Hardware overview

First assembled Prototype, Part Mould based Case Parts and part 3d Printed Case Parts

Rendering

The Pyra is a perfect pocket device for everyday computing, gaming, emulation or hacking. It is a unique combination of a gaming handheld and a mini-laptop (approximately the size of the original Gameboy), running plain Debian Linux as OS. It is the successor of the OpenPandora.

Specifications

Case

Main article: Case

• Polycarbonate case, 140 x 74 x 29 mm

Input Devices

• Gaming controls (DPad, 4 shoulder buttons, 6 face buttons)
• Two accurate analog controls (Nubs) with push-button
• QWERTY Keyboard with backlight
• Touchscreen
• Analog volume wheel

Internals

• 6000mAh Battery
• 720p 5" LCD Display (Interchangeable in the Future)
• Vibration motor
• Various sensors (accelerometer, gyro-sensor, etc.)
• Three PCBs;

• An interchangeable CPU-Board:

• 2 or 4GB RAM
• Texas Instruments OMAP 5 SoC:

• 2x ARM Cortex-A15 @ 1.5Ghz with NEON SIMD
• 2x ARM Cortex-M4
• PowerVR™ SGX544-MP2 (see GPU)
• Vivante GC320 2D Accelerator

• 32GB of eMMC flash for the preinstalled OS

• A Mainboard where all peripherals connect
• and a Displayboard which interfaces the display and the touchscreen to the hinge cable (which connects the case lid components to the Mainboard)

Connectivity

• Integrated Wi-Fi 4 (802.11a/b/g/n) and Bluetooth 4.1
• Optional 3G/4G/UMTS Modem and GPS
• Headset-Port
• 1x HDMI Video Out
• USB ports, permitting many Peripherals to be connected:

• 2x Full-size USB 2.0 Host (one can be used as eSATA with a small Adapter)
• 1x Micro USB 3.0 OTG
• 1x Micro USB (Debug and Charging)

• Status LEDs

Storage

Main article: Storage

• 32GB Internal eMMC
• 1x Internal MicroSDHC slot
• 2x SDXC card slot (External, below the keyboard)
• Optional SATA adaptor which connects to the blue USB 2.0 port and allows the connection of a SATA device such as an SSD (although another solution is needed to provide sufficient power to the drive)
• As much USB storage as you can stuff in it