Curious Andreas Eriksen has developed a portable computer that can run for up to two years on a single charge. This is reported by the Tom’s Hardware portal.

Eriksen’s inspiration for the PotatoP “laptop” was his frustration with his old laptop constantly draining. Thinking that an enthusiast’s business tasks do not require a powerful computer, he decided to create his own laptop with a comfortable keyboard, good display and low power consumption.

As the motherboard, SparkFun RedBoard Artemis ATP platform with Ambiq Apollo3 chip using Arm Cortex-M4F processor with clock frequency up to 96 MHz was chosen. The enthusiast equipped the computer with 384 KB of RAM and a storage device with a capacity of 1 MB. PotatoP also offers a wide variety of interfaces and ports for connecting external peripherals.

In the end, Eriksen used a monochrome Sharp Memory in Pixel display with a diagonal 4.4 inches and a resolution of 320×240 pixels, and the Happy Hacking Keyboard Lite 2 was chosen as the keyboard.

In other words, according to Eriksen, with the help of a 12,000 mAh battery and a small solar panel, the PotatoP can last up to two years on a single charge. Enthusiast plans to expand these indicators in the future, increasing the battery life of the computer forever.