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If we believe all the talk on the internet, blockchain technology will change the future by offering an ultra secure way to store all sort of data, and as we’ve seen with the IOTA tangle... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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TS80 USB type-C Soldering Iron Up for Sale for $79.99
TS100 digital programmable soldering iron has been popular in recent years due to its compact size, open source STM32 firmware, fast heating, and it does the job. Another advantage is that the... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Wavlink AC600 Waterproof WiFi Repeater & Router Claims up to 2 km Range
WiFi is used indoors in most cases, but if you are a service provider, or own property with a park or beach, you may want to extend your WiFi coverage outdoors. The only problem is that more routers... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ClearFog GT 8K is a High-End Networking SBC Powered by Marvell ARMADA A8040 Processor
A few years ago, SolidRun launched ClearFog Pro and Base router boards based on Marvell ARMADA 388 Armv7 (32-bit) processor, and about a year later, the company introduced MACCHIATObin networking... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Amlogic A311D Media Processor Features Cortex A73/A53 Cores, an Arm Mali-G52 MP4 GPU
As far as processors are concerned, it’s been pretty quiet in the TV box space in this year with for example, devices based on Amlogic S922 yet to launch, and new TV boxes are normally launched... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Banana Pi BPI-P2 Zero Board Combines PoE, Camera Interface, and Allwinner H2+ Processor
Allwinner H2+ quad core Cortex A7 processor has enabled some of the cheapest Arm Linux boards on the market with products such as NanoPi Duo or Orange Pi Zero with the latter now selling for about $9... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Lanner NVA-3000 Machine Vision Computer is Equipped with 8 PoE+ Ports
Lanner Electronics, a company headquartered in Taiwan, and specializing in network appliances and rugged industrial computers, has recently introduced NVA-3000 embedded computer powered by Intel... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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GAPUINO GAP8 is a $229 RISC-V MCU Developer Kit for A.I. Applications
GreenWaves GAP8 is a low power RISC-V “MCU class” processor with eight compute cores optimized for artificial intelligence applications, and its main selling point is the ability to do... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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OpenWrt 18.06 is the First Release Since OpenWrt and LEDE Projects Merger
LEDE (Linux Embedded Development Environment) was forked from OpenWrt project in 2016 due to disagreements among developers, and this lead to LEDE 17.01.0 “Reboot” release the following year.... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Xiaomi Mi A1 Android One Smartphone Sold for $159.99 (Promo)
Xiaomi Mi A1 was the first Android One smartphone by Xiaomi. It’s been my main phone for nearly a year, and with a Snapdragon 625 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and a decent 5.5″... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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We’ve previously covered two smart RGB light bulbs with AI Light and Sonoff B1 models, and they are especially interesting since they can work with open source firmware like ESPurna or... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Congatec conga-SMX8 is a SMARC 2.0 Module Based on NXP i.MX8 Processor
We’ve already seen some SMARC 2.0 SoM based on NXP i.MX8 processor with for instance, i.MX 8M based SECO SM-C12. We now have at more choice thanks to Congatec which just announced conga-SMX8,... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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RAK8213 mini PCIe Card Comes with GNSS, NB-IoT & eMTC Connectivity
After launching their first wireless communication mini PCIe card with RAK833 LoRaWAN gateway card last month, RAK Wireless is back with another mPCIe card that supports GNSS (GPS, GLONASS), as well... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Raspberry Pi 3 based Retro Arcade Game Console Sells for under $250
When it comes to retro-gaming for the Raspberry Pi 3 board, there’s no lack of option with firmware like RetroPie or Lakka, a few off-the-self accessories like USB or Bluetooth gamepad, a an... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Alfawise A8 RK3229 Android 8.1 TV Box Sold for $29.99 (Promo)
We started to see some Android 8.1 “Oreo” TV boxes a few months ago with MX10 model powered by Rockchip RK3328 processor, but if you don’t mind having a TV box with a 32-bit Arm... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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NEC VersaPro VU-3 is a Gemini Lake Tablet with Optional Keyboard, USB type C Dock, LTE Connectivity
There aren’t a lot of tablets based in Intel Gemini Lake processor, and so far we only covered Alldocube Knote5 Gemini Lake tablet powered by an Intel Celeron N4100 processor and equipped with... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Meet EWEAT R11, the $1,200 High-End 4K Media Player
A few months ago, Zidoo released two high-end 4K media players based on Realtek RTD1296DD processor with Zidoo X20 going for around $500, and Zidoo X20 Pro for about $865. Those are quite expensive... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Lenovo Launches the First Smart Display with Google Assistant for $200 and Up
Android Things based smart displays were announced at CES 2018 with companies like Lenovo, LG, JBL, and Sony promising products later this year. In May, Google announced Google Assistant was now... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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AS923 LoRa GPS Tracking with MatchX MatchBox Gateway and RAK811 LoRa GPS Tracker Board
Earlier this month, I installed Match MatchBox LoRa outdoor gateway close to the roof, and showed how easy it was easies to setup with MatchX Cloud. Basically, you just register to the cloud, enter... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Google Titan Security Key Prevents Phishing Attacks
Phising is a social engineering method that aims to trick users into giving their passwords. This can normally be mitigated with things called “brain” and “paying attention”,... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Google introduced artificial intelligence and machine learning concepts to hundreds of thousands of people with their AIY projects kit such as the AIY Voice Kit with voice recognition and the AIY... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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MakerAsia KBX is a Cool Extension Case for KidBright ESP32 Board
