# Anyone else heard this? (PicoZero and new mb for uConsole) **URL:** \ **Category:** uConsole\ **Created:** [June 7, 2026, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620 "2026-06-07T11:01:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JesseandGraceandCats](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/jesseandgraceandcats/32/9501_2.png) [@JesseandGraceandCats](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/JesseandGraceandCats)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/1 "2026-06-07T11:01:07Z")
I was wondering around FB group and found this Rehan guy posted something about the new PicoZero and new mainboard for uconsole that can support more powerful modules and I have checked elsewhere but didn’t find any information. I don’t want to bother Alex with this, but if it is real, then I would be really interested as I didn’t get the PicoCalc because BASIC is too basic for me and I don’t have the time for it, but if a customized Linux, I can handle that. Plus, I have already backed the CardputerZero because I want to use it for PicoClaw, but I might consider the PicoZero because of the keyboard and form factor. **PS: sorry for posting it here as it might not be 100% related to uConsole, but since this is the most active sub forum so I decide to just post it here.** ![1000011420](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/clockworkpi/original/3X/4/6/46c75a0da7e85f224781fc700aa714b75e50345f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![snipeytje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@snipeytje](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/snipeytje)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/2 "2026-06-07T13:35:39Z")
rumours about a new official uconsole mainboard have been floating around for atleast a year now. Clockwork has teased it a bit, but like with the picocalc we probably won’t see anything more than rumours until they actually release it unannounced ---
**Author:** ![adcockm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/adcockm/32/1664_2.png) [@adcockm](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/adcockm)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 5:55am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/3 "2026-06-08T05:55:21Z")
If like in the past, then there will have probably been posts on non-English sites that most of us will be unaware of or maybe don’t even have access to. In a few cases in the past, those ended up getting shared and translated, but sometimes they didn’t come to light until after the official announcement, and the dates on them put them in the past. I remember seeing at least one that looked like local hacker group stuff, where maybe they were getting feedback before finalizing stuff or something? The official announcement always seems to be from Hal on Twitter, and that’s usually right about the time the store adds the new device. Device specs and details are almost exclusively posted only on the website. Pretty sure there’s usually a post made here too, linking to the Twitter announcement, though that may have been by a community member who noticed it rather than an “official” announcement here. There were rumors about the original uConsole before it became a thing, but I’m not sure anything specific had been identified until it was actually announced/relesed on the store. But it sounded like _something_ was coming. The PicoCalc seemed to be more of a surprise. I don’t remember anything hinting it was on its way. Seems pretty safe to assume Clockwork is working on _something_ right now, but whether it’s a revision of the uConsole or something compeltely different is anyone’s guess. There’s a good and bad side to that though. The GameShell wasn’t produced long after the DevTerm appeared. And the DevTerm stopped being produced not long after the uConsole appeared. A06 and A04 boards were more muddled, but I’m guessing they actually kept some stock on hand and there was less demand for them so they lasted longer than usual. The current situation with PicoCalc and uConsole being produced simultaneously for so long is a new thing. Not sure what that means for the future, but if I had to bet on it then if the new device is a revision of the uConsole then the old uConsole will probably stop being produced, and if it’s something entirely new, then I wouldn’t be surprised if either the uConsole or PicoCalc stop being produced, maybe based on which still has the longest queues/demand? In the past, it seemed like anyone still in the queue with a paid for device got their device. But it might have been a little messy for folks who were last in line and there may have been a few refunds involved. It would be interesting (and a bit sad) if the folks choosing to buy uConsoles from third parties caused Clockwork to decide to stop producing them due to decreased demand as they moved on to something else. But really, all of this is guesswork. ---
**Author:** ![snipeytje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@snipeytje](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/snipeytje)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/4 "2026-06-08T06:10:55Z")
The picocalc showed up at Shenzhen maker faire a few months before the launch, I think there’s a thread on here called something like clockworkpi what’s that? ---
**Author:** ![JesseandGraceandCats](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/jesseandgraceandcats/32/9501_2.png) [@JesseandGraceandCats](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/JesseandGraceandCats)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/5 "2026-06-08T06:18:16Z")
I have the impression that ClockWork Pi wants to keep Console alive as long as it can by updating the mainboard and accessories. Gameshell and DevTerm discontinued might have something to do with not being economical to continue producing. I guess uConsole is still profitable and would be for a while. If this is the case, then it would be a good news! ---
**Author:** ![JesseandGraceandCats](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/jesseandgraceandcats/32/9501_2.png) [@JesseandGraceandCats](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/JesseandGraceandCats)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/6 "2026-06-08T06:19:20Z")
So I guess we need to keep an eye on what’s happening in Shenzhen… We would find out this October or November, hopefully. Fingers crossed 🤞 ---
