Thoughts around 'Playdate' as a potential target?

[Clothears]

As a new member, I'm trying to be careful and not transgress the rules, so I am deliberately not posting in the New Ports section, as I don't have the relevant information to hand.

I'm a satisfied user of Rockbox on a Sansa Fuze v2

It's not exactly mainstream, but I wondered if anyone had noticed the device named the 'Playdate'. It is a bit odd, but the BOM looks interesting:

Playdate:The Specs

CPU
    180 MHz Cortex M7
    SDK supports Lua, C
Storage
    16 MB RAM32 KB L1 Cache
    4 GB Flash
Size
    76 × 74 × 9 mm
Wireless
    802.11bgn 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi
    Bluetooth® (coming soon)
Sound
    Built-In Mono Speaker
    Stereo Headphone Jack
    Condenser Mic + TRRS Mic In
Display
    400 × 240 1-bit
Inputs
    D-Pad
    A + B
    Sleep + Menu
    3-Axis Accelerometer
    Crank
Cost
    $179
    Plus Taxes & Shipping

The iFixit teardown goes into more detail:

STMicroelectronics STM32F746IGK6, an ARM Cortex-M7 based SoC
4 GB of Kioxia (formerly Toshiba) THGBMDG5D1LBAIT eMMC NAND flash memory
128 Mb of Winbond W967D6HBG low-power SRAM
Cirrus Logic CS42L52 audio codec w/ headphone/speaker amplifiers
Espressif Systems ESP32-D0WDQ6 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth SoC

The screen is a single bit-depth LCD. Might be a Sharp LS027B7DH01 or LS027B7DH01A

The Cirrus Logic codec details say

Low Power Codec with Class D Speaker Driver.

The CS42L52 is a 24-bit, low power stereo audio codec providing up to 1 W per channel of highly efficient Class D amplification to external speakers, or enough power to drive 44 mW per channel into stereo headphones and consumes only 13 mW of power at 1.8 V in playback mode. The CS42L52 offers the flexibility to run its core from a single power supply and directly connect the Class D amplifier to the battery supply for a more efficient operation. With its ground-centered outputs, the CS42L52 helps to reduce clicks and pops during start up, improves low-end frequency response and eliminates costly, space-consuming DC blocking capacitors.

Assuming it does make it into commercial production, is it a viable or even interesting target?

Clothears

[__builtin]

Looks viable to me. Lots of RAM and a fast CPU. Someone has to actually do the port, of course.

[Clothears]

Thank you for the feedback.

If it claws its way into commercial availability, it might be worth picking up on. On the other hand, the internal memory is only 4 Gigabytes, and no SD/TF card, which does not compare well to dedicated music players. I suppose storage could be expanded via the USB3 port, but that doesn't strike me as elegant. Oh well.