ESP RainMaker Eases Cloud Integration & Mobile App Development for ESP
Espressif Systems is well-known for its low-cost, well-supported WiFI and Bluetooth SoC for IoT products and projects. But in recent years, the company has also come up with application-specific... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Palm-Sized Chuwi LarkBox Mini PC Packs a Celeron N4100 Processor, 6GB RAM, and 128GB Storage
One of the smallest Intel mini PC we’ve seen so far was ECS LIVA Q2 Micro PC which Ian reviewed last year with an Intel Celeron N4000 Gemini Lake processor, 4GB RAM, and 32GB eMMC flash housed... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Boardcon RK1808 SBC Targets Smart Audio & Computer Vision Applications
Rockchip RK1808 neural network processing unit was initially an IP Block inside RK3399Pro, but the company eventually launched RK1808 Cortex-A35 processor as a standalone solution now providing up to... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Qualcomm 212 LTE IoT Modem Supports LTE Cat NB2, Promises Higher Power Efficiency
A few years ago, Qualcomm launched Snapdragon 212 processor for smart speakers. This post has nothing to do with this, but strangely the company decided to reuse the 212 number in its new Qualcomm... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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XCY X41 Mini PC Is Powered by an Intel Core i7-10510U Comet Lake Processor
Released in August 2019, Intel’s 10th generation Comet Lake-Y and U-Series processors have been found in several laptops, but there have been less Comet Lake mini PC‘s announced with the... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Sonoff ZBBridge WiFi to Zigbee Gateway Launched for $16.90
Since the end of last year, ITEAD has introduced several Zigbee Sonoff products such as Sonoff Basic R3 Zigbee, but so far customers had to rely on third-party hardware for the gateway, and they very... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX SoM Launched for $459, Third-Party Carrier Boards & Edge Computers Available
NVIDIA announced the Jetson Xavier NX system-on-module last November with an NVIDIA Xavier SOC with 6 NVIDIA Carmel Arm v8.2 cores, a 384-core NVIDIA Volta GPU and two NVDLA deep learning... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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YARC Case Can House a Raspberry Pi Board with one HAT Expansion Board and Up to 3 Hard Drives (Crowdfunding)
There are plenty of enclosures for Raspberry Pi board and other compact x86 or Arm Linux SBCs, but many projects require expansion boards and it’s not always possible to use an off-the-shelf... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Raspberry Pi powered Ventilators and 80+ Open Source Ventilators Listed & Ranked
With the (potential) shortage of ventilators due to COVID-19 pandemic, people have been working together to create cheaper and/or open-source ventilators, and we previously covered a... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ADLink Launches Vizi-AI Development Starter Kit for Industrial Machine Vision & Artificial Intelligence
ADLINK has recently launched Vizi-AI development starter kit for industrial machine vision and artificial intelligence (AI) at the edge in collaboration with Intel and Arrow Electronics. Vizi-AI is... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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3.5mm/USB Stereo Microphone Could Make Cheap 2-Mic Array
We previously wrote about the possibility of using Sony PS3 Eye camera as an inexpensive 4-mic array as at the time (August 2019) it sold for $7.5, and can still be found for $13 on Amazon. But... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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NFC Wireless Charging Coming Soon to IoT Devices and Wearables
NFC is better known for contactless payment and transferring contacts, but one interesting feature is the ability to provide power as we’ve recently seen with batteryless NFC powered E-paper... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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TQ Group Announces NXP i.MX 8X ARM Cortex-A35 Modules as the Processor Finally Becomes Available
TQ Group, headquartered in Germany, has launched two NXP i.MX 8X Cortex-A35 modules with TQMa8Xx and TQMa8XxS SoMs, with the latter being SMARC 2.1 compliant, and both targeting various applications... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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HART-IP Developer Kit Leverages Raspberry Pi 3B+, Off-the-Shelf Add-on Boards for Industrial Field Communication
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OKdo E1 Arm Development Board Launched with NXP LPC55S69 Cortex-M33 MCU
We’ve just written about the launch of NXP LPC551x/S1x Arm Cortex-M33 MCU family, but OKdo has very recently announced a development board based on the previous generation LPC5500 Cortex-M33... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Gole11 Mini PC with 11.6″ Touchscreen Offered for $119 and Up (Crowdfunding)
Earlier this year, we wrote about HiGole F11APL mini PC with a built-in 11.6″ touchscreen, an Intel Celeron N3450 Apollo Lake processor combined with 4GB RAM and 64GB eMMC flash storage, and... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Sonoff 4CHR3 is a 4-gang Wi-Fi Smart Switch with optional RF433 Connectivity
ITEAD Studio introduced Sonoff 4CH 4-gang WiFi + RF switch in 2017 with a DIN rail enclosure, compatible with eWelink Android/iOS app, and offering three modes of operations selectable from physical... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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WiFi & Cellular Router Focuses on Security, Always-on Connectivity with 2GB Free Monthly Data (Crowdfunding – US)
We previously covered Roqos Core RC10 Intel Atom-based AC router that was offered for only $19 with the catch of having to $17 per month for “advanced cybersecurity and parental control... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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How I Quadrupled Internet Speed in a Resort Room… with a Rope
I just temporarily moved into a room, or more exactly a small bungalow, and with my line of work I kind of need decent internet. I was told they had “WiFi”, and when I tried it out, I... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Pi-oT ESP Module Leverages ESP32, Screw Terminals for IoT & Automation (Crowdfunding)
Last year, we covered Pi-oT Raspberry Pi add-on board designed for commercial and industrial IoT applications with five SPDT relays and eight analog outputs housed in a DIN rail enclosure, although... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Argon One Case Brings All Raspberry Pi 4 Connectors on One Side
Due to its small size, the Raspberry Pi 4 board has Ethernet and USB ports on one side, and micro HDMI ports, AV port, and USB-C port on another side. This may not be an issue for most people, but... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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NXP LPC551x/S1x Arm Cortex-M33 MCU Family Launched with LPC55S16 Development Board
NXP has announced the general availability of LPC551x/S1x Arm Cortex-M33 MCU family with low power consumption, embedded security, pin-, software- and peripheral-compatibility. The LPC551x/S1x family... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ODROID-Go Advance Black Edition Gets WiFi, R2/L2 Button, and USB-C Power Input
At the end of last year, Hardkernel launched ODROID-GO Advance portable Linux retro game console powered by a Rockchip RK3326 processor with 1GB RAM, and a 3.5″ color display. While it was... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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MINISFORUM S40 Celeron N4000 PC Stick with HDMI & miniDP Goes for $190
MINISFORUM S40 is yet another Gemini Lake mini PC, but it comes in a super-compact PC Stick form factor and combines an Intel Celeron N4000 dual-core processor with 4GB DDR4 RAM and 64G eMMC flash... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Congatec conga-TR4 COM Express Module is Powered by AMD Ryzen Embedded SoC
We’ve covered plenty of AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000-series SBCs, and some Ryzen Embedded mini PCs, but so far, we had not written about any AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 or R1000 system-on-module... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ATX12VO Standard Reduces Idle Desktop Power of ATX Motherboards
I remember a few years back when I still used an AMD FX8350 power tower PC power consumption was about 75 Watts at idle, and around 15-20 Watts when the computer was turned off. Those are really high... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Particle Tracking System Offers Software, