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Commerce · October 18, 2023

PicoVision – A HDMI video stick with dual RP2040 chips (CPU and GPU)

I thought it might be a fun one for the HN crowd, to celebrate the launch of our latest product we're running a demoscene competition to see what people can squeeze out of it - details here: https://shop.pimoroni.com/pages/win-a-500-gift-card-in-our-p... PicoVision sports two RP2040 chips (one on a PicoW with WiFi and Bluetooth) acting as GPU and CPU allowing you to drive a HDMI display with smooth fullscreen animation - it can even play DOOM! There's a heap of interesting features built into the GPU firmware including support for "soft" (?!) hardware sprites, palette…

PicoVision – A HDMI video stick with dual RP2040 chips (CPU and GPU) launched on October 18, 2023 with 7 votes, #1,559 of 4,393 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

What it does

A powerful digital video stick for bold audio visual adventures, with dual RP2040 chips and a conveniently HDMI-shaped output connector to boot!

In the maker’s words, at launch

I thought it might be a fun one for the HN crowd, to celebrate the launch of our latest product we're running a demoscene competition to see what people can squeeze out of it - details here: https://shop.pimoroni.com/pages/win-a-500-gift-card-in-our-p... PicoVision sports two RP2040 chips (one on…

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