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I really like most of this. But why is there a monochrome LED matrix??? It's cool, but very much tied to one specific pixel art style and not visible in a lot
by eternityforest 3y ago
I really like most of this. But why is there a monochrome LED matrix???
It's cool, but very much tied to one specific pixel art style and not visible in a lot of applications. I'd rather they just make an official I2C TFT you can mount wherever.
Although I suppose it's a cool novelty that will probably lead to a lot of fun stuff that wouldn't otherwise happen.
I would have preferred a tiny OLED though, those seem to be cheap.
I'm also disappointed that there's no USB-PD. It can take 20V of power, it should be able to request 20v of power from the port for powering motors and stuff with just the one convenient connection.
There's also a VBAT for the RTC on a little connector that also includes an off switch button. A nice feature but it needs a coin cell to use. I wonder if they could have done a rechargable battery instead.
They would have needed a nanopower regulator to get to a proper VBAT, and a charge IC, so it might have added a dollar though.