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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

32MB 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 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

32MB Internal eMMC
1x Internal MicroSDHC Slot
Dual SDXC card slots

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 :::* Vivante GC320 2D Accelerator
 ::* 32MB of eMMC flash for the preinstalled OS
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+:* A [[Mainboard]] where all [[Peripherals|peripherals]] connect
 :* and a [[Displayboard]] which interfaces the [[Display|display]] and the touchscreen to the hinge cable (which connects the case lid components to the [[Mainboard]])