I think @roughly provided a good balance of practicality + optimism in their answer. My thoughts: Not immediately, but yes, eventually. Humans have an innate willingness and desire to tinker+make things. Those qualities…
Hey HN, Solder_Man here. I am the guy behind Pockit. Thrilled to see this modularization effort has the support (and useful criticism) of so many deep thinkers in this thread. First, a clarification: Since people have…
My engineer-mind hesitates to state a number until I finalize the BOM and get tooling quotes, etc. At that point, I'll put up the pricing, etc. on the website and mailing list. But keeping Pockit's cost down is…
> signal lines Good point. I stand corrected. > orientation Two features ensure (and encourage) the block placement at the correct orientation. - layout of the 4 magnets' polarities at each position (and complementary…
As I mentioned in a deeply embedded comment somewhere on Reddit, wait for the upgraded-PCB version demo coming up in the next week, you're going to love it if you're a fan of the CM4's more powerful Broadcom CPU. Note:…
Only high-bandwidth signal groups (such as HDMI) have the limitation of being usable at only one (or a few) positions. Technically these too can be given more/complete placement freedom, but at the cost of a higher PCB…
Used to be just me. But two amazing people assisting me now (one of them full-time); immediately took this decision upon recognizing the significant community interest from Reddit, et al. The trackpad is one of my…
"Play" sounds about right. I've enjoyed the exponential multiplier in prototyping+design speed I've gained as each new block was made. "Mass produced" -- no mass-production plans yet, however... will be ordering and…
Hey HN, Thanks @Aissen. Didn't know whether the project's unfinished state was worthy of it, but happy to see this appear on my favorite minimalistic website : - ) Here is the full video:…
I think @roughly provided a good balance of practicality + optimism in their answer. My thoughts: Not immediately, but yes, eventually. Humans have an innate willingness and desire to tinker+make things. Those qualities…
Hey HN, Solder_Man here. I am the guy behind Pockit. Thrilled to see this modularization effort has the support (and useful criticism) of so many deep thinkers in this thread. First, a clarification: Since people have…
My engineer-mind hesitates to state a number until I finalize the BOM and get tooling quotes, etc. At that point, I'll put up the pricing, etc. on the website and mailing list. But keeping Pockit's cost down is…
> signal lines Good point. I stand corrected. > orientation Two features ensure (and encourage) the block placement at the correct orientation. - layout of the 4 magnets' polarities at each position (and complementary…
As I mentioned in a deeply embedded comment somewhere on Reddit, wait for the upgraded-PCB version demo coming up in the next week, you're going to love it if you're a fan of the CM4's more powerful Broadcom CPU. Note:…
Only high-bandwidth signal groups (such as HDMI) have the limitation of being usable at only one (or a few) positions. Technically these too can be given more/complete placement freedom, but at the cost of a higher PCB…
Used to be just me. But two amazing people assisting me now (one of them full-time); immediately took this decision upon recognizing the significant community interest from Reddit, et al. The trackpad is one of my…
"Play" sounds about right. I've enjoyed the exponential multiplier in prototyping+design speed I've gained as each new block was made. "Mass produced" -- no mass-production plans yet, however... will be ordering and…
Hey HN, Thanks @Aissen. Didn't know whether the project's unfinished state was worthy of it, but happy to see this appear on my favorite minimalistic website : - ) Here is the full video:…