Last week, I wrote about KidBright32, an ESP32 board aiming to teach STEM to students in Thailand, a bit like BBC Micro:bit but with more advanced features, and all KidBright training course and... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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FriendlyELEC NanoPC-T4 Board Kit Unboxing and Assembly
FriendlyELEC introduced NanoPC-T4 RK3399 SBC (Single Board Computer) last May for $129. The board comes with a Rockchip RK3399 hexa-core processor, 4GB RAM, 16GB eMMC flash, dual-band WiFi module and... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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A couple of weeks ago, MINIX announced their NEO C Plus USB type C adapter with 9 ports including two HDMI outputs. The company has now sent me samples of the adapter, as well as an M.2 SSD for MINIX...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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PIXY2 Computer Vision Camera Works with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and Other Boards
Cameras may be used to take holiday photos, but when integrated into robotics projects there may purpose is usually to detect objects and/or patterns. We’ve previously covered specialized...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Espressif Introduces ESP32-WROVER-B Module with 8MB RAM
ESP32 processor can support PSRAM, and so far I had seen boards or modules with up to 4MB RAM, but if you need more memory, Espressif Systems has now launched ESP32-WROVER-B module with 8MB SPI...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Neutis N5 Allwinner H5 CPU Module and Development Kit are now up for pre-order
Emlid Neutis N5 system-on-module (SoM) powered by Allwinner H5 processor was unveiled right before Embedded World 2018 in February with an expected launch date scheduled for April. There have been...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Teclast F5 Laptop Features 11.6? Fully Rotating Display, Celeron N4100 Processor, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD
Teclast F5 is another Gemini Lake laptop based on Intel Celeron N4100 processor, with this model including a 11.6″ full HD display that can fully rotate thanks to a 360° hinge, and coming with...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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LiFePO4wered/Pi+ is a Safer and Longer Lasting UPS for Raspberry Pi (Crowdfunding)
We’ve already covered several UPS solution for Raspberry Pi boards, but LiFePO4wered/Pi+ is a little different because instead of relying on LiPo (Lithium Ion Polymer) batteries, it comes with...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Android 9 “Pie” Released – Download Firmware Images and AOSP Source Code
After several Android P developer previews and Android P beta releases, Google has now officially released Android 9 “Pie” operating system which brings new features leveraging artificial...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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AIO-3399J Development Board Review with Ubuntu 16.04
Regular readers will know that Firefly team sent me several of their Rockchip boards for evaluation, and I started with a review of ROC-RK3328-CC development board powered by Rockchip RK3328...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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WiFiBoy32 is an ESP32 Portable Game Console and IoT Devkit
I’ve noticed that ever since Hardkernel launched their ODROID-GO “10th anniversary” portable game console based on ESP32 processor, most of the talk on IRC and social media is about...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Chuwi Hi9 Pro 4G Tablet with 2K Display, Deca-Core Processor Goes for $139.99 (Promo)
If you need something larger than a smartphone and still offering 4G data connectivity, Chuwi Hi9 Pro tablet might be interesting with its 8.4″ high resolution display, Mediatak Helio X20...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Nerdonic launched Exen Mini last year as the world’s smallest 32-bit Arduino compatible board, and getting the smallest board possible is very good for some projects, but so not much for other...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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TS80 USB type-C Soldering Iron Up for Sale for $79.99
TS100 digital programmable soldering iron has been popular in recent years due to its compact size, open source STM32 firmware, fast heating, and it does the job. Another advantage is that the...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Wavlink AC600 Waterproof WiFi Repeater & Router Claims up to 2 km Range
WiFi is used indoors in most cases, but if you are a service provider, or own property with a park or beach, you may want to extend your WiFi coverage outdoors. The only problem is that more routers...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ClearFog GT 8K is a High-End Networking SBC Powered by Marvell ARMADA A8040 Processor
A few years ago, SolidRun launched ClearFog Pro and Base router boards based on Marvell ARMADA 388 Armv7 (32-bit) processor, and about a year later, the company introduced MACCHIATObin networking...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Amlogic A311D Media Processor Features Cortex A73/A53 Cores, an Arm Mali-G52 MP4 GPU
As far as processors are concerned, it’s been pretty quiet in the TV box space in this year with for example, devices based on Amlogic S922 yet to launch, and new TV boxes are normally launched...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Banana Pi BPI-P2 Zero Board Combines PoE, Camera Interface, and Allwinner H2+ Processor
Allwinner H2+ quad core Cortex A7 processor has enabled some of the cheapest Arm Linux boards on the market with products such as NanoPi Duo or Orange Pi Zero with the latter now selling for about $9...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Lanner NVA-3000 Machine Vision Computer is Equipped with 8 PoE+ Ports
Lanner Electronics, a company headquartered in Taiwan, and specializing in network appliances and rugged industrial computers, has recently introduced NVA-3000 embedded computer powered by Intel...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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GAPUINO GAP8 is a $229 RISC-V MCU Developer Kit for A.I. Applications
GreenWaves GAP8 is a low power RISC-V “MCU class” processor with eight compute cores optimized for artificial intelligence applications, and its main selling point is the ability to do...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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OpenWrt 18.06 is the First Release Since OpenWrt and LEDE Projects Merger
LEDE (Linux Embedded Development Environment) was forked from OpenWrt project in 2016 due to disagreements among developers, and this lead to LEDE 17.01.0 “Reboot” release the following year....[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Xiaomi Mi A1 Android One Smartphone Sold for $159.99 (Promo)
Xiaomi Mi A1 was the first Android One smartphone by Xiaomi. It’s been my main phone for nearly a year, and with a Snapdragon 625 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and a decent 5.5″...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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We’ve already seen some SMARC 2.0 SoM based on NXP i.MX8 processor with for instance, i.MX 8M based SECO SM-C12. We now have at more choice thanks to Congatec which just announced conga-SMX8,...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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RAK8213 mini PCIe Card Comes with GNSS, NB-IoT & eMTC Connectivity
After launching their first wireless communication mini PCIe card with RAK833 LoRaWAN gateway card last month, RAK Wireless is back with another mPCIe card that supports GNSS (GPS, GLONASS), as well...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Raspberry Pi 3 based Retro Arcade Game Console Sells for under $250
When it comes to retro-gaming for the Raspberry Pi 3 board, there’s no lack of option with firmware like RetroPie or Lakka, a few off-the-self accessories like USB or Bluetooth gamepad, a an...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Alfawise A8 RK3229 Android 8.1 TV Box Sold for $29.99 (Promo)
We started to see some Android 8.1 “Oreo” TV boxes a few months ago with MX10 model powered by Rockchip RK3328 processor, but if you don’t mind having a TV box with a 32-bit Arm...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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NEC VersaPro VU-3 is a Gemini Lake Tablet with Optional Keyboard, USB type C Dock, LTE Connectivity
There aren’t a lot of tablets based in Intel Gemini Lake processor, and so far we only covered Alldocube Knote5 Gemini Lake tablet powered by an Intel Celeron N4100 processor and equipped with...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Last year, I reviewed Rikomagic RKM R1 Android mini projector with a typical TI DLP with 854×480_ native resolution found in competitors, but what I really like what the touchpad and buttons at the...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Self-hosted OpenGL ES Development on ChromeOS?
This is a guest post by blu about developing OpenGL ES applications on Chrome OS. Ever since I’ve been using a chromebook in developer mode as my daily notebook (can’t beat 10h-plus battery life on...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ioLight High Resolution Portable Microscope Works with Tablets and Smartphones
We’ve all read about those cheap USB microscopes that can be used to checkout PCB issues or read IC part numbers, but ioLight is a different beast. The device is a proper microscope offering up...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$100 GLIGO E-Ink Smartwatch Promises “2-Year Battery Life” (Crowdfunding)
Wearables are useful little devices, but many of them suffer from short battery life, and in my case at least, I forget to charge mine from time to time. So when I saw GLIGO E-Ink smartwatch...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Samsung Galaxy Note9 Launched with Exynos 9810 or Snapdragon 845, 4,000 mAh Battery, S-Pen
Samsung has just launched a new version of their Galaxy Note smartphone with Samsung Galaxy Note9, and it’s always interesting to check out the specifications and features to see if...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Checking out DevCheck System Info App for Android on NanoPC-T4 Development Board
There are already_ a few ways to get system information in Android. The most obvious is just going into the Settings menu, another solution more detailed but less convenient is to access the terminal...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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KINGJIM Pomera DM200 Rockchip RK3128 Portable Mini Computer Can Run Debian
Ultra mobile portable computers (UMPC) are somewhat making a come back with products such as GPD Pocket 2 or DragonBox Pyra open source handheld computer. While being fairly powerful, neither devices...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Snapdragon 670 Launched with Better Performance and Camera Capabilities, Artificial Intelligence Tech
Qualcomm has just introduced another of their “Mobile Platforms” with Snapdragon 670. The chipset comes with eight Kryo 360 cores, a Snapdragon X12 LTE modem for download speeds up to 600...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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PIXY2 Computer Vision Camera Works with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and Other Boards
Cameras may be used to take holiday photos, but when integrated into robotics projects there may purpose is usually to detect objects and/or patterns. We’ve previously covered specialized...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Espressif Introduces ESP32-WROVER-B Module with 8MB RAM
ESP32 processor can support PSRAM, and so far I had seen boards or modules with up to 4MB RAM, but if you need more memory, Espressif Systems has now launched ESP32-WROVER-B module with 8MB SPI...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Emlid Neutis N5 system-on-module (SoM) powered by Allwinner H5 processor was unveiled right before Embedded World 2018 in February with an expected launch date scheduled for April. There have been...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Teclast F5 Laptop Features 11.6? Fully Rotating Display, Celeron N4100 Processor, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD
Teclast F5 is another Gemini Lake laptop based on Intel Celeron N4100 processor, with this model including a 11.6″ full HD display that can fully rotate thanks to a 360° hinge, and coming with...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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LiFePO4wered/Pi+ is a Safer and Longer Lasting UPS for Raspberry Pi (Crowdfunding)
We’ve already covered several UPS solution for Raspberry Pi boards, but LiFePO4wered/Pi+ is a little different because instead of relying on LiPo (Lithium Ion Polymer) batteries, it comes with...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Android 9 “Pie” Released – Download Firmware Images and AOSP Source Code
