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When Geniatech announced Android TV certification for their ATV598Max set-top box with digital TV tuners compliant with DVB-T2, DVB-C, ATSC, or ISDB standards earlier this week, we noticed how few... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$1 RDA5981 WiFi IoT Arm Cortex-M4 SoC is Designed for Smart Home Devices, Smart Speakers
RDA Microelectronics processors are found in a few cheap smart and not-so-smart phones, as well as the even cheaper Orange Pi i96 board. But the company does not only design cellular chips, but their... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$34 SmartFusion2 Maker Board Arm Cortex-M3 + FPGA Board Supports ESP32 & ESP8266 Modules
Xilinx Zynq SoCs are probably the most well-known FPGAs with ARM cores, as their Cortex A9/A53 cores can run Linux, but they are not the only ones. Microsemi launched SmartFusion2 SoC comprised of... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Amlogic A113X1 6-Mic Far-Field Devkit is Designed for Amazon Alexa
Allwinner unveiled their SoC-Only 3-Mic Far-Field Development Kit for Amazon AVS last week, but they are now joined by another low cost silicon vendor as Amlogic has just launched their own A113X1... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Develop NXP i.MX 8M Voice Controlled Smart Devices with MCIMX8M-EVK Evaluation Kit
We first heard about NXP i.MX 8M processsors in October 2016, and at the end of last year, WandPi 8M development board was unveiled with shipping scheduled for Q2 2018 once the processor will start... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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MINIX NEO N42C-4 Pro Review – Part 3: Ubuntu / Linux
In the second part of MINIX NEO N42C-4 review (and on linuxium website), we looked at the device and the performance using Windows. In this third part, we will look at how to install and the... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$25 Orange Pi Lite2 Board Comes with Allwinner H6 Processor, 802.11ac WiFi + BLE Module, USB 3.0, and More
After Shenzhen Xunlong launched of the first low cost Allwinner H6 development board with Orange Pi One Plus at the very end of last month, we know more Allwinner H6 were coming, and the company has... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Geniatech ATV598Max is a Certified Android TV Hybrid TV Box with ATSC, DVB-T2, DVB-C, or ISDB-T Digital TV Tuner
Geniatech ATV495 Max was the first model from the company to get official Android TV certifications. There now a bunch of those ATV OEM devices, but if you want one with a digital TV tuner, then the... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Amlogic 2018 Roadmap Reveals S905X2, S905C, and S922 Processors
I’ve been asked what’s next for Amlogic a few times recently, and today I received an Amlogic 2017/2018 roadmap dated Q3 2017 that shows three new processors beside Amlogic S805X, which... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Android Things is Finally Getting into Products: Smart Speakers, Smart Displays, and More
Android Things was first introduced as Brillo in October 2015, before being renamed to Android Things the following year when a developer preview was released with support for Raspberry Pi 3, as well... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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LoRa is one of the most popular LPWAN technology deployed around the world with chips made by Semtech, as it allow long range, low power communication at low bitrate, and is especially useful for... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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SKIIN Smart Underwears Support Energous’ WattUp Near, Mid, and Far-Field Wireless Charging
Near-field wireless charging has been around for several years, but for wireless charging to become really disruptive it needs to work at a distance, and Energous has been working on mid and... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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It’s been a while since I have seen an Amlogic S912 TV stick, and so far none of them would run Android TV operating system. But CCC Air Stick 4K does, meaning it supports Google Cast like a... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$38 MECOOL M8S PRO W “with Voice Control” TV Box Runs Android TV 7.1 OS
There was a time when most TV boxes would run Android operating system for mobile with lots of modifications to make it suitable for the big screen, except for a few models that would run the... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ORICO 1088USJ3 Multi-Bay SATA to USB3.0 Enclosure Supports up to Ten 3.5? Hard Drives
USB expansion drives and multi-bay NAS devices are both very common form of storage which have different applications, but I had never thought or seen multi-bay USB expansion drivers until I came... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ODROID-HC2 Linux NAS System for 3.5? Hard Drives Launched for $54
We knew it was coming, and Hardkernel has now launched an updated version of the ODROID-HC1, called ODROID-HC2 based on the same Samsung Exynos 5422 board, but instead supporting 3.5″ hard... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Cracking Open a Self-Powered Shower Temperature Display
A month ago, I wrote about a $10 self-powered thermometer display that connects to your shower header and can display the water temperature near real-time to help with mixing hot and cold water tap... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Samsung Unveils Exynos 7872 Hexa-core Arm Cortex A73/A53 Mobile Processor
Samsung has introduced a new hexa-core Exynos 5 series processor with Exynos 7872 featuring two Cortex A73 cores, four Cortex A53 cores, a Mali-G71 MP1 GPU, and an LTE modem that supports Category 7... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ZidooLab OPS Android Digital Signage Players are Powered by Rockchip RK3368 or Realtek RTD1295 SoC
