Computer Core
CPU
MEMORY
STORAGE
CONNECTIVITY
M.2 PCle
Inbuilt M.2 PCIe extension for extending onboard storage and AI accelerators.
Input & Output
Rich set of digital interfaces accessible from 40 Pi-compatible pins and 14 additional I/O pins.
12x GPIO
2x UART
1x USB
1x RTC
2x I2C
1x SPI
2x PWM
54-pin I/O
Security
Hardware security store for securing crypto keys - asymmetric, symmetric isolated from the onboard storage or SOC.
Accelerated cryptography for faster crypto operations.
Crypto store
Crypto accelarator
SPECIFICATIONS
Dive in the details
Operating System
Mechanix OS (Linux, Kernel 6.1)
CPU
1.8 GHz Quad Arm Cortex-A53 (64-Bit)
Memory
4GB LPDDR4 RAM, 32 GB Flash
Wireless
2.4 GHz/5.0 GHz 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0
Display
DSI, 4 lanes, Pi5 Compatible
Camera
CSI, 4 lanes, Pi5 Compatible
Audio
2x Digital HD Mic, HD Speaker
Power
Type-C 5V 1.5A
Ports
1x Gigabit Ethernet, 2x USB 2.0, 1x PCIe 2.0
Peripherals
RTC, TrustStore
Extensions
Power-over-Ethernet (PoE)
Add remote power capabilities with a standard PoE HAT.
Battery System
Power your metal with external juice using any battery management system HAT.
LTE (4G)
Take your Metal in the outdoors with compatible LTE extensions.
Any Pi HAT
Metal supports any already available HATs for the Pi 40-pin and M 2.5 form factor.
Multimedia
Camera (CSI)
Pi5 Compatible
Display (DSI)
Pi5 Compatible
Speaker Connector
Onboard Audio
Dual HD Mic
Onboard Audio
GUI fresh out of the oven
GithubThe Mechanix Shell is our open-source shell running on Wayland, uniquely designed for small-screen devices.
SOFTWARE
Now let's talk firmware
The Comet-M is powered by Linux, flavoured with our custom distro - Mechanix. The bootloader, kernel and rootfs is open-source and you are welcome to customize for yourself and others.
App ecosystem
Join the vibrant and growing Linux open-source apps ecosystem by accessing the packages offered by Debian and Flatpak.Â
You can also use Docker run containers (even with GUI).
Build with tools you already know
With Mecha we want you to build
with the tools and languages you
already know.
Project Schedule
The Mecha Comet will be launched on Kickstarter in Jan 2025