After several Android P developer previews and Android P beta releases, Google has now officially released Android 9 “Pie” operating system which brings new features leveraging artificial...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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AIO-3399J Development Board Review with Ubuntu 16.04
Regular readers will know that Firefly team sent me several of their Rockchip boards for evaluation, and I started with a review of ROC-RK3328-CC development board powered by Rockchip RK3328...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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WiFiBoy32 is an ESP32 Portable Game Console and IoT Devkit
I’ve noticed that ever since Hardkernel launched their ODROID-GO “10th anniversary” portable game console based on ESP32 processor, most of the talk on IRC and social media is about...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Chuwi Hi9 Pro 4G Tablet with 2K Display, Deca-Core Processor Goes for $139.99 (Promo)
If you need something larger than a smartphone and still offering 4G data connectivity, Chuwi Hi9 Pro tablet might be interesting with its 8.4″ high resolution display, Mediatak Helio X20...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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TS80 USB type-C Soldering Iron Up for Sale for $79.99
TS100 digital programmable soldering iron has been popular in recent years due to its compact size, open source STM32 firmware, fast heating, and it does the job. Another advantage is that the...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Wavlink AC600 Waterproof WiFi Repeater & Router Claims up to 2 km Range
WiFi is used indoors in most cases, but if you are a service provider, or own property with a park or beach, you may want to extend your WiFi coverage outdoors. The only problem is that more routers...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ClearFog GT 8K is a High-End Networking SBC Powered by Marvell ARMADA A8040 Processor
A few years ago, SolidRun launched ClearFog Pro and Base router boards based on Marvell ARMADA 388 Armv7 (32-bit) processor, and about a year later, the company introduced MACCHIATObin networking...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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As far as processors are concerned, it’s been pretty quiet in the TV box space in this year with for example, devices based on Amlogic S922 yet to launch, and new TV boxes are normally launched...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Banana Pi BPI-P2 Zero Board Combines PoE, Camera Interface, and Allwinner H2+ Processor
Allwinner H2+ quad core Cortex A7 processor has enabled some of the cheapest Arm Linux boards on the market with products such as NanoPi Duo or Orange Pi Zero with the latter now selling for about $9...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Lanner NVA-3000 Machine Vision Computer is Equipped with 8 PoE+ Ports
Lanner Electronics, a company headquartered in Taiwan, and specializing in network appliances and rugged industrial computers, has recently introduced NVA-3000 embedded computer powered by Intel...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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GAPUINO GAP8 is a $229 RISC-V MCU Developer Kit for A.I. Applications
GreenWaves GAP8 is a low power RISC-V “MCU class” processor with eight compute cores optimized for artificial intelligence applications, and its main selling point is the ability to do...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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OpenWrt 18.06 is the First Release Since OpenWrt and LEDE Projects Merger
LEDE (Linux Embedded Development Environment) was forked from OpenWrt project in 2016 due to disagreements among developers, and this lead to LEDE 17.01.0 “Reboot” release the following year....[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Xiaomi Mi A1 Android One Smartphone Sold for $159.99 (Promo)
Xiaomi Mi A1 was the first Android One smartphone by Xiaomi. It’s been my main phone for nearly a year, and with a Snapdragon 625 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and a decent 5.5″...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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We’ve previously covered some entry-level mini Android projectors like Rikomagic R5 or Nebula Capsule, but Amlogic T968 powered Xiaomi WEMAX ONE ultra short throw Android laser projector is a...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Amlogic T968 Processor is Designed for Smart 4K UHD TVs and Smart Projectors
Amlogic S-series processors are the most well-known processors by Amlogic with parts like S905X or S912, but the company is also offering other families with the new A-series for smart audio...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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USB Charging Actually Poses Security Risks – Hacking a Laptop via a USB-C Adapter
Smartphones have been charged over USB for many years, but with the advance of USB type-C now even laptops may be charged over USB, instead of the typical DC power barrel jack. Why am I writing about...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Linux 4.18 Release – Main Changes, Arm and MIPS Architecture
Linus Torvalds has just announced the release of Linux 4.18: One week late(r) and here we are – 4.18 is out there. It was a very calm week, and arguably I could just have released on schedule...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Amlogic Open Source Video Decoder Driver Coming Soon for S905, S905X and S912 Processors
Allwinner processors aren’t the only ones getting an open source hardware video decoding / encoding support in Linux, as Maxim Jourdan recently submitted a patchset to Amlogic Linux mailing...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Dragino LoRaST M.2 LoRa Card Convert Compatible Platforms into LoRa Nodes
Modern motherboards or single board computers often expose mPCIe or M.2 / NGFF socket, and we’ve seen it was possible to easily add a LoRa radio using RAK833 mPCIe LoRaWAN gateway card to...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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NanoPC-T4 Review with Android 7.1 Firmware
NanoPC-T4 is one of the many Rockchip RK3399 SBCs now available, and as we’ve seen in the “unboxing review” the company sent me two samples. So far, I’ve been reviewing RK3399...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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How to Build an Orange Pi Zero LoRa Gateway
LoRa gateways tend to be fairly expensive, especially because of the radio part, but anything that may help lower the cost is probably welcomed. And one way to to do that is to use dirt cheap boards...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Self-hosted OpenGL ES Development on ChromeOS?
