{
 "slug": "poom",
 "name": "POOM",
 "maker": "POOM project team",
 "category": "multitools",
 "categoryLabel": "Multitools",
 "status": "development",
 "statusLabel": "In development",
 "description": "An ESP32-C5 handheld project for wireless experiments and small games.",
 "goodFor": "Experiment with dual-band Wi-Fi and NFC hardware.",
 "youNeed": "Project firmware and confirmation of final hardware.",
 "tradeoff": "Creator design claims; fulfillment is unconfirmed.",
 "tags": [
  "ESP32-C5",
  "Dual-band Wi-Fi",
  "OLED",
  "NFC"
 ],
 "price": null,
 "priceShort": null,
 "priceFrom": null,
 "checked": "2026-09-15",
 "url": "https://gadgets.sh/devices/poom/",
 "shortUrl": "https://gadgets.sh/poom",
 "markdown": "https://gadgets.sh/devices/poom.md",
 "image": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/poom.jpg",
 "cutout": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/cutouts/poom.webp",
 "shareCard": "https://gadgets.sh/og/poom.jpg",
 "shops": [
  {
   "merchant": "POOM project team",
   "label": "Maker’s website",
   "kind": "unknown",
   "orderable": false,
   "url": "https://hackaday.io/project/204890-poom-esp32-c5-hacking-gaming-maker-tool?utm_source=gadgets.sh&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=poom&utm_content=api",
   "note": null
  }
 ],
 "specs": [
  {
   "group": "Announced hardware",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Processor",
     "value": "ESP32-C5",
     "source": "https://hackaday.io/project/204890-poom-esp32-c5-hacking-gaming-maker-tool"
    },
    {
     "label": "Wireless",
     "value": "2.4/5 GHz Wi-Fi; BLE 5.x; 802.15.4 for Zigbee/Thread/Matter",
     "source": "https://hackaday.io/project/204890-poom-esp32-c5-hacking-gaming-maker-tool"
    },
    {
     "label": "NFC",
     "value": "13.56 MHz; PN532 baseline; ST25R3916/3917 described as stretch goals",
     "source": "https://hackaday.io/project/204890-poom-esp32-c5-hacking-gaming-maker-tool"
    },
    {
     "label": "Display & input",
     "value": "OLED and touch buttons",
     "source": "https://hackaday.io/project/204890-poom-esp32-c5-hacking-gaming-maker-tool"
    },
    {
     "label": "Expansion",
     "value": "Qwiic/I²C",
     "source": "https://hackaday.io/project/204890-poom-esp32-c5-hacking-gaming-maker-tool"
    },
    {
     "label": "Power",
     "value": "Battery powered; capacity not specified in the reviewed project page",
     "source": "https://hackaday.io/project/204890-poom-esp32-c5-hacking-gaming-maker-tool"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "group": "Announced software",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Capture",
     "value": "Wireshark-compatible exports; SHA-256 hashes and UTC timestamps; optional GPS metadata",
     "source": "https://hackaday.io/project/204890-poom-esp32-c5-hacking-gaming-maker-tool"
    },
    {
     "label": "Wireless tooling",
     "value": "Wi-Fi/BLE/Zigbee/Thread scanning and test features listed by project author",
     "source": "https://hackaday.io/project/204890-poom-esp32-c5-hacking-gaming-maker-tool"
    },
    {
     "label": "NFC tools",
     "value": "Read, store and emulate supported tags",
     "source": "https://hackaday.io/project/204890-poom-esp32-c5-hacking-gaming-maker-tool"
    },
    {
     "label": "Integrations",
     "value": "Webhooks for n8n, Node-RED and Home Assistant; embedded API",
     "source": "https://hackaday.io/project/204890-poom-esp32-c5-hacking-gaming-maker-tool"
    },
    {
     "label": "Control",
     "value": "CLI profiles, schedules and display/LED controls; browser/SD updates and AP-mode SD file manager",
     "source": "https://hackaday.io/project/204890-poom-esp32-c5-hacking-gaming-maker-tool"
    },
    {
     "label": "Other applications",
     "value": "BLE MIDI gestures, controller functions and games",
     "source": "https://hackaday.io/project/204890-poom-esp32-c5-hacking-gaming-maker-tool"
    },
    {
     "label": "Arduboy",
     "value": "Author announced an Arduino/C++ compatibility layer in January 2026",
     "source": "https://hackaday.io/project/204890-poom-esp32-c5-hacking-gaming-maker-tool"
    },
    {
     "label": "Open-source status",
     "value": "Author describes open hardware and firmware; reviewed page has no downloadable files",
     "source": "https://hackaday.io/project/204890-poom-esp32-c5-hacking-gaming-maker-tool"
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "docs": [
  {
   "label": "Maker specifications and product details",
   "url": "https://hackaday.io/project/204890-poom-esp32-c5-hacking-gaming-maker-tool"
  }
 ],
 "blueprint": {
  "openness": "open-firmware",
  "opennessLabel": "Open firmware",
  "summary": "The-POOM/the_poom GitHub repo publishes full ESP-IDF firmware source; despite the project describing itself as fully open hardware & firmware, no schematic, PCB, BOM, or 3D/enclosure files are published anywhere yet.",
  "files": [],
  "repos": [
   {
    "url": "https://github.com/The-POOM/the_poom",
    "role": "firmware",
    "official": true,
    "license": null,
    "stars": 92,
    "pushed": "2026-09-19"
   }
  ],
  "parts": [
   {
    "part": "Espressif ESP32-C5",
    "role": "MCU / Wi-Fi 6 (2.4+5GHz) + BLE + 802.15.4 SoC",
    "datasheet": "https://documentation.espressif.com/esp32-c5_datasheet_en.pdf"
   },
   {
    "part": "NXP PN532",
    "role": "NFC controller (default option; ST25R3916/17 is a stretch-goal alternative)",
    "datasheet": "https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/nxp/data-sheets/PN532_C1.pdf"
   }
  ],
  "notes": "Verified via the Hackaday.io project page (204890) and `gh api repos/The-POOM/the_poom/git/trees/HEAD?recursive=1` -- repo contains only firmware (applications/, third-party/openthread submodule), no hardware/ folder. Project status is 'development' (Kickstarter-funded), so a hardware release may simply not have happened yet.",
  "checked": "2026-09-27"
 },
 "sourceFiles": null,
 "firmware": [],
 "chips": [
  "esp32-c5",
  "pn532",
  "st25r3916"
 ]
}