SoulScircuit's Pilet line of computers are handheld PCs powered by a Raspberry Pi 5 and featuring retro-inspired designs with beige, orange, black, and grey color schemes. The Pilet 7 is a modular tablet computer with a 7 inch display an add-on slot that lets you connect a keyboard, game controller, or other accessories. And the Pilet 5 is a more compact version with a 5 inch screen and a built-in keyboard.

After introducing the Pilet 7 and Pilet 5 earlier this year, SoulsCircuit has announced plans to launch a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the handheld computers by the end of November. A preview page is now available and you can sign up to be notified when the campaign goes live.

Left: Pilet 5 / Right: Pilet 7

Pricing hasn't been announced yet, but earlier this year the developer said the target was to offer the Pilet computers for around $200. But since then, the SoulsCircuit website has been updated to say that "the exact amount is still being determined, but our target is approximately $250."

While the Pilet 7's modular design allows users to swap out input devices depending on whether they want to use a keyboard, game controller, or something else, the Pilet 5 has a built-in keyboard and game controller with a joystick and action buttons. There's also a small trackball and a scroll wheel.

And both systems are designed around a Raspberry Pi 5, which means that you get all the features of that single-board computer, including a 2.4 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A76 processor, WiFi 5, Bluetooth 5.0, support for up to 8GB of LPDDR4x-4267 memory, and a microSD card reader plus PCIe 2.0 x1 interface for storage and other add-ons.

There are also two USB 3.0 Type-A ports, two USB 2.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, a 40-pin header, and a USB Type-C port for power.

The Pilet systems are designed to make the Raspberry Pi 5 a completely mobile device, with a touchscreen display and built-in batteries for up to 7 hours of battery life, among other things.

SoulsCircuit has also teased the possibility that other modular add-ons could include a 4G LTE module that would add support for mobile data.

More details should be available once the crowdfunding campaign goes live.

Left: Pilet 7 / Right Pilet 5 Left: Pilet 5 / Right: Pilet 7

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