# Luckfox Lyra on PicoCalc **URL:** \ **Category:** PicoCalc\ **Tags:** hardware, alternatives, alternative-board\ **Created:** [March 25, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280 "2025-03-25T12:27:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hisptoot](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/hisptoot/32/5260_2.png) [@hisptoot](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/hisptoot)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/1 "2025-03-25T12:27:50Z")
I spent half a day on setting up the buildroot , a whole day on developing lcd and kbd drivers and another whole day on fixing some bugs. Now it runs linux on picocalc. Image for test: > **[picocalc\_luckfox\_lyra - Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TBEso7NFkO7e6z8iEBywjxi4EtJHSz4F)** If you use the version with spi nand, please erase the spi nand. Otherwise, the board will boot from the spi nand, not the sd card [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DaVv7h8cKAE/maxresdefault.jpg "Luckfox Lyra on PicoCalc") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaVv7h8cKAE) ![1000125393](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/clockworkpi/original/2X/4/4e2eadcd0f9f15e0edc9c2c97a9a47887e3b5c7e.jpeg) ![1000125394](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/clockworkpi/original/2X/2/2df6ee3d5e4e8733dc3505f65f7ed822b8d722a0.jpeg) ![1000125395](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/clockworkpi/original/2X/9/9e4f24aa23716c77194b09ae35b759570f8f6273.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![guu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@guu](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/guu)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/2 "2025-03-25T12:45:47Z")
Great Will there be a source code ? ---
**Author:** ![white-round-square](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/white-round-square/32/10385_2.png) [@white-round-square](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/white-round-square)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/3 "2025-03-25T13:01:38Z")
> [@hisptoot](#): > > Now it runs linux on picocalc. I admire your mental illnesses! ---
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/4 "2025-03-25T13:25:44Z")
The Lyra doesn’t have wifi/bt, correct? I wonder if they could be added via the USB OTG connector on the board, and adding a wireless dongle? How fully featured is Linux on the device? From what I could tell researching online, it appears to support a headless Ubuntu build. Without network connectivity I’m wondering how updates would be supported or applications could be installed? This is really cool! ---
**Author:** ![hisptoot](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/hisptoot/32/5260_2.png) [@hisptoot](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/hisptoot)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/5 "2025-03-26T02:35:30Z")
I will upload the code to github. Here’s the image for test: [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TBEso7NFkO7e6z8iEBywjxi4EtJHSz4F](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TBEso7NFkO7e6z8iEBywjxi4EtJHSz4F) ---
**Author:** ![hisptoot](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/hisptoot/32/5260_2.png) [@hisptoot](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/hisptoot)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/6 "2025-03-26T02:36:18Z")
I plan to use an esp32c3 as a spi wifi adapter. It can be plugged into the picocalc’s sd card socket. ![_20250326103423](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/clockworkpi/original/2X/e/e3f6e31c4279b59e8232ca4ae693046f3a411ad5.png) ---
**Author:** ![hash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@hash](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/hash)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/7 "2025-03-26T05:23:55Z")
I think it can be used to play NetHack. ---
**Author:** ![hisptoot](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/hisptoot/32/5260_2.png) [@hisptoot](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/hisptoot)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/8 "2025-03-26T17:46:31Z")
Now Pico-8 runs on PicoCalc [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/E0V6lO3OV30/maxresdefault.jpg "Pico-8 on PicoCalc") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0V6lO3OV30) ---
**Author:** ![white-round-square](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/white-round-square/32/10385_2.png) [@white-round-square](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/white-round-square)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/9 "2025-03-26T17:52:29Z")
you are a magician! 🧙 can you please press ‘ctrl + p’ to check LA? seems like 15fps 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hisptoot](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/hisptoot/32/5260_2.png) [@hisptoot](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/hisptoot)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/10 "2025-03-26T17:55:05Z")
