Two new Pockit Blocks + likely final matt-white appearance

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created by Solder_Man on 06/10/2022 at 17:57 UTC

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Comment by Solder_Man at 06/10/2022 at 17:58 UTC*

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And here are the details...

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Got a few enclosure samples (of various-sized Blocks) from the factory that I’m thinking of going with, and finished assembled the PCBs into them. I like the polished matt-white look, so wanted to share a quick photo with you guys.

Note: The exact final texture and color will be slightly different (but better👍) because of the injection-molding + painting techniques that will be used for the manufacturing run vs. airbrushed samples.

Speaking of injection-molding production technology, I suggest checking out Bill Hammack’s excellent explainer[1] of the process. This will have a very large initial tooling cost + iteration effort, but thereafter parts (casings) for each Pockit Block should be a whole lot less expensive and tedious compared to my SLA-prototyping process so far. The dimensional accuracies should also be better and get us closer to Lego-like gapless fits, but this remains to be seen.

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMjtmsr3CqA

Two recently finalized Blocks

At the bottom left of the photo, you can see a couple of new entrants to the ecosystem:

a Wireless-charging Base (with a BQ51013 power-receiver IC) for Pockit. I’m still working on improving the charging efficiency, so no promises on this particular Block until I finalize the antenna pattern to satisfaction. But I'm using it a lot already, so let's at least say it's been informally tested 🙂.
a 2.7” Sharp Memory screen Block, for which I’ve also added a touchscreen. Very Kindle-like in its minimal power consumption, but way faster refresh rate (tested animations with it too). I love the crisp quality of graphics on it; almost anything would look nice on it, but especially a dashboard or a menu for whatever device you are building.

(Also: Thanks to u/OneiricTea for the original proposal[2] of the Sharp Memory display.)

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/Pockit/comments/pmar0o/

Comment by gorbotle at 08/10/2022 at 08:59 UTC

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Wireless charging is something we were missing a lot.

Thanks for the update!

Comment by Neat-Sentence1833 at 07/10/2022 at 02:22 UTC

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looking forward to it

Comment by [deleted] at 07/10/2022 at 02:27 UTC

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This looks really good and I’m beyond excited to see the final product! Keep up the good work!