This is a guest post by blu about developing OpenGL ES applications on Chrome OS. Ever since I’ve been using a chromebook in developer mode as my daily notebook (can’t beat 10h-plus battery life on...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ioLight High Resolution Portable Microscope Works with Tablets and Smartphones
We’ve all read about those cheap USB microscopes that can be used to checkout PCB issues or read IC part numbers, but ioLight is a different beast. The device is a proper microscope offering up...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Wearables are useful little devices, but many of them suffer from short battery life, and in my case at least, I forget to charge mine from time to time. So when I saw GLIGO E-Ink smartwatch...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Samsung Galaxy Note9 Launched with Exynos 9810 or Snapdragon 845, 4,000 mAh Battery, S-Pen
Samsung has just launched a new version of their Galaxy Note smartphone with Samsung Galaxy Note9, and it’s always interesting to check out the specifications and features to see if...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Checking out DevCheck System Info App for Android on NanoPC-T4 Development Board
There are already a few ways to get system information in Android. The most obvious is just going into the Settings menu, another solution more detailed but less convenient is to access the terminal...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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KINGJIM Pomera DM200 Rockchip RK3128 Portable Mini Computer Can Run Debian
Ultra mobile portable computers (UMPC) are somewhat making a come back with products such as GPD Pocket 2 or DragonBox Pyra open source handheld computer. While being fairly powerful, neither devices...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Snapdragon 670 Launched with Better Performance and Camera Capabilities, Artificial Intelligence Tech
Qualcomm has just introduced another of their “Mobile Platforms” with Snapdragon 670. The chipset comes with eight Kryo 360 cores, a Snapdragon X12 LTE modem for download speeds up to 600...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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PIXY2 Computer Vision Camera Works with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and Other Boards
Cameras may be used to take holiday photos, but when integrated into robotics projects there may purpose is usually to detect objects and/or patterns. We’ve previously covered specialized...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Espressif Introduces ESP32-WROVER-B Module with 8MB RAM
ESP32 processor can support PSRAM, and so far I had seen boards or modules with up to 4MB RAM, but if you need more memory, Espressif Systems has now launched ESP32-WROVER-B module with 8MB SPI...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Teclast F5 Laptop Features 11.6? Fully Rotating Display, Celeron N4100 Processor, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD
Teclast F5 is another Gemini Lake laptop based on Intel Celeron N4100 processor, with this model including a 11.6″ full HD display that can fully rotate thanks to a 360° hinge, and coming with...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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LiFePO4wered/Pi+ is a Safer and Longer Lasting UPS for Raspberry Pi (Crowdfunding)
We’ve already covered several UPS solution for Raspberry Pi boards, but LiFePO4wered/Pi+ is a little different because instead of relying on LiPo (Lithium Ion Polymer) batteries, it comes with...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Android 9 “Pie” Released – Download Firmware Images and AOSP Source Code
After several Android P developer previews and Android P beta releases, Google has now officially released Android 9 “Pie” operating system which brings new features leveraging artificial...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Regular readers will know that Firefly team sent me several of their Rockchip boards for evaluation, and I started with a review of ROC-RK3328-CC development board powered by Rockchip RK3328...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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WiFiBoy32 is an ESP32 Portable Game Console and IoT Devkit
I’ve noticed that ever since Hardkernel launched their ODROID-GO “10th anniversary” portable game console based on ESP32 processor, most of the talk on IRC and social media is about...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Chuwi Hi9 Pro 4G Tablet with 2K Display, Deca-Core Processor Goes for $139.99 (Promo)
If you need something larger than a smartphone and still offering 4G data connectivity, Chuwi Hi9 Pro tablet might be interesting with its 8.4″ high resolution display, Mediatak Helio X20...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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TS80 USB type-C Soldering Iron Up for Sale for $79.99
TS100 digital programmable soldering iron has been popular in recent years due to its compact size, open source STM32 firmware, fast heating, and it does the job. Another advantage is that the...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Wavlink AC600 Waterproof WiFi Repeater & Router Claims up to 2 km Range
WiFi is used indoors in most cases, but if you are a service provider, or own property with a park or beach, you may want to extend your WiFi coverage outdoors. The only problem is that more routers...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Before Allwinner launched their popular A10 Cortex A8 processor earlier this decade, the company had Allwinner F-series ARM9 processors found in E-ink readers, vehicle multimedia systems, audio... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Check for Spectre, Meltdown, and L1 Terminal Fault Vulnerabilities with Spectre-meltdown-checker Script
Yesterday, we wrote a little bit about the new speculative execution vulnerability known as L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) or Foreshadow, and a reader – MHSadri – pointed to an interesting... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Tachyon Arduino Zero Compatible Board Features Microchip SAMD51 Arm MCU @ 120 MHz (Crowdfunding)
Most Arm based Arduino compatible boards come with a Microchip SAMD21 Arm Cortex-M0+ MCU clocked at up to 48 MHz since this is the microcontroller found in the official Arduino Zero and MKRZero... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Arm Roadmap to 2020 Reveals Deimos and Hercules Processors for 5G Laptops
Arm has just published a roadmap for their Cortex-A processors until 2020, where we can see 7nm Deimos, and 7 to 5 nm Hercules succeeding Arm Cortex A76 core with “laptop class... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Zymkey is a Hardware Security Module for Raspberry Pi Board
