Bulgarian open hardware specialist Olimex is gearing up to launch a RISC-V single-board computer that will cost around one dollar at retail — and while it’s basic, it’s enough to deliver a programmable environment good for some vintage-style gaming.
“The challenge was to create the lowest cost working computer with VGA display, PS/2 keyboard and audio buzzer, which to allow learning [the] RISC-V instruction set on real hardware with [Steve Wozniak’s] WozMon style monitor,” Olimex founder Tsvetan Usunov explains. “The goal set was the RVPC soldering kit for $1 to be ready for Open Fest, the biggest open source technology event in Bulgaria.”