Zidoo is known for their Arm based Android TV boxes targeting the consumer market, but the company also runs ZidooLab for the B2B market, and especially digital signage application, which may explain... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Review of GOLE 10 Mini PC with 10.1? Touchscreen Display – Part 2: Windows 10 Pro
Depending on your point of view, GOLE 10 is a mini PC with a touchscreen display, or a really thick tablet with an inclined display. I’ve already received a sample, and had a look at the... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Ikascope WS200 Oscilloscope and ScanaQuad SQ50 Logic Analyzer & Pattern Generator Review – Part 1: Unboxing
IkaScope WS200 WiFi oscilloscope fits in your hand like a pen, and works with devices running desktop or mobile operating systems, namely Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Android, and iOS. I covered the... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Compulab CL-SOM-iMX8 SoM Features NXP i.MX 8M Processor for $68 and Up
I just covered one of the i.MX 8M systems-on-module last Friday with Variscite DART-MX8M SoM, but Variscite is not the only company about to launch such modules, and today I’ll have a look at... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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GPD Win was a Windows 10 portable game console powered by an Intel Cherry Trail processor launched in Indiegogo in early 2016, that managed to raise over $700,000 from nearly 2,300 backers. The... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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“New” Raspberry Pi Zero WH Launched with Pre-Soldered Headers
Raspberry Pi Zero W was launched in February 2017 for $10 as an update to RPi Zero adding WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. The Raspberry Pi foundation has now announced a new model called Raspberry... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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H2-RK3229 is a Rockchip RK3229 TV Box with a 2.5? SATA Drive Bay
Rockchip RK3229 is a quad core Cortex A7 for entry-level 4K TV boxes, and usually found in the cheapest TV boxes with factory price (MOQ) starting at around $18, and the bare minimum of 1GB of RAM,... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ECS LIVA Z2, LIVA Q2 & LIVA One SoC Gemini Lake Mini PCs Introduced at CES 2018
ECS (Elitegroup Computer Systems) was another company introducing their Gemini Lake mini PC at CES 2018, or as they call them “ultra-compact form-factor” (UCFF) PCs. They had three... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Variscite DART-MX8M is a Compact NXP i.MX 8M System-on-Module
NXP has recently launched their i.MX 8M evaluation kit and released documentation, so we can expect multiple products based on the family in 2018. The new NXP i.MX 64-bit processors include three... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Zidoo Unveils Poster Wall 2.0 App, High-end Zidoo X20 Pro RTD1296 Media Player Coming Soon
Zidoo has some news for their Realtek RTD1295/RTD1296 powered devices such as Zidoo X8, X9S, or X10. First, the company will soon release a firmware update that includes Poster Wall 2.0, an app that... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Quokka IoT FPGA Board is Programmable with C# Language (Crowdfunding)
Quokka FPGA IoT Controller is a board based on Altera Cyclone IV FPGA with a WiPy module for connectivity, and various I/Os that allows you to make robotics projects for example. While you could... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$1 RDA5981 WiFi IoT Arm Cortex-M4 SoC is Designed for Smart Home Devices, Smart Speakers
RDA Microelectronics processors are found in a few cheap smart and not-so-smart phones, as well as the even cheaper Orange Pi i96 board. But the company does not only design cellular chips, but their... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$34 SmartFusion2 Maker Board Arm Cortex-M3 + FPGA Board Supports ESP32 & ESP8266 Modules
Xilinx Zynq SoCs are probably the most well-known FPGAs with ARM cores, as their Cortex A9/A53 cores can run Linux, but they are not the only ones. Microsemi launched SmartFusion2 SoC comprised of... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Amlogic A113X1 6-Mic Far-Field Devkit is Designed for Amazon Alexa
Allwinner unveiled their SoC-Only 3-Mic Far-Field Development Kit for Amazon AVS last week, but they are now joined by another low cost silicon vendor as Amlogic has just launched their own A113X1... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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We first heard about NXP i.MX 8M processsors in October 2016, and at the end of last year, WandPi 8M development board was unveiled with shipping scheduled for Q2 2018 once the processor will start... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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MINIX NEO N42C-4 Pro Review – Part 3: Ubuntu / Linux
In the second part of MINIX NEO N42C-4 review (and on linuxium website), we looked at the device and the performance using Windows. In this third part, we will look at how to install and the... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Most new Android TV boxes on the market today support 4K resolution at least up to 30 Hz, but Amlogic decided to target the lower end of the market with S805X quad core Cortex A53 processor that...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Pandora’s Box 5S Arcade Game Console – Teardown and Mini Review
Last year – and even in 2016 – , there was a fair amount of new retro gaming news, with products such a Nintendo SNES Classic Edition or GameShell Portable Retro console, as well as...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Getting Started with ANAVI Light pHat Starter Kit with RGB LED Strip, Light Sensor
