Basic specifications and features
Balthazar is made to run on Trisquel GNU, Debian and Ubuntu variants of 64 bit low-latency kernel for RISC-V.
Fanless - less movable parts means more battery time for the processing power and a passive cooling adds to the longevity of the components. Think quiet.
Boot and sleep - fast boot time, as nobody and especially children has/have the time to wait. Ever since C64/AMIGA times computers should be also able to be switched on/off fast, so using libreboot/coreboot BIOS for embedded should do it.
BPCD suspends to RAM and goes to hibernate when battery is at 20%. Properly.
Upgradeable - RAM and a processor-board featuring second SoC/SoM attachment port or a slot.
A non-glare screen - size is 13.3” 16:10 full HD resolution (200 dpi +) that provides far less strain on user's eyes.
A non-reflective - a button driven backlight “off” monochrome mode for very low-power use in sunlight - prolongs a battery life a lot.
LED backlit - colour mode with an alternance of red, green and blue pixels.
A detachable webcam - also with a slide lens cover and a hardware switch for on/off
A volume wheel - ceramic potentiometer with a “click” for the on/off functionality.
LEGO® Power Functions - a connector for powering and the control of actuators. Power Functions connector can be used to recharge a battery using LEGO® or similar photovoltaic sets with extra Power Functions adapter.
RJ-12 LEGO® - “a shifted notch” connector for LEGO® MINDSTORMS® series of actuators and sensors
GPIO - a covered, retractable and a flexible flat-ribbon cable connecting General Purpose Input Output PIN array for connecting to all the things you want to connect it to.
Quick charging battery - Long Life Cycle Polymer 10000 mAh that is also recyclable.
Hot-swap - a second small battery enabling main battery hot-swap.
Modular - on-board power supply that follows full ACPI specification.
Waterproof keyboard - with ThinkPad alike track point ball.
Multitouch pad - flat-flush positioned above the keyboard. It has a “Wacom” mode for the extended stylus or a finger draw and is multi finger gestures aware.
Casing - a tough, rugged form-factor done by LEGO® A/S in a multi-colour recyclable plastic with added LEGO® studs.
Security and privacy features:
Five (5) hardware off/on switches- webcam (detachable), speakers, the microphones array (detachable), Wi-Fi and Ethernet card.
Detachable USB gender-changer dongle - that prevents anyone to plug in USB-anything unless it is attached and a password unlocked, also when taken out prevents anyone to stick USB-anything in.
A few extras:
TEMPEST-shield - shields from any external and internal electromagnetic radiation. Lead-free but not inexpensive, mind you.
A stylus - for multitouch-pad drawing, also provides enhanced entropy while generating PGP keys, easy graphic editing, poking someone etc.
LEGO® Power Functions adapter - for connecting external photovoltaic chargers
LEGO® keychain - for the USB dongle.
