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zeitfest
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Posted: 11:34am 01 Aug 2025
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Looks like Adafruit Fruit Jam is now (at last) released, initial batch is sold out..

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PhenixRising
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Posted: 01:51pm 01 Aug 2025
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The inclusion of the ESP 32 is nice but I would also use it as an I/O expander.
 
scruss
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Posted: 09:09pm 04 Aug 2025
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This first batch of Fruit Jams is a test/QA batch. Adafruit have had to rethink a lot of their production, what with That Big Eejit and his tariffs. Hence the delay for this board. A full batch should be shipping soon. My Fruit Jam has been stuck at the Jamaica NY mail depot for the last few days.

It's kind of a shame that Adafruit went with the ESP32 C6 as their network chip. Yes, it's very cheap (pre-tariff) but it's not compatible with the Raspberry Pi Radio Module 2. Thus networking is right out for PicoMite usage.
 
zeitfest
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Posted: 12:19am 26 Aug 2025
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In stock  ( briefly I guess)
 
zeitfest
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Posted: 08:38am 07 Sep 2025
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I have bought a Fruit Jam and now have had an initial play.
So far so good, the build quality is excellent, albeit a bit
expensive landed in Aus after transport etc.
The HDML was a main point for me. It uses serious overclocking
so I wanted to see it in action. Not bad, I am getting
16 bit color (I think) at 640x360 resolution without
hassle, works on all the HDML monitors I tried, including
an old 900x1440 wide ~VGA via a HDML-VGA converter (!).
Early days  
 
PhenixRising
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Posted: 03:34pm 07 Sep 2025
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Build quality:

Granted I'm a bit of a freak but I spend a ridiculous amount of time just staring at the RP2350 DIL. A thing of beauty  
 
Mixtel90

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Posted: 03:51pm 07 Sep 2025
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Nerd.


I'm still getting over the 28-pin Micromite. Mind you, I think the PGA2350 is pretty cool now I've put gold plated pins on it. :)
Mick

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