Itsy Pocket Computer

Itsy Pocket Computer
Developer	Digital Equipment Corporation
Type	handheld device
Release date	N/A
CPU	DEC StrongARM SA-1100
Memory	16 MB of DRAM
Storage	4 MB of flash memory
Display	Small 320 x 200 pixel LCD touchscreen
Graphics	320 x 200 pixel
Input	10 general purpose push-buttons
Connectivity	I/O interfaces for audio input/output, IrDA, and an RS232 serial port
Power	Pair of standard AAA alkaline batteries
Website	www.research.digital.com/wrl/itsy/ at the Wayback Machine (archived October 1, 1999)

The Itsy Pocket Computer is a small, low-power, handheld device with a highly flexible interface. It was designed at Digital Equipment Corporation's Western Research Laboratory in Palo Alto to encourage novel user interface development—for example, it had accelerometers to detect movement and orientation as early as 1999.^[1]^[2]

Hardware

CPU: DEC StrongARM SA-1100 processor
Memory: 16 MB of DRAM, 4 MB of flash memory
Interfaces: I/O interfaces for audio input/output, IrDA, and an RS232 serial port
- Small 320 x 200 pixel LCD touchscreen for display and user input
- 10 general purpose push-buttons for additional user input purposes
Power supply: Pair of standard AAA alkaline batteries

References

^ Trends:E-Mail in Your Palm, By Angela Hickman and Carol Levin, PC Mag, 17 Nov 1998, Page 28, ...Compaq Computer's Western Research Lab and Systems Research Center in Palo Alto, California, has come up with the Itsy: a low-power, high-performance pocket computer. The Itsy prototype has a 200-MHz StrongARM SA-110 microprocessor, a hi-res LCD touch screen, an audio codex, and 64MB of memory and runs on a pair of AAA batteries. But don't look for the Itsy in stores. It's strictly a research platform, designed to encourage collaboration and development of next-generation computing appliances and software...
^ The Itsy Pocket Computer, Joel F. Bartlett, Lawrence S. Brakmo, Keith I. Farkas, William R. Hamburgen, Timothy Mann, Marc A. Viredaz, Carl A. Waldspurger, Deborah A. Wallach, WRL Research Report 2000/6, Compaq Western Research Laboratory, 250 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301. S2CID 236439799 https://www.waldspurger.org/carl/papers/itsy-wrl-20006.pdf

Related WRL Technical Notes

The Itsy Pocket Computer Version 1.5: User's Manual (DEC WRL Technical Note WRL-TN-54)
The Memory Daughter-Card Version 1.5: User's Manual (DEC WRL Technical Note WRL-TN-55)
Power and Energy Characterization of the Itsy Pocket Computer (Version 1.5) (DEC WRL Technical Note WRL-TN-56)
A Simple CMOS Camera for Itsy (DEC WRL Technical Note WRL-TN-58)
Power Evaluation of Itsy Version 2.4 (DEC WRL Technical Note WRL-TN-59)
Interpreting the Battery Lifetime of the Itsy Version 2.4^{[dead link]} (DEC WRL Technical Note WRL-TN-59)
The Itsy Pocket Computer, Joel F. Bartlett, Lawrence S. Brakmo, Keith I. Farkas, William R. Hamburgen, Timothy Mann, Marc A. Viredaz, Carl A. Waldspurger, Deborah A. Wallach, WRL Research Report 2000/6, Compaq Western Research Laboratory, 250 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301. S2CID 236439799