uConsole A-04 Modular Computer Pocket-Sized Portable Computer with 5" Color Display for Clockwork

uConsole A-04 Modular Computer Pocket-Sized Portable Computer with 5" Color Display for Clockwork

Description:
uConsole is a modular handheld computer with a 5-inch display, a built-in keyboard, and based on a carrier board supporting various modules (for Arm or RISC-V) for Raspberry Pi CM3 or CM4 form factors.

The device is offered with a system-on-module with up to 4GB RAM, a WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 wireless module, features micro HDMI video output, USB ports, and an audio jack, plus expansion connectors for more advanced users, and takes two 18650 batteries for power. The company also offers a 4G LTE module for cellular connectivity.

The mainboard, called ClockworkPi v3.14 revision 5, offers the following:

* System-on-module socket - 200-pin DDR2 SODIMM socket for Raspberry Pi CM3 and, through an adapter, for Raspberry Pi CM4 and compatible modules
* Storage - MicroSD card socket
* Video Interfaces:
  ·40-pin MIPI DSI connector
  ·micro HDMI interface for external display
* Audio - 3.5mm audio jack with headphone and microphone support; stereo audio power amplifier chip
* Connectivity - Dual-band 802.11ac WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 module with high-gain antenna
* USB - USB Type-A port, USB Type-C port for charging, USB contacts for keyboard module
* Expansion:
    ·40-pin GPIO expansion connector (using 0.5mm FPC connector)
    ·52-pin extension module interface (using Mini PCI-E connector) for the 4G LTE "EXT." module
* Power Supply
  ·5V via USB Type-C port
  ·PMU chip for lithium battery charge and discharge management
* Dimensions - 95x77mm/3.7x3"

The company offers four modules for the ClockworkPi carrier board:
* RPI-CM4: for Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Lite with quad-core Cortex-A72 processor for  Arm at 1.5 GHz with 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
* A-04: Module with a quad-core Cortex-A53 processor for Arm at 1.8 GHz with Mali-T720 GPU (H6 SoC for Allwinner), 4GB DDR3 RAM
* A-06: Module with an hexa-core processor (for Arm) with 2x Cortex-A72 cores at 1.8 GHz, 4x Cortex-A53 cores at 1.4 GHz, Mali-T864 GPU (RK3399 SoC for Rockchip), 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
* R-01: Module with a single core 64-bit RISC-V core (RV64IMAFDCVU) at 1.0 GHz, no GPU (D1 SoC for Allwinner), 1GB DDR3 RAM

Other components of the uConsole include a 5-inch display with 1280x720 resolution, a QWERTY Backlit keyboard with 74 keys, a stereo speaker, a battery module holding two 18650 LiPo batteries, and a metal enclosure. A 4G/LTE cellular "Ext. module" supporting LTE Cat. 4 for up to 150/50 Mbps DL/UL speeds is also offered as an option.

Clockwork says the uConsole can run ClockworkOS, Debian, Ubuntu, or for Raspberry Pi OS, and they've tested gaming programs such as Pico-8, TIC-80, DOSBox, and RetroArch on the device, as well as programs such as Chromium and LibreOffice. The RISC-V module is not recommended for beginners since it lacks a GPU and software support is in progress. We are told all resources are on GitHub, but I could not find any reference to uConsole on the company's account, so I'd assume it will be done later on.

Package Included:
* 1 x Portable Computer