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Thumby (console)

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The system is notable for its small size, measuring at 1.2 by 0.7 by 0.3 inches (30.5 mm × 17.8 mm × 7.6 mm). The console can be mounted on a
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reported on a follow-up Thumby Color console Kickstarter in August 2024. Listed improvements include a color display, improved processor, and a haptic feedback motor.
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campaign to raise money for the console began on September 28, 2021. The company projected a production of at least 10,000 Thumby consoles despite the
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port is used to connect the console with computers, as well as to support the Thumby link cable. This port is also used to charge the
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The first concept for the Thumby originated roughly around 2015 or 2016. An early version of the system was shown at the 2016
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The console casing was made in a variety of colors including gray, dark gray, blue, pink, gold, green, and clear.
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Additional games can be downloaded from the internet on a personal computer, then loaded onto the console over
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campaign. The console measures 1.2 by 0.7 by 0.3 inches (30.5 mm × 17.8 mm × 7.6 mm).
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panel is used as the display. A buzzer is also included for simple audio feedback.
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1.2 by 0.7 by 0.3 inches (30.5 mm × 17.8 mm × 7.6 mm)
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A small 0.38 by 0.27 inches (9.7 mm × 6.9 mm) 72×40 pixel
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microcontroller. The console provides 2MB of onboard storage.
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The system has a mass of 4.7 grams (0.17 oz). 1554: 1513: 1477: 1441: 1410: 1394: 1387: 1364: 1341: 1313: 1290: 1196: 1168: 1126: 1090: 1067: 1044: 1016: 990: 251: 242: 237: 229: 216: 208: 200: 192: 181: 173: 163: 155: 147: 135: 121: 109: 101: 93: 85: 75: 65: 57: 49: 608:"Raspberry Pi Powers Keychain Sized Games Console" 1423:Palmtex Portable Videogame System / Super Micro 798:"World's tiniest Game Boy is actually playable" 791: 789: 787: 968: 8: 656: 654: 575: 573: 571: 569: 567: 565: 477: 475: 473: 471: 32: 1391: 975: 961: 953: 38: 31: 879:"Meet The World's Smallest Games Console" 320:The Thumby includes six preloaded games: 418: 416: 414: 355:The Thumby is powered by a Raspberry Pi 661:Whitehead, Thomas (21 September 2021). 410: 265:is a small keychain-sized programmable 1640:Kickstarter-funded video game consoles 29:Miniature keychain sized game console 7: 765:Hill, Brandon (29 September 2021). 713:Liszewski, Andrew (8 August 2024). 606:Evenden, Ian (29 September 2021). 25: 304:2020–present global chip shortage 552:"A (Playable) Game Boy For Ants" 507:Nethers, Dave (1 October 2021). 151:1.4 MB (advertised as 2 MB) 852:Becka, Megan (1 October 2021). 739:Morales, Jowi (9 August 2024). 1670:Monochrome video game consoles 1: 1645:ARM-based video game consoles 269:produced by TinyCircuits of 44:Thumby game console close up 1665:Products introduced in 2022 1418:Children's Discovery System 1686: 1077:Epoch Game Pocket Computer 1604: 37: 212:4.7 grams (0.17 oz) 131:0+ cores @ Up to 133 MHz 1388:Other handheld consoles 833:(11): 12. 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Index

Thumby (game console)

Handheld game console
Ninth
System on a chip
RP2040
CPU
ARM Cortex-M
SRAM
Piezoelectric speaker
Lithium polymer battery
Programming
education
thumby.us
game console
Akron, Ohio
Kickstarter
Bay Area
Maker Faire
Kickstarter
crowdfunding
2020–present global chip shortage
The Verge
USB
RP2040
MicroPython
web based
development environment
1-bit
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