ANAVI Light pHAT is an expansion board best suited for Raspberry Pi Zero (W/WH) boards, but also working with any other Raspberry Pi boards with a 40-pin header, that can control a 12V RGB LED strip...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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QNAP Launches TS-128A & TS-228A Entry-Level NAS Powered by Realtek RTD1295 SoC
Realtek RTD1295 can be found in mid range to high-end 4K TV boxes that often include a SATA bay or interface, as well as an HDMI input port that supports PVR, PiP, and UDP broadcasting, with the...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ASRock Unveils J4105-ITX & J4105B-ITX Gemini Lake Mini-ITX Motherboards
We’ve already seen several Intel Gemini Lake mini PCs at CES 2018 from companies such as ZOTAC, MeLE or ECS, but if we exclude LattePanda Delta development board, I had not seen any...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$38 MECOOL M8S PRO W “with Voice Control” TV Box Runs Android TV 7.1 OS
There was a time when most TV boxes would run Android operating system for mobile with lots of modifications to make it suitable for the big screen, except for a few models that would run the...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ORICO 1088USJ3 Multi-Bay SATA to USB3.0 Enclosure Supports up to Ten 3.5? Hard Drives
USB expansion drives and multi-bay NAS devices are both very common form of storage which have different applications, but I had never thought or seen multi-bay USB expansion drivers until I came...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ODROID-HC2 Linux NAS System for 3.5? Hard Drives Launched for $54
We knew it was coming, and Hardkernel has now launched an updated version of the ODROID-HC1, called ODROID-HC2 based on the same Samsung Exynos 5422 board, but instead supporting 3.5″ hard...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Cracking Open a Self-Powered Shower Temperature Display
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Samsung Unveils Exynos 7872 Hexa-core Arm Cortex A73/A53 Mobile Processor
Samsung has introduced a new hexa-core Exynos 5 series processor with Exynos 7872 featuring two Cortex A73 cores, four Cortex A53 cores, a Mali-G71 MP1 GPU, and an LTE modem that supports Category 7...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Zidoo is known for their Arm based Android TV boxes targeting the consumer market, but the company also runs ZidooLab for the B2B market, and especially digital signage application, which may explain...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Review of GOLE 10 Mini PC with 10.1? Touchscreen Display – Part 2: Windows 10 Pro
Depending on your point of view, GOLE 10 is a mini PC with a touchscreen display, or a really thick tablet with an inclined display. I’ve already received a sample, and had a look at the...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Ikascope WS200 Oscilloscope and ScanaQuad SQ50 Logic Analyzer & Pattern Generator Review – Part 1: Unboxing
IkaScope WS200 WiFi oscilloscope fits in your hand like a pen, and works with devices running desktop or mobile operating systems, namely Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Android, and iOS. I covered the...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Compulab CL-SOM-iMX8 SoM Features NXP i.MX 8M Processor for $68 and Up
I just covered one of the i.MX 8M systems-on-module last Friday with Variscite DART-MX8M SoM, but Variscite is not the only company about to launch such modules, and today I’ll have a look at...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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“New” Raspberry Pi Zero WH Launched with Pre-Soldered Headers
Raspberry Pi Zero W was launched in February 2017 for $10 as an update to RPi Zero adding WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. The Raspberry Pi foundation has now announced a new model called Raspberry...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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H2-RK3229 is a Rockchip RK3229 TV Box with a 2.5? SATA Drive Bay
Rockchip RK3229 is a quad core Cortex A7 for entry-level 4K TV boxes, and usually found in the cheapest TV boxes with factory price (MOQ) starting at around $18, and the bare minimum of 1GB of RAM,...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ECS LIVA Z2, LIVA Q2 & LIVA One SoC Gemini Lake Mini PCs Introduced at CES 2018
ECS (Elitegroup Computer Systems) was another company introducing their Gemini Lake mini PC at CES 2018, or as they call them “ultra-compact form-factor” (UCFF) PCs. They had three...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Variscite DART-MX8M is a Compact NXP i.MX 8M System-on-Module
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Zidoo Unveils Poster Wall 2.0 App, High-end Zidoo X20 Pro RTD1296 Media Player Coming Soon
Zidoo has some news for their Realtek RTD1295/RTD1296 powered devices such as Zidoo X8, X9S, or X10. First, the company will soon release a firmware update that includes Poster Wall 2.0, an app that...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Quokka IoT FPGA Board is Programmable with C# Language (Crowdfunding)
Quokka FPGA IoT Controller is a board based on Altera Cyclone IV FPGA with a WiPy module for connectivity, and various I/Os that allows you to make robotics projects for example. While you could...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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MeLE A1000 is an Android TV box powered by Allwinner A10 Arm Cortex A8 processor that was launched in 2012 with Android 2.3, and was featured prominently on this blog, as arm-netbook then linux-sunxi... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Logic Supply Introduces ML350 Customizable Fanless Industrial Computer Based on Intel Apollo Lake Processor
Logic Supply has just unveiled their latest industrial grade computer with ML350 model that features an Intel Celeron or Pentium Apollo Lake processor, with up to 8GB RAM, two DisplayPorts, up to two... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$210 GPD XD Plus Handheld Android Game Console Launched with Mediatek MT8173 Cortex A73/A53 SoC
