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# Pokitto
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Pokitto is a very nice educational [open gaming console](open_console.md) friendly to [hacking](hacking.md) and [FOSS](foss.md). Its website is https://www.pokitto.com/.
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Its great advantage is its great active and friendly community that's constantly writing software, documenting Pokitto and helping newcomers.
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The console was created by Jonne Valola from Finland. He started the project on Kickstarter on April 28 2017, pledged over $27000 and released Pokitto in February 2018. { Jonne is a really nice guy who loves the project, always helps people and shared technical details. ~drummyfish }
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Pokito, unlike most other open consoles, is NOT based on [Arduino](arduino.md), but on [NXP](nxp.md)'s LPC11U6x [microcontroller](mcu.md) (MCU). Some features and specs of Pokitto are:
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- Up to **220x176 color display** ([TFT](tft.md)). (Resolution and color depth depends on chosen mode and how much [RAM](ram.md) you want to dedicate to [screen buffer](screen_buffer.md)).
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- Up to **72 MHz [ARM](arm.md) CPU**. The base frequency is 48 MHz but the hardware is easily [overclocked](overclocking.md).
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- **256 kB [ROM](rom.md)** (program storage space).
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- **36 kB [RAM](ram.md)** (working memory).
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- **4 kB [EEPROM](eeprom.md)** (persistent storage).
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- **7 buttons**.
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- **Speaker and headphone jack**.
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- Both **[emulator](emulator.md) and simulator** which make programming much more efficient and comfortable.
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- **Custom library** -- PokittoLib -- [free](free_software.md)-licensed { even though it contains a few small "fair use" files from the MCU vendor. ~drummyfish }. It has many features, unfortunately it's also kind of [bloated](bloat.md).
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- **[SD](sd.md) card support**.
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- Hardware extensions called **hats**. Available is e.g. a hat with [joystick](joystick.md) and extra buttons.
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- Programming via [USB](usb.md), works on [GNU](gnu.md)/[Linux](linux.md) with [gcc](gcc.md) ARM cross compiler. Supports a few languages: **[C++](cpp.md), [C](c.md), [MicroPython](micropython.md) and [Java](java.md)**.
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- Custom [IDE](ide.md) for [noobs](noob.md): FemtoIde.
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- Schematics and 3D print files available.
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- A huge number of games and other software has already been written.
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