Some of our readers may remember the tiny Espruino Pico development board that was launched via Kickstarter during October 2014. The team behind the board, have now released a demonstration video of how the small Espruino Pico board can be used to create a home computer.
The Espruino Pico can be used to create your very own JavaScript computer in just a few hours and requires only a few components such as an old VGA cable, a breadboard and 4x 4×4 KeyPads to create the keyboard.
The Espruino Pico is now available to purchase from the developers website as well as from the likes of Adafruit and more. To learn how to make your very own Espruino Pico home computer jump over to the official Espruino Pico website via the link below.
Features include :
– 22 GPIO pins: 9 analog inputs, 21 PWM, 2 serial, 3 SPI, 3 I2C
– All GPIO is 3.3V but 5 volt tolerant
– 2 rows of 9 0.1″ pins, with a third 0.05″ row of 8 pins on the end
– On-board USB “PCB Type” connector, plugs right into any computer USB port
– Two on-board LEDs and one button
– STM32F401CDU6 CPU – ARM Cortex
– On-board 3.3v 250mA voltage regulator, accepts voltages from 3.5v to 16v
– Current draw in sleep: < 0.05mA – over 2.5 years on a 2500mAh battery
– On-board FET can be used to drive high-current outputs
Many of us learnt to program on Sinclair Spectrums, Commodore 64s, BBC Micros or similar. Computers that booted straight up to a prompt and that encouraged you to play with them. In this tutorial you’ll learn how to make your own JavaScript computer in a few hours using Espruino!
Source: Espruino Blog : Adafruit
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