Not everybody is willing to spend around $650 on the recently announced GPD Win 2 portable Windows game console, and for people with a lower budget and happy to play Android games, the company has... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Building a Compact Digital TV Transmitter with Raspberry Pi Zero, Pi Camera, and LimeSDR Mini USB SDR Board
There are few affordable standalone systems that allow you to transmit video over the air, and back in 2016, I had the chance to check out V-Bridge Muses-? MPEG-2/-4 encoder and DTV modular taking... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Mainline Linux on Amlogic S905/S905X/S912 SoCs – 2018 Status Update
BayLibre is working on mainline Linux for Amlogic SoC, and in February of last year, Neil Armstrong gave a presentation entitled “Mainline Linux on AmLogic SoCs” at the Embedded Linux... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$6 Maker UNO Arduino UNO Clone Comes with Micro USB Power, I/O LEDs, and a Buzzer
Arduino UNO is one of the older Arduino boards, but also one of the most popular, and there are already many clones, which you can buy for as low as $3 shipped. But Malaysian based Cytron... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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BigClown is a Battery Powered Modular Wireless IoT Kit for Makers (Crowdfunding)
BigClown IoT Kit is designed to be as easy to use as building a castle from LEGO bricks or an IKEA cabinet. The open source kit is comprised of a coreboard module with STMicro STM32L0 Cortex M0+... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Pulurobot is a Low Cost Open Source Raspberry Pi based Load Carrying Autonomous Robot
Earlier today I wrote about FOSDEM 2018 schedule, and among the various talks I selected for my virtual schedule was “How to build an autonomous robot for less than 2K€”. Some excerpt... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Nordic nRF91 Multimode LTE-M / NB-IoT SiP Embeds Arm Cortex-M33, Arm TrustZone, and Assisted GPS
Nordic Semi will soon launch nRF19 series low power cellular IoT solution, that consists of a system-in-package (SiP) combining a global multimode LTE-M / NB-IoT modem, an Arm Cortex-M33 core, Arm... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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FOSDEM 2018 Open Source Developers Meeting Schedule
FOSDEM (Free and Open Source Software Developers’ European Meeting) occurs every year on the first week-end of February, where developers meet for two days discussing about open source software... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Xiaomi has recently launched a new product from their MiJia (My Home) family with Sherlock M1 smart lock, which can you stick to the inside part of your security lock, insert the key, and them... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Pandora’s Box 5S Arcade Game Console – Teardown and Mini Review
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Getting Started with ANAVI Light pHat Starter Kit with RGB LED Strip, Light Sensor
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QNAP Launches TS-128A & TS-228A Entry-Level NAS Powered by Realtek RTD1295 SoC
Realtek RTD1295 can be found in mid range to high-end 4K TV boxes that often include a SATA bay or interface, as well as an HDMI input port that supports PVR, PiP, and UDP broadcasting, with the... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ASRock Unveils J4105-ITX & J4105B-ITX Gemini Lake Mini-ITX Motherboards
We’ve already seen several Intel Gemini Lake mini PCs at CES 2018 from companies such as ZOTAC, MeLE or ECS, but if we exclude LattePanda Delta development board, I had not seen any... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$38 MECOOL M8S PRO W “with Voice Control” TV Box Runs Android TV 7.1 OS
There was a time when most TV boxes would run Android operating system for mobile with lots of modifications to make it suitable for the big screen, except for a few models that would run the... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ORICO 1088USJ3 Multi-Bay SATA to USB3.0 Enclosure Supports up to Ten 3.5? Hard Drives
USB expansion drives and multi-bay NAS devices are both very common form of storage which have different applications, but I had never thought or seen multi-bay USB expansion drivers until I came... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ODROID-HC2 Linux NAS System for 3.5? Hard Drives Launched for $54
We knew it was coming, and Hardkernel has now launched an updated version of the ODROID-HC1, called ODROID-HC2 based on the same Samsung Exynos 5422 board, but instead supporting 3.5″ hard... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Cracking Open a Self-Powered Shower Temperature Display
A month ago, I wrote about a $10 self-powered thermometer display that connects to your shower header and can display the water temperature near real-time to help with mixing hot and cold water tap... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Samsung Unveils Exynos 7872 Hexa-core Arm Cortex A73/A53 Mobile Processor
Samsung has introduced a new hexa-core Exynos 5 series processor with Exynos 7872 featuring two Cortex A73 cores, four Cortex A53 cores, a Mali-G71 MP1 GPU, and an LTE modem that supports Category 7... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Depending on your point of view, GOLE 10 is a mini PC with a touchscreen display, or a really thick tablet with an inclined display. I’ve already received a sample, and had a look at the... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Smart speakers have gain a lot of traction over the last few years, but many of the solutions are based on Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa voice services, with both companies likely tracking your...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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AAEON RICO-3399 Pico-ITX Board is Powered by Rockchip RK3399 / OP1 Processor
