We’ve recently written about the P4 Launcher project that offers a desktop PC-like and/or retro-gaming experience to ESP32-P4 boards with applications stored on a microSD card and loaded into PSRAM when they run. However, I’ve recently been tipped about two new projects that go even further and aim to provide a desktop OS for microcontrollers, both currently focusing on the Olimex ESP32-P4-PC board with HDMI, Ethernet, and USB ports: Sylphide OS and Bare Metal, Do Stuff (BMDS). Sylphide OS – A Macintosh-like desktop for ESP32-P4, RP2350, and ESP32 Thomas Capricelli (Orzelf) has developed Sylphide OS as an operating system for computers based on microcontrollers. It’s designed to run on other targets beyond ESP32-P4 boards, and has currently been tested on the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 with VGA+USB connectors and the FabGL board (Olimex ESP32-SBC-FabGL variant) with PS/2 input and VGA connectors. If you don’t own any compatible hardware, a Sylphide [...]
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