u/jamescodesthings

Thanks to the wonderful folks here and over on the forum I've now finished my PicoCalc Pi Zero 2W build!

And, it's awesome!

For some background, I've been using a uConsole for late night tinkering, game dev and pico-8 dev for a couple years. It's a great platform, but I'm disabled and holding and typing on it for too long can become painful.

I saw the PicoCalc, and that people have made the Pi Zero 2W run it... and well the rest is history.

It's much lighter than the uConsole, and the keyboard is easier to reach around. Hopefully many good dev days ahead.

My write up is here: https://codesthings.com/blog/2026-05-01-zerocalc.html

The Handle/Grip/Stand model is here: https://codesthings.com/blog/2026-05-01-zerocalc.html

I'm off to go start back through SpaceCat's tutorials because I'm rusty.