We now have a fair amount of boards powered by Rockchip RK3399 hexa-core processor with Firefly-RK3399, Rockchip Sapphire, VideoStrong VS-RD-RK3399, the upcoming 96boards compliant Rock960, among...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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A Wheeled Computer Cart Could be Useful for Desktop PC Towers
I may be writing a lot about low power mini PCs, but I’m still using a fully fledged desktop tower as my main computer since from time to time I edit videos, build large code bases like the...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Imagination PowerVR Series8XT GT8540 GPU Can Drive up to Six 4K Screens, Supports Hardware Virtualization
Imagination Technologies introduces PowerVR Furian architecture last year with improved performance, power and density, as well as dual cluster PowerVR Series8XT GT8525 GPU based on the new...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Logic Supply Introduces ML350 Customizable Fanless Industrial Computer Based on Intel Apollo Lake Processor
Logic Supply has just unveiled their latest industrial grade computer with ML350 model that features an Intel Celeron or Pentium Apollo Lake processor, with up to 8GB RAM, two DisplayPorts, up to two...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$210 GPD XD Plus Handheld Android Game Console Launched with Mediatek MT8173 Cortex A73/A53 SoC
Not everybody is willing to spend around $650 on the recently announced GPD Win 2 portable Windows game console, and for people with a lower budget and happy to play Android games, the company has...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Building a Compact Digital TV Transmitter with Raspberry Pi Zero, Pi Camera, and LimeSDR Mini USB SDR Board
There are few affordable standalone systems that allow you to transmit video over the air, and back in 2016, I had the chance to check out V-Bridge Muses-? MPEG-2/-4 encoder and DTV modular taking...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Mainline Linux on Amlogic S905/S905X/S912 SoCs – 2018 Status Update
BayLibre is working on mainline Linux for Amlogic SoC, and in February of last year, Neil Armstrong gave a presentation entitled “Mainline Linux on AmLogic SoCs” at the Embedded Linux...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$6 Maker UNO Arduino UNO Clone Comes with Micro USB Power, I/O LEDs, and a Buzzer
Arduino UNO is one of the older Arduino boards, but also one of the most popular, and there are already many clones, which you can buy for as low as $3 shipped. But Malaysian based Cytron...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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BigClown is a Battery Powered Modular Wireless IoT Kit for Makers (Crowdfunding)
BigClown IoT Kit is designed to be as easy to use as building a castle from LEGO bricks or an IKEA cabinet. The open source kit is comprised of a coreboard module with STMicro STM32L0 Cortex M0+...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Earlier today I wrote about FOSDEM 2018 schedule, and among the various talks I selected for my virtual schedule was “How to build an autonomous robot for less than 2K€”. Some excerpt...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Nordic nRF91 Multimode LTE-M / NB-IoT SiP Embeds Arm Cortex-M33, Arm TrustZone, and Assisted GPS
Nordic Semi will soon launch nRF19 series low power cellular IoT solution, that consists of a system-in-package (SiP) combining a global multimode LTE-M / NB-IoT modem, an Arm Cortex-M33 core, Arm...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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FOSDEM 2018 Open Source Developers Meeting Schedule
FOSDEM (Free and Open Source Software Developers’ European Meeting) occurs every year on the first week-end of February, where developers meet for two days discussing about open source software...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Pandora’s Box 5S Arcade Game Console – Teardown and Mini Review
Last year – and even in 2016 – , there was a fair amount of new retro gaming news, with products such a Nintendo SNES Classic Edition or GameShell Portable Retro console, as well as...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Getting Started with ANAVI Light pHat Starter Kit with RGB LED Strip, Light Sensor
ANAVI Light pHAT is an expansion board best suited for Raspberry Pi Zero (W/WH) boards, but also working with any other Raspberry Pi boards with a 40-pin header, that can control a 12V RGB LED strip...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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QNAP Launches TS-128A & TS-228A Entry-Level NAS Powered by Realtek RTD1295 SoC
Realtek RTD1295 can be found in mid range to high-end 4K TV boxes that often include a SATA bay or interface, as well as an HDMI input port that supports PVR, PiP, and UDP broadcasting, with the...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ASRock Unveils J4105-ITX & J4105B-ITX Gemini Lake Mini-ITX Motherboards
We’ve already seen several Intel Gemini Lake mini PCs at CES 2018 from companies such as ZOTAC, MeLE or ECS, but if we exclude LattePanda Delta development board, I had not seen any...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$38 MECOOL M8S PRO W “with Voice Control” TV Box Runs Android TV 7.1 OS
There was a time when most TV boxes would run Android operating system for mobile with lots of modifications to make it suitable for the big screen, except for a few models that would run the...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ORICO 1088USJ3 Multi-Bay SATA to USB3.0 Enclosure Supports up to Ten 3.5? Hard Drives
USB expansion drives and multi-bay NAS devices are both very common form of storage which have different applications, but I had never thought or seen multi-bay USB expansion drivers until I came...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ODROID-HC2 Linux NAS System for 3.5? Hard Drives Launched for $54
