M5Stack has introduced the upcoming launch of a compact “cardputer,” full with keyboard and teeny-tiny show, for many who need to take their making on the go: the M5Stamp3-powered Cardputer Equipment.
“Cardputer is a card-sized moveable pc that’s excellent for engineers,” M5Stack claims of its newest launch, which comes scorching on the heels of the sensible rotary M5Dial. “On the coronary heart of Cardputer is the M5StampS3, a mini improvement board primarily based on the [Espressif] ESP32-S3 chip. Cardputer contains a highly effective dual-core processor, helps Wi-Fi performance and integrates varied peripherals and sensors, making it excellent for fast practical verification, industrial management and residential automation methods.”
M5Stack has launched a pocket-sized battery-powered “Cardputer,” pushed by an Espressif ESP32-S3. (📷: M5Stack)
As the corporate says, the driving power behind the Cardputer is the M5StampS3 put in in a modular slot to the upper-right of the chassis — and, presumably, replaceable with extra highly effective modules sooner or later. This provides the machine an Espressif ESP32-S3 system-on-chip, providing a 32-bit dual-core Tensilica Xtensa LX7 processor working at as much as 240MHz, a RISC-V-based ultra-low-power (ULP) coprocessor, 512kB of static RAM (SRAM), and 384kB of on-chip flash plus 16kB within the real-time clock (RTC) to which M5Stack has added 8MB of off-chip SPI flash.
The module additionally consists of 2.4GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Power (BLE) radios, plus a collection of growth capabilities introduced out to the rear — and used to hook into the Cardputer provider itself. This pocket-size add-on features a 56-key keyboard and compact 1.14″ coloration TFT show plus a speaker, digital MEMS microphone, an infrared transmitter, and 1,400mAh battery — along with the 120mAh battery within the M5StampS3 itself. The bottom has magnets for mounting, LEGO-compatible holes, and a Grove connector for exterior I2C gadgets — plus a microSD slot for storage.
The “Cardputer” features a practical, if probably-not-very-comfortable, keyboard and a coloration show. (📷: M5StacK)
The corporate claims the gadget is good for “quick practical verification and prototyping, industrial management and automation, information acquisition and sensor monitoring,” and even to function a management panel for a sensible house system. It is most probably, although, to discover a house on the desks of hackers and tinkerers — particularly given its tempting value of $29.90 together with the M5Stamp3 module.
Extra info on the brand new equipment is on the market on the M5Stack web site, with backorders accessible forward of transport on October twenty fifth.