**Author:** ![adcockm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/adcockm/32/1664_2.png) [@adcockm](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/adcockm)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/7 "2026-06-08T07:30:51Z")
You have a better memory than me. 🙂 Here’s the post you mentioned: > [@Clockworkpi what is that!?](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/clockworkpi-what-is-that/14880): > > So I browse so on X btw and found this [x.com](https://x.com/Raspberry_Pi/status/1858104017974362184?t=jJSnfeG3GecNA10yIkfyTQ&s=09) then your look closely you can see that have the name picocalc. So clockworkpi what is can I buy or the would it be released? A similar discussion happened back in the DevTerm days (pics nearer the top of the thread, but someone identified them as being from a Shenzhen tech expo): > [@DevTerm Production Status Update](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/devterm-production-status-update/6413/355): > > Some of the photos seem to be taken during tech expo in Shenzhen, China. ---
**Author:** ![snipeytje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@snipeytje](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/snipeytje)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/8 "2026-06-08T07:32:02Z")
I think demand just wasn’t there so they stopped producing them, the devterm was a lot more expensive than a uconsole, and that was a plastic body instead of metal, and the printer can’t have been that expensive to explain the cost difference ---
**Author:** ![WhyDev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19adc/32.png) [@WhyDev](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/WhyDev)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/9 "2026-06-08T15:40:15Z")
If they did make a new motherboard id hope they sell it individually so I dont have to buy another uconsole and wait another year. ---
**Author:** ![snipeytje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@snipeytje](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/snipeytje)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/10 "2026-06-08T16:17:46Z")
you think you wont wait a year for just the board? ---
**Author:** ![JesseandGraceandCats](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/jesseandgraceandcats/32/9501_2.png) [@JesseandGraceandCats](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/JesseandGraceandCats)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/11 "2026-06-08T16:32:01Z")
I am sure it would be at least a year of wait… Everybody would want one… ---
**Author:** ![Codiator](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/codiator/32/15080_2.png) [@Codiator](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Codiator)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/12 "2026-06-08T17:39:37Z")
> [@JesseandGraceandCats](#): > > Everybody would want one I’m sure many people would like to upgrade. But I don’t think everyone would. Anyone who is happy with their current setup can carry on as they are. ---
**Author:** ![JesseandGraceandCats](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/jesseandgraceandcats/32/9501_2.png) [@JesseandGraceandCats](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/JesseandGraceandCats)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/13 "2026-06-08T18:14:14Z")
> [@Codiator](#): > > But I don’t think everyone would. Technical speaking, you are right. But this community is filled with maniacs… I would prepare for the worse case scenario. ---
**Author:** ![WhyDev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19adc/32.png) [@WhyDev](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/WhyDev)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/14 "2026-06-08T21:56:13Z")
That > [@JesseandGraceandCats](#): > > But this community is filled with maniacs is very very true and im definitely 1 of them. ---
**Author:** ![JesseandGraceandCats](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/jesseandgraceandcats/32/9501_2.png) [@JesseandGraceandCats](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/JesseandGraceandCats)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/15 "2026-06-09T09:31:45Z")
> [@WhyDev](#): > > im definitely 1 of them I’ll keep an eye on you. And I’ll keep the other eye on the release of the new main board… And if I have a third eye, I’d keep that on the price of CM5… It has been crazier than I ever thought. ---
**Author:** ![WhyDev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19adc/32.png) [@WhyDev](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/WhyDev)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/16 "2026-06-09T15:34:39Z")
That is a sentence I never thought id read. ---
**Author:** ![JesseandGraceandCats](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/jesseandgraceandcats/32/9501_2.png) [@JesseandGraceandCats](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/JesseandGraceandCats)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/17 "2026-06-09T16:07:47Z")
Well, what can I say… ![1000011470](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/clockworkpi/original/3X/e/e/ee7f5135f4172a9a841c0b7927eb60564343b69e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![WhyDev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19adc/32.png) [@WhyDev](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/WhyDev)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/18 "2026-06-09T20:11:31Z")
How did a talk about motherboards become this. ---
**Author:** ![JesseandGraceandCats](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/jesseandgraceandcats/32/9501_2.png) [@JesseandGraceandCats](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/JesseandGraceandCats)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/19 "2026-06-09T20:20:25Z")
I guess we are maniacs > [@WhyDev](#): > > How did a talk about motherboards become this. I guess we are maniacs… ---
**Author:** ![trinity](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/trinity/32/16167_2.png) [@trinity](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/trinity)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620/20 "2026-06-10T05:06:14Z")
> [@uConsole hardware directory](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-hardware-directory/22222/1): > > In March 2025 ClockworkPi was working on another mainboard revision, but there hasn’t been new information in some time I guess I’ll be editing the hardware directory again… This isn’t quite relevant to it, but since the new mainboard would eventually go on there anyway I might as well start adding it now. Plus the thought of another revision is exciting. > [@New Uconsole motherboard in the pipeline?](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/new-uconsole-motherboard-in-the-pipeline/21428/4): > > Since the mainboard is pretty long in the tooth there’s plenty of room for improvement. Plenty of people (including myself in the above-quoted reply) have taken stabs at what the new mainboard might be like but there seems to be very little information about it so far. [Next page](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/anyone-else-heard-this-picozero-and-new-mb-for-uconsole/22620.md?page=2)