We knew it was coming, and Hardkernel has now launched an updated version of the ODROID-HC1, called ODROID-HC2 based on the same Samsung Exynos 5422 board, but instead supporting 3.5″ hard...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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A month ago, I wrote about a $10 self-powered thermometer display that connects to your shower header and can display the water temperature near real-time to help with mixing hot and cold water tap...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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In order to be successful the Internet of Things needs to be extremely inexpensive per node, and the problem is that most remote sensors are non powered by batteries, which either needs to be... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Digi Introduces XBeeX3 IoT Modules with New Micro Form Factor, RF and Cellular IoT Connectivity
Digi International has just announced the Digi XBee3 series of RF modules and cellular IoT modules. The modules will be available in the existing Digi XBee SMT amd through-hole form factor, as well... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Getting Started with TinyLIDAR Time-of-Flight Sensor on Arduino and Raspberry Pi
TinyLIDAR is an inexpensive and compact board based on STMicro VL53L0X Time-of-Flight (ToF) ranging sensor that allows you to measure distance up to 2 meters using infrared signals, and with up to 60... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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UltraZed-EG SoM and Starter Kit Feature Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ ZU3EG MPSoC
Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ Arm Cortex A53 + FPGA MPSoCs were announced in 2015, with actual products launched in early 2017 such as AXIOM development board or Trenz Electronic TE0808 UltraSOM+... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Xiaomi Mi Box 4 & 4C 4K HDR TV Boxes Launched with Amlogic S905L Processor
Remember Amlogic S905L Processor? Me neither, but I wrote about it in September 2016, with the processor being an updated version of Amlogic S905X without VP9 support, and adding HDMI 2.0b output... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Linux 4.15 Release – Main Changes, Arm and MIPS Architectures
Linus Torvald has released Linux 4.15 last Sunday: After a release cycle that was unusual in so many (bad) ways, this last week was really pleasant. Quiet and small, and no last-minute panics, just... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Pine64 to Release RockPro64 Boards Based on Rockchip RK3399 and RK3399Pro for Around $60 and Up
Several Rockchip RK3399 boards have been announced in the last few days, first with AAEON RICO-3399 Pico-ITX single board computer targeting mostly business customers for digital signage, kiosk or,... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Ericsson Unveils 5G Radio Dot for Better 5G Indoor Coverage
5G cellular technology is coming sometimes in 2019, before ramping up in 2020 in several countries. The new 3GPP standard will allow maximum bandwidth up to 10 Gigabit per second, and we’ve... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Orange Pi RK3399 Development Board Launched for $109
Last Friday, I wrote there was already a decent choice of Rockchip RK3399 boards, and added AAEON RICO-3399 pico-ITX board to the list. I forgot about Shenzhen Xunlong’s own Rockchip RK3399... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$2 USB “18650 Battery Shield” Powers Arduino, ESP32, and Other Low Power Boards with a 18650 Battery
If you’re looking for battery power for one of your projects, you may consider a “18650 battery shield” – going for just above $2 on Aliexpress or eBay – for powering... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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The Intel Compute Stick revolutionized the mini PC market through the introduction of x86 based processors making Windows available as an OS option. However, for Intel the biggest target market... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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AAEON RICO-3399 Pico-ITX Board is Powered by Rockchip RK3399 / OP1 Processor
We now have a fair amount of boards powered by Rockchip RK3399 hexa-core processor with Firefly-RK3399, Rockchip Sapphire, VideoStrong VS-RD-RK3399, the upcoming 96boards compliant Rock960, among... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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A Wheeled Computer Cart Could be Useful for Desktop PC Towers
I may be writing a lot about low power mini PCs, but I’m still using a fully fledged desktop tower as my main computer since from time to time I edit videos, build large code bases like the... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Imagination PowerVR Series8XT GT8540 GPU Can Drive up to Six 4K Screens, Supports Hardware Virtualization
Imagination Technologies introduces PowerVR Furian architecture last year with improved performance, power and density, as well as dual cluster PowerVR Series8XT GT8525 GPU based on the new... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Logic Supply Introduces ML350 Customizable Fanless Industrial Computer Based on Intel Apollo Lake Processor
Logic Supply has just unveiled their latest industrial grade computer with ML350 model that features an Intel Celeron or Pentium Apollo Lake processor, with up to 8GB RAM, two DisplayPorts, up to two... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$210 GPD XD Plus Handheld Android Game Console Launched with Mediatek MT8173 Cortex A73/A53 SoC
Not everybody is willing to spend around $650 on the recently announced GPD Win 2 portable Windows game console, and for people with a lower budget and happy to play Android games, the company has... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Building a Compact Digital TV Transmitter with Raspberry Pi Zero, Pi Camera, and LimeSDR Mini USB SDR Board
