As soon as you see the pictures, you will see a striking resemblance that the concert had a great look with PSP introduced by SONY at the time and had great success with 82 million units sold (not the PS Vita that started to forget). However, under this handsome console console Lyra is nothing other than a Raspberry Pi fitted with a screen, battery and some buttons, which is why it can be used for more than just playing.
This is Lyra, a portable console for the heart of the Raspberry Pi
As we mentioned, this console has a Raspberry Pi CM3 Lite upgrade board inside, with its following technical features:
- SOC: Broadcom BCM2837B0, Cortex-A53 (ARMv8) 64-bit.
- CPU: 1.4GHz 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A53.
- RAM: 1 GB LPDDR2.
- Screen: 5-inch TFT with 800 x 480 pixels resolution.
- Video results: DPI and HDMI.
- Audio: built-in speaker, 3.5mm minioker connector that connects with HDMI
- USB: Micro USB 2.0.
- Storage: Micro SD memory card (16GB included).
- Battery: 3,000 mAh LiPo.
According to the producer, Lyra knows it emulate almost any portable console from ancient times, which means we'll be able to play emulators- in Gameboy, PSP, Vita games for PS, and even older ones like SEGA & # 39; s Game Gear. In any case, and given that it works as an emulator, it is something that the user has to configure on its own, though of course it already comes with the operating system and specific demos of the games installed.
In fact, this is one of the most interesting parts of this console, and that as it is based on the Raspberry Pi we can connect the screen with HDMI and mouse and keyboard (we'll need an adapter for that, of course) and use it as a PC. In fact, we can connect it via HDMI to the television if we want to watch it and play it instead of its small screen.
Price and availability
Lyra was originally born as a coin, but can now be bought for as much as 229 pounds (about 263 euros) on the manufacturer's website, who you linked to at the end of the article. According to the manufacturer, the shipment will take 1 to 2 working days to process but it does need to arrive (they ship from the United Kingdom).
In addition, this console can be purchased fully assembled and ready to operate as a development kit, packaged and ready to assemble on your own or to set and remove what you want at your own expense (both models have the same price).
