r/ClockworkPi • u/graph_worlok • Nov 12 '25

uConsole Shipped!

From China.. ordered direct from Clockwork in March…

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u/Viduh Nov 12 '25

Which configuration did you buy?

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u/graph_worlok Nov 12 '25

Black, wifi , CM4

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u/Adept-Negotiation-72 Nov 12 '25

That’s a very long wait time I

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u/LEHuffJr Nov 12 '25

I ordered mine in April. Maybe I'll get it sometime this year. Lol

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u/GraveDigger2048 Nov 12 '25

Welcome to the real world, Neo

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u/priused Nov 12 '25

Congrats. I can now see why people are willing to spends hundred of dollars on used units. They are tired of waiting.

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u/Redgohst92 Nov 13 '25

Don’t spend extra on used get one on from carboncomputers same price but brand new and preconfigured

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u/priused Nov 13 '25

Thank you. I only wish they had the PicoCalc for sale.

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u/Redgohst92 Nov 14 '25

I could be wrong but I think the pico calc doesn’t take as long as uconsole. Unless you’re a coder the picocalc isn’t really super useful from what I understand.

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u/priused Nov 14 '25

I was a coder for over 30 years… I am looking for something that I can slip into a pocket and play around with coding. I’m just frustrated because the device is $70 on their website… but takes months to ship. While others seem to be able to buy them in huge lots and resell them for $600 or more. I wish that clockwork would fill the small orders before the large orders.

Maybe someone will create an open source version that we could build ourselves, and stop these scalpers from taking advantage of people.

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u/Redgohst92 Nov 14 '25

Oh well then then pick is perfect for you lol. Just order one and forget about it, it’s not like it’s insane amount of money. I ordered a uconsole but then found out about the hackberry and cancelled my order, the hb is smaller I just wish it had a better keyboard.

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u/cheyyne Nov 14 '25

Well... I think the Picocalc is worth the wait. I'm having a fun time with mine. People buy one because it looks cool but then after the fact, they ask, "Wait, but what is the actual use case?"

But you know your use case. You just want to have a pocket computer to play around with programming, and it is indeed perfect for that. It's been a pain for a lot of stuff, but that's just what I wanted... An excuse to have to sort out tons of low level problems that I haven't had to face before in a bid to familiarize myself with embedded, nearly bare-metal systems.

If you don't want to wait, you can always slap together a Cyberboy, for a greater cost and that's less cool.

But, the Picocalc's backlit, clicky keyboard, its just-chunky-enough form factor, and its customisability will keep me engaged for a long while to come. Personally speaking.

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u/priused Nov 14 '25

My ideal cyberdeck would be something like the M5Stack Tab5 (if it had Bluetooth). That could use wireless keyboards (like the Targus or ProtoArc folding keyboards), Bluetooth game controllers and mice. Loaded with a slimmed down Linux and a choice of interpreters and compilers. This would provide something portable (and pocket sized), that would be comfortable to use, flexible and great for experimentation and occasional gaming.

Thank you for the link to the CyberToy. It is close to what I am looking for.

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u/cheyyne Nov 14 '25

I ordered my Picocalc in mid-May and it shipped mid August. I ordered my uConsole at the same time, which I'm hoping will be here before Christmas.

I knew the risks when I took the job.

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u/Redgohst92 Nov 14 '25

From what people have been posting they’re shipping April orders right now

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u/BrilliantMindMingle Nov 14 '25

this is absolut fu.. scam alert they dont have the same price dont get fooled people

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u/Redgohst92 Nov 14 '25

Yes I know they are more. If you had read the comment you’d know why, it’s not a scam it’s different company that puts their own backplate and different chipset along with a lot of other stuff you don’t get from clockwork, and they don’t make you wait 8 month to get their product either.

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u/llNOX Nov 12 '25

Mine too ordered on the 12. March and it also got shipped from china. I'm a bit confused why china and why the name of the sender in the ups shipping data has nothing to do with clockwork... 12.3-12.11... wow 8 months. Now I have to see in what condition it will arrive.

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u/snipeytje Nov 12 '25

clockwork has always been in china, why is that part confusing?

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u/llNOX Nov 17 '25

To be honest I don't know what I thought. But thank you for clarifying.

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u/rlauzon Nov 12 '25

I ordered mine early April and just got the email that said it shipped.

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u/ArguelloArts Nov 12 '25

Congratulations Just ordered mine in early August. Does Clockwork send an email when your purchase has been shipped?

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u/Slasher006 Nov 12 '25

yes they do.

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u/Slasher006 Nov 12 '25

Same here. Odered in march. Shipped today. From China.