There are few affordable standalone systems that allow you to transmit video over the air, and back in 2016, I had the chance to check out V-Bridge Muses-? MPEG-2/-4 encoder and DTV modular taking... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Mainline Linux on Amlogic S905/S905X/S912 SoCs – 2018 Status Update
BayLibre is working on mainline Linux for Amlogic SoC, and in February of last year, Neil Armstrong gave a presentation entitled “Mainline Linux on AmLogic SoCs” at the Embedded Linux... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$6 Maker UNO Arduino UNO Clone Comes with Micro USB Power, I/O LEDs, and a Buzzer
Arduino UNO is one of the older Arduino boards, but also one of the most popular, and there are already many clones, which you can buy for as low as $3 shipped. But Malaysian based Cytron... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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BigClown is a Battery Powered Modular Wireless IoT Kit for Makers (Crowdfunding)
BigClown IoT Kit is designed to be as easy to use as building a castle from LEGO bricks or an IKEA cabinet. The open source kit is comprised of a coreboard module with STMicro STM32L0 Cortex M0+... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Nordic Semi will soon launch nRF19 series low power cellular IoT solution, that consists of a system-in-package (SiP) combining a global multimode LTE-M / NB-IoT modem, an Arm Cortex-M33 core, Arm... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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FOSDEM 2018 Open Source Developers Meeting Schedule
FOSDEM (Free and Open Source Software Developers’ European Meeting) occurs every year on the first week-end of February, where developers meet for two days discussing about open source software... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Karl here with part 2 of my experiences with the K280. In the first part of HE3D K280 3D printer review, I spoke about some of the challenges with the K280 getting it calibrated and getting Marlin to...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Bootlin Wants to Bring Allwinner VPU Support to Mainline Linux (Crowdfunding)
I wrote about Free Electrons several times in the past due to their work on porting Arm SoCs to mainline Linux. Free Electrons is no more. But don’t be sad, as it’s not because they...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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M1 3D Holographic Display is a Fan Showing Holograms from Videos and Photos
I’ve been watching or reading news about holographic displays recently where you can watch 3D objects into space without 3D glasses. Not the IoT gateway with an holographic maid, but I watched...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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AAEON FWS-2360 Denverton Desktop Network Appliance Supports up to 6 Ethernet Ports, SATA Storage
Last summer, we started to see products and motherboards based on Intel Atom C3000 series Denverton SoC, including GIGABYTE MA10-ST0 server motherboard and Axiomtek NA362 network appliance with up to...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Pine64 ClusterBoard is Now Available for $100 with one Free SOPINE A64 System-on-Module
We’ve previously reported Pine64 had developed “Sopine Clusterboard” for a specific project with support for up to seven SOPINE A64 SoMs powered by Allwinner A64 quad core Cortex...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Amarula Vyasa is a $150 Pico-ITX Single Board Computer Powered by Rockchip RK3288 SoC
Yesterday, as I published Linux 4.15 changelog for Arm and MIPS, I discovered a new Rockchip RK3288 platform described as “Amarula Vyasa single board computer”, so that got me interested....[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Pine H64 Development Board Features Allwinner H6 processor, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0 and PCIe for $26 and Up
As expected, Pine64 has now launched Pine H64 development board, powered by Allwinner H6 quad core processor, and contrary to Orange Pi H6 boards, it exposes both Gigabit Ethernet, and a USB 3.0...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Intel Gemini Lake NUC7CJY/NUC7PJY Kits and Mini PC Specifications Released
Based on Intel NUC 2018/2019 roadmap published, we expected the first Intel Gemini Lake NUC mini PC to launch right at the end of 2017, but there’s been some delays. Since then we’ve...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Digi Introduces XBeeX3 IoT Modules with New Micro Form Factor, RF and Cellular IoT Connectivity
Digi International has just announced the Digi XBee3 series of RF modules and cellular IoT modules. The modules will be available in the existing Digi XBee SMT amd through-hole form factor, as well...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Getting Started with TinyLIDAR Time-of-Flight Sensor on Arduino and Raspberry Pi
TinyLIDAR is an inexpensive and compact board based on STMicro VL53L0X Time-of-Flight (ToF) ranging sensor that allows you to measure distance up to 2 meters using infrared signals, and with up to 60...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ Arm Cortex A53 + FPGA MPSoCs were announced in 2015, with actual products launched in early 2017 such as AXIOM development board or Trenz Electronic TE0808 UltraSOM+...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Xiaomi Mi Box 4 & 4C 4K HDR TV Boxes Launched with Amlogic S905L Processor
Remember Amlogic S905L Processor? Me neither, but I wrote about it in September 2016, with the processor being an updated version of Amlogic S905X without VP9 support, and adding HDMI 2.0b output...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Linux 4.15 Release – Main Changes, Arm and MIPS Architectures
Linus Torvald has released Linux 4.15 last Sunday: After a release cycle that was unusual in so many (bad) ways, this last week was really pleasant. Quiet and small, and no last-minute panics, just...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Pine64 to Release RockPro64 Boards Based on Rockchip RK3399 and RK3399Pro for Around $60 and Up
