Thanks

The idea is, of course, that it will be completely open source and that when I share everything anyone will be able to make one with no special skills other than a bit of soldering (and getting JLC to make some PCBs). It will run bog standard MMbasic with a single command to configure everything - OPTION RESET PALM PICO

I really dislike things that are supposedly open source but need bits that can't be sourced by the average person. There will be nothing in this like that.

Will the WiFi version for the 2w work as easy?

  Friday said  

Will the WiFi version for the 2w work as easy?

The board uses the Pimoroni PGA2350 so - No to the PicoW

I ike working with the PGA2350. It's like grass-roots Pico playing but without the hassle of the power supply stuff. It's obviously never going to fit on stripboard though. :)  It drops into this sort of project very nicely.

It's looking very nice indeed, Peter and I applaud your open source hardware policy. :)

I am really curious about this project! But as some of you already mentioned; I also think that it is important that there is some UART or GPIO left to tinker with.

Greetings
Daniel

There is an external port with the system i2c allowing you to connect any i2c device, e,g, a Wii Classic.
There are also 8 pins (GP8-GP15) assigned to DB8-DB15 on the display. The user can choose to run the display in 8-bit mode (RGB888) slowest but still fast, 12-bit mode (RGB888) mid-speed, or 16-bit mode (RGB565) blazingly fast. By default the Palm Pico set up will assume 12 bit mode leaving GP12-GP15 unallocated. There are zero ohm resistors in the path to the display on the board which can be omitted in the BOM or removed later depending on the user's preference. DB8-DB15 are connected to a header at the top of the board.
Edited 2025-10-05 21:45 by matherp