What you can do with Pocket Tank

3 use cases

• Watch the fish brain decide in the PC simulator

  Run the desktop simulator to see the model's goals and urgencies drive a virtual tank, with no board needed.

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  Use the mediacutlet/pocket-tank repo on GitHub. Follow the 'Try it: PC simulator' section to build and run the simulator on this machine, then report the goal and urgency the model assigns to the first fish you see. Verify that the simulator runs without error and that a state line appears for at least one fish.

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• Flash a pocket tank onto a board from a browser

  Install the firmware on a supported Waveshare board from the install page, with no toolchain.

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  • Beginner
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  Open https://pocketank.com/install/ for the pocket-tank project from the mediacutlet/pocket-tank repo and report the install steps shown for the connected board. Verify that the settings page on the tank reports a version after install.

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• Test the firmware in QEMU without a board

  Run the ESP32-S3 firmware in QEMU to check the tank logic before flashing real hardware.

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  Use the mediacutlet/pocket-tank repo. Follow the 'Try it: firmware in QEMU' section to build and boot the firmware in QEMU, then report whether the tank screen renders and which goal the first fish selects. Verify that the boot finishes without a crash.

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How to use Pocket Tank

1. Check you have what it needs: A PC to read the code and run the simulator (the README points to a PC simulator section); A C compiler on your PC for the simulator build (inferred); A supported Waveshare board for real hardware: 1.8-inch, pendant, watch, or square (the board costs about $35 per the README).
2. Open mediacutlet/pocket-tank on GitHub and read the README and license.
3. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/mediacutlet/pocket-tank (inferred) (inferred, check the README)
4. Open the README section 'Try it: PC simulator' and follow its build steps
5. Start the simulator and tap a fish to open its stats card
6. Compare the state line in the README with what the simulator shows for the same fish

These steps come from our top use case, Watch the fish brain decide in the PC simulator, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

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About this repo

• Who it is forHobbyists and embedded developers who want a working on-device language model example, or a PC simulator to watch the fish decisions without owning hardware.
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Requirements

• A PC to read the code and run the simulator (the README points to a PC simulator section)
• A C compiler on your PC for the simulator build (inferred)
• A supported Waveshare board for real hardware: 1.8-inch, pendant, watch, or square (the board costs about $35 per the README)
• A USB cable for the first install; later updates come over Wi-Fi from v0.3

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