Several Rockchip RK3399 boards have been announced in the last few days, first with AAEON RICO-3399 Pico-ITX single board computer targeting mostly business customers for digital signage, kiosk or,...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Ericsson Unveils 5G Radio Dot for Better 5G Indoor Coverage
5G cellular technology is coming sometimes in 2019, before ramping up in 2020 in several countries. The new 3GPP standard will allow maximum bandwidth up to 10 Gigabit per second, and we’ve...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Orange Pi RK3399 Development Board Launched for $109
Last Friday, I wrote there was already a decent choice of Rockchip RK3399 boards, and added AAEON RICO-3399 pico-ITX board to the list. I forgot about Shenzhen Xunlong’s own Rockchip RK3399...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$2 USB “18650 Battery Shield” Powers Arduino, ESP32, and Other Low Power Boards with a 18650 Battery
If you’re looking for battery power for one of your projects, you may consider a “18650 battery shield” – going for just above $2 on Aliexpress or eBay – for powering...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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AAEON RICO-3399 Pico-ITX Board is Powered by Rockchip RK3399 / OP1 Processor
We now have a fair amount of boards powered by Rockchip RK3399 hexa-core processor with Firefly-RK3399, Rockchip Sapphire, VideoStrong VS-RD-RK3399, the upcoming 96boards compliant Rock960, among...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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A Wheeled Computer Cart Could be Useful for Desktop PC Towers
I may be writing a lot about low power mini PCs, but I’m still using a fully fledged desktop tower as my main computer since from time to time I edit videos, build large code bases like the...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Imagination PowerVR Series8XT GT8540 GPU Can Drive up to Six 4K Screens, Supports Hardware Virtualization
Imagination Technologies introduces PowerVR Furian architecture last year with improved performance, power and density, as well as dual cluster PowerVR Series8XT GT8525 GPU based on the new...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Logic Supply has just unveiled their latest industrial grade computer with ML350 model that features an Intel Celeron or Pentium Apollo Lake processor, with up to 8GB RAM, two DisplayPorts, up to two...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Ampere is a brand new company that has just launched to “address memory performance, cost, space and power constraints for emerging hyperscale cloud applications and next-generation data...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Hardkernel Unveils ODROID-N1 Board with Rockchip RK3399 Processor, 4GB RAM, Dual SATA, and More
It’s official, there’s a bubble of Rockchip RK3399 boards announcements or launches in early 2018. After AAEON RICO-3399, Orange Pi RK3399, and Pine64 RockPro64, which add to 96Boards...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Vorke V1 Plus Celeron J3455 Mini PC Review with Windows and Ubuntu
Most Intel based mini PCs use processors classified as ‘Mobile’ as these have lower thermal design power (TDP) ratings which is the maximum amount of heat generated by the processor: However, the new...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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MX Pro 4K is an Android 7.0 TV Box powered by Allwinner H5 Processor
We’ve already seen Allwinner H5 processor in several development boards such as NanoPi NEO2, Orange Pi Zero Plus, or Libre Computer Tritium 2G among other. But while the processor has been...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Minimal Image Gets Even Smaller (30MB Compressed)
Sometimes you want to get the smallest image you can get, either because your storage device has limited capacity, you may want a faster boot, oe because you can. In the past, I’ve covered...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Getting Started with IkaScope WiFi Pen-Oscilloscope, and ScanaQuad SQ50 USB Logic Analyzer & Signal Generator
A couple of weeks ago, I received IkaScope WS200 pen-like WiFi oscilloscope, as well as ScanaQuad SQ50 USB logic analyzer & signal generator, and I’ve already checked out the hardware both...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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SiFive Introduces HiFive Unleashed RISC-V Linux Development Board (Crowdfunding)
RISC-V free and open architecture has gained traction in the last couple of years. SiFive has been one of the most active companies with RISC-V architecture, introducing Freedom U500 and E500 open...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Bootlin Wants to Bring Allwinner VPU Support to Mainline Linux (Crowdfunding)
I wrote about Free Electrons several times in the past due to their work on porting Arm SoCs to mainline Linux. Free Electrons is no more. But don’t be sad, as it’s not because they...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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M1 3D Holographic Display is a Fan Showing Holograms from Videos and Photos
I’ve been watching or reading news about holographic displays recently where you can watch 3D objects into space without 3D glasses. Not the IoT gateway with an holographic maid, but I watched...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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AAEON FWS-2360 Denverton Desktop Network Appliance Supports up to 6 Ethernet Ports, SATA Storage
Last summer, we started to see products and motherboards based on Intel Atom C3000 series Denverton SoC, including GIGABYTE MA10-ST0 server motherboard and Axiomtek NA362 network appliance with up to...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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