Luckfox Lyra on PicoCalc

Me too, I refuse to do any soldering on my PicoCalc, I am perfectly capable of doing it, I just don’t want to. I am using a Lyra though, but since I don’t play games, I don’t really need sound for anything.

You can try this no mods required for sound GitHub - nekocharm/picocalc-luckfox-lyra

Or this ubuntu GitHub - markbirss/ubuntu_22.04.5_lts_picocalc: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS for PicoCalc with Luckfox Lyra Core

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How does this work? Emulating pwm on the needed pin?

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Regarding the sound noise issue, the hardware uses PWM output audio, so the mute on the hardware is duty=0, but the software uses U8 type data, which causes duty=128 when the mute is used, so there will be a noise when the audio is played, I don’t know how to deal with this problem, I think it’s a hardware problem

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That is a nice solution for people that don’t want to solder on their picocalc.

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Hey guys,
Let me know if anyone is able to run Emacs with the GUI on the Lyra. Emacs would be the perfect starting point for building a full-featured graphing calculator on the picocalc:

  1. calc-mode for RPN calculator and graphing
  2. casual-calc or custom user interface to organize commands (see calc-commands here: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/refcards/pdf/calccard.pdf)
  3. algebraic or latex input
  4. render latex on the calculator’s stack

Take a look at this demo of Latex rendering and custom menu for calc-mode:
https://youtu.be/u44X_th6_oY?feature=shared&t=279

I have gotten text mode Emacs to run, but I had to strip a lot of stuff out of it to get it to compile properly and run. You will need a custom build of the Linux image to get everything you need. It is doable, I just don’t know how usable it will be.

Thanks for your work, I fixed the bug of the script.

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Is there a git command?

I am most solely use (programming) pico 8 on my device and manually syncing my games via SD card is a bit disgusting…