the “about this project” page. Battery is also an add on unless you want to source your own.

    • Monument@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      10·
      2 months ago

      So for $200 USD they’re selling an 80’s retro version of a GameboyPi case ($50 on amazon, includes battery) with a slightly larger screen and fewer buttons. For $10 more, they’ll add in a keyboard that they haven’t developed yet.

      Seems like an overpriced stepping stone between a flipper and a steam deck.

  • callmepk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    511·
    2 months ago

    The emotional part of me yells “shut up and take my money”, but the rational part of me tells me that it will be another useless piece of junk on my shelf

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, I sort of wanted a computer I can carry around with me (and I kind of like the Inspector Gadget vibes), but then I remembered I have a smart phone so I already do.

    • b34k@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      Making prototypes is easy. Actually producing things is hard. Just cuz a KS has something working to show, doesn’t mean you should trust they can make enough of them for everyone.

  • vomitaur@slrpnk.netEnglish
    15·
    2 months ago

    funded quick because of an absurdly low funding goal coupled with a high entry price point, and somewhat deceptive marketing.

    • spongebue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 months ago

      Touchscreens have their place (and are overused in places like cars, to be sure) but their emergence combined with a minimalist trend sure has made things boring.

  • Dezzorian@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    This looks like a copy paste from clockwork with their DevTerm and uConsole. I have a uConsole and really like it. Despite that it had a small year needed to ship it. It is now running stock Debian Bookworm and the community is growing. Its running on a CM4 and CM5 is almost done as well thanks to a very active community user. Software support is shit, but the hardware and software are open source so there are already a couple. Of expansion boards (4G, GPIO, USB hub, Pico2040, and GPS/LoRa in the making)

  • 4grams@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    I was looking for something just like this, A small, battery powered system with an integrated display. Started my search for a pi case but quickly realized an N100 x86 device with higher specs than a pi can be purchased for significantly cheaper. let’s just hope I can get Debian on it.