Microchip ATECC508A CryptoAuthentication chip appears to be a popular way to add hardware encryption support to development boards, as we’ve seen previously with 96Boards’ Secure96... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Android 9 Go Edition Uses Less Storage, Boots Faster, and Improves Security
Android Go Edition was first launched with Android 8 (Oreo) in order to provide an operating systems and Google apps optimized for low-end hardware with less than 1GB RAM. Since then more than 200... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$50 Fish32 Seed “Education” ESP32 Board Comes with Plenty of I/Os, Sensors, and Connectivity Options
Sometimes I feel the word “Education” is sometimes thrown around for marketing purpose, and AnalogLamb Fish32 Seed board for “ESP32 Community Education Board” feels that way... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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More Speculative Execution Exploits – Meet Foreshadow / L1 Terminal Fault
Speculative execution is a feature to speed up performance of recent processors which works by predicting and loading likely future instructions ahead of time. The features became somewhat famous a... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Apexel “Telescopes” Add 8x to 20x Optical Zoom to Smartphones for $8 and Up
Smartphones are getting better at taking photos, and cameras in high-end phones are are getting almost as good as DSLR cameras in many cases. However, one advantage of DSLR cameras is that... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Samsung Unveils Exynos Modem 5100 with 5G, 4G, 3G, and 2G Connectivity
5G will start being deployed sometimes next year, and we’ve already seen announcement of several 5G modem chips including Qualcomm Snapdragon X50, Mediatek Helio M70 , and Huawei Balong 5G01.... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Amlogic S-series processors are the most well-known processors by Amlogic with parts like S905X or S912, but the company is also offering other families with the new A-series for smart audio... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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USB Charging Actually Poses Security Risks – Hacking a Laptop via a USB-C Adapter
Smartphones have been charged over USB for many years, but with the advance of USB type-C now even laptops may be charged over USB, instead of the typical DC power barrel jack. Why am I writing about... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Linux 4.18 Release – Main Changes, Arm and MIPS Architecture
Linus Torvalds has just announced the release of Linux 4.18: One week late(r) and here we are – 4.18 is out there. It was a very calm week, and arguably I could just have released on schedule... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Amlogic Open Source Video Decoder Driver Coming Soon for S905, S905X and S912 Processors
Allwinner processors aren’t the only ones getting an open source hardware video decoding / encoding support in Linux, as Maxim Jourdan recently submitted a patchset to Amlogic Linux mailing... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Dragino LoRaST M.2 LoRa Card Convert Compatible Platforms into LoRa Nodes
Modern motherboards or single board computers often expose mPCIe or M.2 / NGFF socket, and we’ve seen it was possible to easily add a LoRa radio using RAK833 mPCIe LoRaWAN gateway card to... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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NanoPC-T4 Review with Android 7.1 Firmware
NanoPC-T4 is one of the many Rockchip RK3399 SBCs now available, and as we’ve seen in the “unboxing review” the company sent me two samples. So far, I’ve been reviewing RK3399... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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How to Build an Orange Pi Zero LoRa Gateway
LoRa gateways tend to be fairly expensive, especially because of the radio part, but anything that may help lower the cost is probably welcomed. And one way to to do that is to use dirt cheap boards... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Self-hosted OpenGL ES Development on ChromeOS?
This is a guest post by blu about developing OpenGL ES applications on Chrome OS. Ever since I’ve been using a chromebook in developer mode as my daily notebook (can’t beat 10h-plus battery life on... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ioLight High Resolution Portable Microscope Works with Tablets and Smartphones
We’ve all read about those cheap USB microscopes that can be used to checkout PCB issues or read IC part numbers, but ioLight is a different beast. The device is a proper microscope offering up... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Samsung Galaxy Note9 Launched with Exynos 9810 or Snapdragon 845, 4,000 mAh Battery, S-Pen
Samsung has just launched a new version of their Galaxy Note smartphone with Samsung Galaxy Note9, and it’s always interesting to check out the specifications and features to see if... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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There are already a few ways to get system information in Android. The most obvious is just going into the Settings menu, another solution more detailed but less convenient is to access the terminal... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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KINGJIM Pomera DM200 Rockchip RK3128 Portable Mini Computer Can Run Debian
Ultra mobile portable computers (UMPC) are somewhat making a come back with products such as GPD Pocket 2 or DragonBox Pyra open source handheld computer. While being fairly powerful, neither devices... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Snapdragon 670 Launched with Better Performance and Camera Capabilities, Artificial Intelligence Tech
Qualcomm has just introduced another of their “Mobile Platforms” with Snapdragon 670. The chipset comes with eight Kryo 360 cores, a Snapdragon X12 LTE modem for download speeds up to 600... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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PIXY2 Computer Vision Camera Works with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and Other Boards
Cameras may be used to take holiday photos, but when integrated into robotics projects there may purpose is usually to detect objects and/or patterns. We’ve previously covered specialized... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Espressif Introduces ESP32-WROVER-B Module with 8MB RAM
