Hardware overview

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 Nintendo DS), running plain Debian Linux as OS. It is the successor of the OpenPandora.

Hardware

Input Devices

-Gaming controls (DPad, 4 shoulder buttons, 6 face buttons)

-Two accurate analog controls with push-button

-QWERTY keyboard with backlight

-Touchscreen

-analog volume wheel

Internals

-6000mAh Battery

-Integrated Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0

-Optional 3G/4G/UMTS and GPS

-720p 5" LCD (Interchangeable in the Future)

-Vibration motor

-On an interchangeable CPU-Board:

-Texas Instruments OMAP 5 SoC:

-2x ARM Cortex-A15 @ 1.5Ghz with NEON SIMD

-2x ARM Cortex-M4

-PowerVR™ SGX544-MP2

-Vivante GC320 2D Accelerator

-2GB RAM

-Various sensors (accelerometer, gyro-sensor, etc.)

Connectivity

-Headset-Port

-1x HDMI Video Out

-Dual SDXC card slots

-1x MicroSDHC Slot

-2x Full-size USB Host (one can be used as eSATA-with a small adaptor)

-1x Micro USB 3.0

-1x Micro USB (Debug and Charging)