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| Posted: 01:35pm 19 Jun 2025 |
There's an entire thread on the Clockwork forums about people getting the Pi Zero 2W to work inside the PicoCalc case as well. Most of these attempts have required (arguably awkward) custom 3D printed case backs, but some of the more recent work has apparently managed to fit it all within the case. Probably still needs a custom printed back so all the extra ports can be exposed though. The hardware is already proven working, seems like they're just improving the board and look of it at this point.
https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/raspberry-pi-zero-2-on-picocalc/17946/31
The Lyra is more of a "plug and play" solution though, and doesn't even require soldering unless the audio patch/fix is needed. That may not even be a problen for other device that were meant to take the Pico modules. Apparently Clockwork did something dumb with the audio support and pinout and that's why the Lyra needs a hardware patch to get it working properly.
Unfortunately there's no HDMI/VGA support built into the PicoCalc, if that's a need here. It was meant to be more of a handheld "calculator" device anyway, so I doubt anyone who gets one will even bother trying to attach a monitor. But the Lyra seems to be pretty capable as a module, and it's definitely cheap. I've got one and have used it standalone, connected via USB (and no display, just a serial connection, and WiFi connection with a USB dongle), and plan to eventually put it in my PicoCalc case. But for now I'm using it for WebMite, so I need the Pico in there. ;)
Edited 2025-06-19 23:35 by adcockm