Articles

October 13, 2026

uConsole with an NVMe drive: HackerGadgets Upgrade Kit, assembly and booting from SSD
What to buy, how to assemble it and how to set up NVMe boot on the uConsole: HackerGadgets Upgrade Kit, BOOT_ORDER, PCIe gen 2, SD Card Copier and known problems.
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October 13, 2026

Which OS for the uConsole CM5 and how to flash it to a microSD card (2026)
Current OS images for the uConsole with CM5 (and CM4), direct links, flashing with Raspberry Pi Imager, first boot, bigger cards and fixing CM5 Lite boot problems.
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July 28, 2026

uConsole CM5 Thermal Test: Does It Throttle Without Extra Cooling?
We measured uConsole CM5 temperatures in the stock, closed case: 773 samples, 65 minutes, four load phases. Peak 62.2 °C and zero throttling - against everything the forums repeat.
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April 7, 2026

What Can You Use uConsole ClockworkPi For? Practical Applications of a Mobile Computer
Some devices try to replace a laptop — and some are built to do things a laptop simply can't do comfortably. uConsole is exactly that kind of device. Small, unassuming, yet offering a full Linux environment you can carry with...
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