Here is a pocket computer designed by none other than Peter Barker, who we have seen design several innovative devices earlier. The CL-32, his latest creation, features an E Ink display powered by an ESP32-S3 SoC. Further, the device also offers GPIO ports should you wish to add some other peripherals. As Hackster.Io stated, the CL-32 shares some similarities with Pi0cket that Baker had designed earlier. Pi0cket happens to be a gaming system that is only a bit larger in dimensions than a Raspberry Pi 0. The CL-32 builds on a computer-based project called Pi0CKET—Clicker but does not include the Pi 0.
The CL-32’s appearance shares many similarities with the pocket computers of the 1980s. However, instead of the LCDs of those devices, the CL-32 features an E Ink panel capable of showing 38 lines, each with 15 characters. Under the display lies a set of keys, 72 in total. The keyboard design, though, is yet to be finalized. It can be a conventional QWERTY keyboard with a separate numeric keyboard or something completely different.
At its core lies an ESP32-S3 module that features a dual-core XTensa processor having 512 KB of internal SRAM and running at 240 MHz. It supports Bluetooth 5 and Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz). The module, meanwhile, also hosts a microSD card socket, a USB Type-C port, battery posts, and so on. It will likely be mated to a 1200 to 1500 mAh battery, expected to last several days easily on a single charge. However, there is no clarity on the software front. Maybe that’s another thing that Barker is still working on.
Meanwhile, if you’d like to have more info on this as well as the latest developments, make sure to visit the official site here.
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