Pimoroni Picosystem (tiny. gaming. dev. handheld.)

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Pimoroni Picosystem (tiny. gaming. dev. handheld.)

A tiny hackable dev handheld with RP2040 at its heart ❤
PicoSystem is a pocket sized handheld games console, built around Raspberry Pi's RP2040 chip (that's the little fella that's the core of a Raspberry Pi Pico).

We've taken these lucky bits of silicon to the component spa and treated them to the full works: a big chunk of flash memory, a vibrant 240x240 screen and a nice D-pad and buttons picked out by our most particular arcade enthusiasts. There's also a piezo speaker for discreet retro bleeps and chirps and a rechargeable LiPo battery so you can take your homebrew games on the bus.

The finished product looks and feels great - so we couldn't resist going all out on the build quality by adding a custom matt black anodised aluminium case with a handy wrist strap.

We think RP2040 has tons of potential as an experimental gaming platform, and we're really looking forward to seeing what folks create.

Buy direct from here https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/picosystem

Picosystem discord https://discord.gg/ArsMZNa

Downloads here https://cupboard.daftgames.net/32blit/?view=grid&sort=title&device=picosystem&version=v0.2.0

Github page https://github.com/pimoroni/picosystem

ETA Prime review https://youtu.be/m_5voWb7MYU

Features
Powered by RP2040 (Dual Arm Cortex M0+ running at up to 133Mhz with 264kB of SRAM)
16MB of QSPI flash supporting XiP
1.54" colour SPI IPS LCD (240 x 240 pixels)
D-pad and buttons
525mAh LiPo battery (should be good for at least 6 hours of on-time)
Piezo buzzer/speaker
On/off power button
RGB LED
CNC milled aluminium case swoon
Wrist strap
Programmable and rechargeable via USB-C (cable not included)
Comes fully assembled.
C++/MicroPython API
Schematic

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