ESP32 processor can support PSRAM, and so far I had seen boards or modules with up to 4MB RAM, but if you need more memory, Espressif Systems has now launched ESP32-WROVER-B module with 8MB SPI... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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My go-to Android file manager used to be ES File Manager until… today. The free version of the app already had some annoying floating widgets and all sort of things you would be expect to be...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Forlinx OK5718-C Development Board is Powered by TI AM5718 Cortex-A15/M4 processor
Forlinx Embedded Technology (Forlinx) has just launched a new development board for indsutrial applications with audio and video processing requirements. OK5718-C development board features Texas...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ANAVI Play pHAT OSHW Board Adds 8 Buttons, I2C Headers to Raspberry Pi Boards (Crowdfunding)
Leon ANAVI has been learning KiCad open source EDA suite in his spare time, and developed several Raspberry Pi (p)HAT add-on boards such as ANAVI pHAT Light to control LED RGB strips, or ANAVI...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Tranquil PC’s AMD Ryzen Embedded Mini PC Supports Up to 4 Displays
AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 processor family was introduced last February, but if you’d wanted to buy a Ryzen Embedded mini PC today, you’ struggle to do so at least for a retail model. One...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Acer Aspire 3 A315-41G (AMD Ryzen 7 2700U) Laptop – Installing Ubuntu 18.04 and “Hidden” M.2 SSD Socket
Everyday I’m using a tower PC running Ubuntu 18.04 to take care of this blog, but when I travel it’s obviously not so convenient, so a few years ago I bought an Acer Aspire E5-421G...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Embedded Linux Conference Europe & OpenIoT Summit Europe 2018 Schedule
The Embedded Linux Conference & OpenIoT Summit 2018 took place in March of this year in the US, but the European version of the events are now planned to take place on October 21-24 in Edinburg,...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Check for Spectre, Meltdown, and L1 Terminal Fault Vulnerabilities with Spectre-meltdown-checker Script
Yesterday, we wrote a little bit about the new speculative execution vulnerability known as L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) or Foreshadow, and a reader – MHSadri – pointed to an interesting...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Tachyon Arduino Zero Compatible Board Features Microchip SAMD51 Arm MCU @ 120 MHz (Crowdfunding)
Most Arm based Arduino compatible boards come with a Microchip SAMD21 Arm Cortex-M0+ MCU clocked at up to 48 MHz since this is the microcontroller found in the official Arduino Zero and MKRZero...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Arm Roadmap to 2020 Reveals Deimos and Hercules Processors for 5G Laptops
Arm has just published a roadmap for their Cortex-A processors until 2020, where we can see 7nm Deimos, and 7 to 5 nm Hercules succeeding Arm Cortex A76 core with “laptop class...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Zymkey is a Hardware Security Module for Raspberry Pi Board
Microchip ATECC508A CryptoAuthentication chip appears to be a popular way to add hardware encryption support to development boards, as we’ve seen previously with 96Boards’ Secure96...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Android Go Edition was first launched with Android 8 (Oreo) in order to provide an operating systems and Google apps optimized for low-end hardware with less than 1GB RAM. Since then more than 200...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$50 Fish32 Seed “Education” ESP32 Board Comes with Plenty of I/Os, Sensors, and Connectivity Options
Sometimes I feel the word “Education” is sometimes thrown around for marketing purpose, and AnalogLamb Fish32 Seed board for “ESP32 Community Education Board” feels that way...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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More Speculative Execution Exploits – Meet Foreshadow / L1 Terminal Fault
Speculative execution is a feature to speed up performance of recent processors which works by predicting and loading likely future instructions ahead of time. The features became somewhat famous a...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Apexel “Telescopes” Add 8x to 20x Optical Zoom to Smartphones for $8 and Up
Smartphones are getting better at taking photos, and cameras in high-end phones are are getting almost as good as DSLR cameras in many cases. However, one advantage of DSLR cameras is that...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Samsung Unveils Exynos Modem 5100 with 5G, 4G, 3G, and 2G Connectivity
5G will start being deployed sometimes next year, and we’ve already seen announcement of several 5G modem chips including Qualcomm Snapdragon X50, Mediatek Helio M70 , and Huawei Balong 5G01....[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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USB Charging Actually Poses Security Risks – Hacking a Laptop via a USB-C Adapter
Smartphones have been charged over USB for many years, but with the advance of USB type-C now even laptops may be charged over USB, instead of the typical DC power barrel jack. Why am I writing about...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Linux 4.18 Release – Main Changes, Arm and MIPS Architecture
Linus Torvalds has just announced the release of Linux 4.18: One week late(r) and here we are – 4.18 is out there. It was a very calm week, and arguably I could just have released on schedule...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Amlogic Open Source Video Decoder Driver Coming Soon for S905, S905X and S912 Processors
Allwinner processors aren’t the only ones getting an open source hardware video decoding / encoding support in Linux, as Maxim Jourdan recently submitted a patchset to Amlogic Linux mailing...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Dragino LoRaST M.2 LoRa Card Convert Compatible Platforms into LoRa Nodes
Modern motherboards or single board computers often expose mPCIe or M.2 / NGFF socket, and we’ve seen it was possible to easily add a LoRa radio using RAK833 mPCIe LoRaWAN gateway card to...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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NanoPC-T4 Review with Android 7.1 Firmware
NanoPC-T4 is one of the many Rockchip RK3399 SBCs now available, and as we’ve seen in the “unboxing review” the company sent me two samples. So far, I’ve been reviewing RK3399...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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LoRa gateways tend to be fairly expensive, especially because of the radio part, but anything that may help lower the cost is probably welcomed. And one way to to do that is to use dirt cheap boards...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Self-hosted OpenGL ES Development on ChromeOS?
