Father and daughter turn game-making into a family project
Les Pounder, writing on the Pimoroni blog, covered Fluffpad, a pocket games console built by Ilya Titov (aka Webgoggles) around a Raspberry Pi RP2350 and Pimoroni parts.
Executive Summary
Les Pounder, writing on the Pimoroni blog, covered Fluffpad, a pocket games console built by Ilya Titov (aka Webgoggles) around a Raspberry Pi RP2350 and Pimoroni parts. Titov is also the maker of AttinyArcade, the tiny arcade machine based on an ATtiny85. The build uses a Pimoroni display pack, a Qw/ST pad, hot glue and Lego. The games are written in MicroPython and look like something from the NES, Sega Master System and 8-bit home computer era.
Open Silicon & Gate-Level Hardware Inspection
From a silicon and hardware engineering viewpoint: - **Interface Neutrality:** Mitigates dependency on proprietary BSPs, empowering open toolchains to address hardware directly. - **Supply Chain Verification:** Schematics and open pinouts allow deterministic audits against silicon errata. - **Lifecycle Decoupling:** Decouples physical hardware utility from commercial vendor end-of-life obsolescence.
Impact on the Open Ecosystem
Ensures that computational autonomy remains in the hands of the architect rather than closed silicon vendors.