M5Stack has introduced a brand new variant of its widespread Cardputer all-in-one microcontroller-powered pocket laptop equipment, the Cardputer Adv Model — now that includes improved audio, a much bigger battery, an built-in inertial measurement unit (IMU), and extra enlargement choices.
“Cardputer-Adv is a programmable card-sized laptop powered by the Stamp-S3A core module (based mostly on [an Espressif] ESP32-S3FN8),” M5Stack says of its newest launch. “It integrates a 1.14″ LCD show and a 56-key minimalist keyboard for handy interplay and enter operations.”
M5Stack launched the unique Cardputer again in October 2023, as a equipment that mixed the corporate’s StampS3 breadboard-friendly Espressif ESP32-S3 growth board with a provider giving it a compact however just-about-usable QWERTY keyboard, full-color 1.14″ IPS show, a speaker and microphone, Grove enlargement, and a 120mAh battery, expanded through a secondary base that added infrared capabilities, microSD Card storage, and a bigger 1.4Ah battery. In March this yr it introduced a revised design that includes an improved keyboard and higher battery life — however the Cardputer Adv Model goes additional nonetheless.
The Cardputer-Adv, delivered to our consideration by Linux Gizmos, is externally near-identical to the sooner Cardputer fashions. It has the identical compact keyboard, the identical tiny show, and homes the identical StampS3A because the Cardputer v1.1 in the identical place. Internally, although, there have been a variety of enhancements — beginning with a transfer to a much bigger battery, dropping the 120-plus-1,400mAh strategy in favor of a single unit housing a much bigger 1,750mAh battery.
The brand new mannequin consists of all of the options of the Cardputer, plus an IMU, higher audio, and a much bigger battery. (📷: M5Stack)
Different modifications embrace a transfer to the Everest Semiconductor ES8311 audio chip, which is now accessible on each the interior speaker and a 3.5mm audio jack for connection to headphones or an exterior amplifier, and the inclusion of a six-axis Bosch Sensortec BMI270 inertial measurement unit. There are extra enlargement pins, discovered on a 14-pin 0.1″-spaced header, for exterior {hardware}, and a lanyard gap for wearable tasks too — whereas retaining the magnetic mount and LEGO-compatible rear of the unique.
The brand new Cardputer-Adv has been listed on the M5Stack retailer at $29.90, although on the time of writing was displaying as out of inventory.