![1000125461](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/clockworkpi/original/2X/4/474fe3ba191e856203cf4fcbc784218c2da4dbc4.jpeg) maybe the lcd driver can be improved. ---
**Author:** ![Johnputer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/johnputer/32/10605_2.png) [@Johnputer](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Johnputer)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/11 "2025-03-26T18:07:42Z")
Is this on a 2040 or 2350? ---
**Author:** ![hisptoot](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/hisptoot/32/5260_2.png) [@hisptoot](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/hisptoot)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/12 "2025-03-26T18:10:40Z")
this is on luckfox lyra. ---
**Author:** ![Johnputer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/johnputer/32/10605_2.png) [@Johnputer](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Johnputer)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/13 "2025-03-26T23:39:56Z")
Yes but which pico hardware is this running on? The included Pico H or a Pico 2? Asking because of the framerate. ---
**Author:** ![nogdrinker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@nogdrinker](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/nogdrinker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/14 "2025-03-26T23:46:33Z")
It’s not running on Pico hardware. @hisptoot has swapped it for a Luckfox Lyra, which is pin-compatible with the Pico but runs beefier ARM cores. Info on the Lyra can be found [here.](https://wiki.luckfox.com/Luckfox-Lyra/Introduction) ---
**Author:** ![Johnputer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/johnputer/32/10605_2.png) [@Johnputer](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Johnputer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/15 "2025-03-27T00:11:09Z")
@nogdrinker Oh! _facepalm_ ---
**Author:** ![hisptoot](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/hisptoot/32/5260_2.png) [@hisptoot](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/hisptoot)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/16 "2025-03-27T12:30:40Z")
I updated the image. Now it supports tmux, pico8\_dyn and prboom. Retroarch still has some problems, maybe related to the config. And the screen’s spi bus is overclocked to 80Mhz. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0g8VGWfRcRI/hqdefault.jpg "Doom on PicoCalc") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g8VGWfRcRI) ---
**Author:** ![Pardalcv](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/pardalcv/32/7256_2.png) [@Pardalcv](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Pardalcv)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/17 "2025-03-27T12:57:00Z")
Great job, I’ve already ordered the Luckfox Lyra. Linux is the way to go 👍👍👍 ---
**Author:** ![DigitalDreams](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/digitaldreams/32/16007_2.png) [@DigitalDreams](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/DigitalDreams)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/18 "2025-03-27T13:08:51Z")
Can we see a shot of the Luckfox Lyra in situ ?. Will MMBasic work on this ? ---
**Author:** ![wdyong1971](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dec6dc/32.png) [@wdyong1971](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/wdyong1971)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/19 "2025-03-27T13:12:39Z")
wifi + BT ![Screenshot_20250327_204323](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/clockworkpi/original/2X/8/868c76752c6c22b7512c7147ec3f6f124cc9d1fe.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20250327_204414](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/clockworkpi/original/2X/f/fba1a033713d0e0cd0928ac35aa4fe865a9f6438.jpeg) ---
**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:** [March 27, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280/20 "2025-03-27T13:45:12Z")
Would that fit with the mipi display connector on the Lyra? Looks like it is this? [https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806241387173.html](https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806241387173.html) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/clockworkpi/original/2X/e/e6f407af546286f0dacf4c622dc74039d0ace01a.jpeg) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/clockworkpi/original/2X/2/257d22bea8074c516c7e898e7b08fc55739a1521.jpeg) “Micro USB Lichee Pi Zero Allwinner V3S ARM Cortex-A7 Core CPU Linux Development Control Board 512Mbit DDR2” An adapter for a Lychee Pi Zero. Would there be drivers for it to work on the Lyra? From what I could find, it appears to be a RTL8723BS chipset. Sounds like Linux drivers exist, but it might also be an old module that doesn’t support BLE, and is probably an older Bluetooth standard. The physical size worries me too, though maybe it could be connected with a flexible extension ribbon adaptor. I dont think I’ll take the risk, but if anyone else gets something like this working, I’d be happy to hear it. 🙂 [Next page](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/luckfox-lyra-on-picocalc/16280.md?page=2)