Source, Design, Engineer, Assemble, Test, and Ship It!
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Psst, we just got Linux booting on the iPhone 11!
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PocketPC, a portable Linux-based computer. Six years in development and refinement. Everything we ever dreamed of and more. Major project update in the works! We can not wait to share what we have been building in silence.
Our PocketPC, a portable Linux-based computer. Six years in development and refinement. Everything we ever dreamed of and more.
SUPPLY CHAIN ALERT 🚨
Qatar helium facility: offline, no restart timeline
Strait of Hormuz: blocked, sea mines deployed
30% of global helium supply gone. Memory prices up 15–25%. Semiconductor fabs need helium to run.
You have 14 days. Track prices → source.parts
hardware sourcing before and after
20 browser tabs. 3 hours comparing prices. a datasheet with circular references. shipping that costs more than the boards.
then one CLI.
source.parts
Mass production of the enclosure for Pocket P.C. is underway! We spent this week in the factory monitoring production. Everything is going well! A YouTube video showing the process, machines and factory to be released soon.
Visualizing a physical product before you manufacture it is critical to ensure that it will work as expected the first time. In this render, we found a clearance issue that we were able to quickly correct before production of initial Micropop prototypes.
ALT Top and bottom view of a 3D render of Blue Micropop.
With one last power-on test, this unit is ready to put in a box and ship. Thank you for following all through the journey of assembling a Pocket PC by hand. While we have halted pre-orders of Pocket PC, once all orders have shipped, we will have inventory available for order.
ALT Fully booted Pocket PC showing Neofetch application with RGB backlight keyboard lit.
To secure the battery, we put the back cover on by snapping it into place. The back cover is easy to remove without tools should you ever need to replace the battery. With this last step, the assembly is complete!
ALT Pocket PC placed on a table face down with the keyboard backlight glowing out from the bottom. The back cover has the Source Parts picker logo embossed in it.