It will support PS/2 keyboards and VGA. Intended to be a learning platform for RISC-V coding, it’s only got 2k of RAM. (I tried finding a 3rd party source for this announcement but I struck out, so I’m linking the actual olimex webpage. Not affiliated with them, just thought this looked neat.)
I’ll believe it, when I ordered one for $1.
Yeah it’s a “PC”
I don’t think defining a microcontroller kit as a PC is an accurate description.
Some ARM CPUs that are advertised as microcontrollers have 32 bit address spaces and roughly the same power as an i486.
Yeah nah still in micro controller space. When you say PC it comes w with up to date expectations attached and VGA is not one of them. Or 2k RAM.
A CPU on its own cannot be a microcontroller alone via its definition; as a microcontroller contains a CPU and other needed components to drive it.
No microcontroller is going to beat a computer with a modern microprocessor on complex computing though. But it’s good to know tech is still improving on all sides.
2K of RAM? Time to port over some Atari 2600 games!
While I understand some of the hate in the thread, I appreciate someone creating something for us old timers. Working within the constraints of a system and making things work was a real satisfying experience.
Even at this price point isn’t it more economic and sustainable to emulate a RISC-V device with already owned hardware. Especially since it’s so low powered.
And an emulator doesn’t require you to find a PS/2 keyboard.
You mean the agony of deciding which one to dig out of my bin of PS/2 keyboards?
I’m not going to say I definitely don’t have a PS/2 keyboard somewhere in the basement, but that box got thrown away at least a decade ago.
Bet you feel like an idiot now!
Sounds groundbreaking for 1997.
The OLPC reborn. You can probably by one for a child in a developing nation for $1 while purchasing one for $300 for yourself.