This is a guest post by blu about developing OpenGL ES applications on Chrome OS. Ever since I’ve been using a chromebook in developer mode as my daily notebook (can’t beat 10h-plus battery life on...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ioLight High Resolution Portable Microscope Works with Tablets and Smartphones
We’ve all read about those cheap USB microscopes that can be used to checkout PCB issues or read IC part numbers, but ioLight is a different beast. The device is a proper microscope offering up...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Samsung Galaxy Note9 Launched with Exynos 9810 or Snapdragon 845, 4,000 mAh Battery, S-Pen
Samsung has just launched a new version of their Galaxy Note smartphone with Samsung Galaxy Note9, and it’s always interesting to check out the specifications and features to see if...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Product development often occurs in different location over the world, there may be one team in Asia, and another in Europe and the US. At the beginning, the number of working samples for a board may...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Kohler Novita “Therapy Bidet” Bluetooth LE Enabled Toilet Seat Works with Android & iOS Smartphones
If you’ve ever been to Japan, and to a lesser extend in Korea, you’ll probably have used one those toilet seat that sprays water, and ends with a gentle drying once you’re done with...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Samsung Introduces Exynos i S111 NB-IoT Modem + GNSS Chip
Samsung has just announced their first NB-IoT solution with Exynos i S111 chipset with a single chip integrating an NB-IoT capable LTE modem, RF IC, an on-chip security sub-system, and a PUF...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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?Art is a Universal USB to UART-TTL Adapter with Safety Features (Crowdfunding)
I’ve never had specific issues with USB to TTL debug boards personally, but potentially you could damage the target if you select one with the wrong voltage, and for more advanced use cases...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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n-fuse LoRaWAN Concentrator mini PCIe Card Comes with either SX1301 or SX1308 Chip
Most gateways are based on Semtech SX1301 chip, but the company unveiled a SX1308 chip for picocell gateways back in 2016 that’s supposed to be cheaper and used indoors. Designs have been slow...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Review of Firefly-RK3399 Board with Android 8.1 Firmware
Last week, I tested Android 7.1 on NanoPC-T4 Rockchip RK3399 SBC, and this week, I’ve given a try at Android 8.1 (Beta) on Firefly-RK3399 Board. Since it’s still a beta version, I’m...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Embedded Base Boot Requirements (EBBR) Project Aims to Standardize Booting on Embedded Systems
Desktop and server systems relies on standardized interfaces between the bootloader and the OS like UEFI and ACPI, but for embedded systems the way the bootloader, often U-boot, handles the boot flow...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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How to Make a Cheap Single Channel Gateway with an ESP32 LoRa Board
Actual LoRaWAN gateways based on Semtech SX1301 concentrator can be pretty expensive, and even if you take a LoRa gateway design based on Raspberry Pi for indoor placement or experimentation, price...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Pocket Science Lab (PSLab) is an Open Source Hardware Electronics Lab
Last Saturday I created a virtual schedule for the Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2018 where I listed some of sessions relevant to myself and hopefully regular readers of CNX Software, but due to...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Forlinx OK5718-C Development Board is Powered by TI AM5718 Cortex-A15/M4 processor
Forlinx Embedded Technology (Forlinx) has just launched a new development board for indsutrial applications with audio and video processing requirements. OK5718-C development board features Texas...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Leon ANAVI has been learning KiCad open source EDA suite in his spare time, and developed several Raspberry Pi (p)HAT add-on boards such as ANAVI pHAT Light to control LED RGB strips, or ANAVI...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Tranquil PC’s AMD Ryzen Embedded Mini PC Supports Up to 4 Displays
AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 processor family was introduced last February, but if you’d wanted to buy a Ryzen Embedded mini PC today, you’ struggle to do so at least for a retail model. One...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Acer Aspire 3 A315-41G (AMD Ryzen 7 2700U) Laptop – Installing Ubuntu 18.04 and “Hidden” M.2 SSD Socket
Everyday I’m using a tower PC running Ubuntu 18.04 to take care of this blog, but when I travel it’s obviously not so convenient, so a few years ago I bought an Acer Aspire E5-421G...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Embedded Linux Conference Europe & OpenIoT Summit Europe 2018 Schedule
The Embedded Linux Conference & OpenIoT Summit 2018 took place in March of this year in the US, but the European version of the events are now planned to take place on October 21-24 in Edinburg,...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Check for Spectre, Meltdown, and L1 Terminal Fault Vulnerabilities with Spectre-meltdown-checker Script
Yesterday, we wrote a little bit about the new speculative execution vulnerability known as L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) or Foreshadow, and a reader – MHSadri – pointed to an interesting...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Tachyon Arduino Zero Compatible Board Features Microchip SAMD51 Arm MCU @ 120 MHz (Crowdfunding)
Most Arm based Arduino compatible boards come with a Microchip SAMD21 Arm Cortex-M0+ MCU clocked at up to 48 MHz since this is the microcontroller found in the official Arduino Zero and MKRZero...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Arm Roadmap to 2020 Reveals Deimos and Hercules Processors for 5G Laptops
Arm has just published a roadmap for their Cortex-A processors until 2020, where we can see 7nm Deimos, and 7 to 5 nm Hercules succeeding Arm Cortex A76 core with “laptop class...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Zymkey is a Hardware Security Module for Raspberry Pi Board
Microchip ATECC508A CryptoAuthentication chip appears to be a popular way to add hardware encryption support to development boards, as we’ve seen previously with 96Boards’ Secure96...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$50 Fish32 Seed “Education” ESP32 Board Comes with Plenty of I/Os, Sensors, and Connectivity Options
Sometimes I feel the word “Education” is sometimes thrown around for marketing purpose, and AnalogLamb Fish32 Seed board for “ESP32 Community Education Board” feels that way...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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More Speculative Execution Exploits – Meet Foreshadow / L1 Terminal Fault
Speculative execution is a feature to speed up performance of recent processors which works by predicting and loading likely future instructions ahead of time. The features became somewhat famous a...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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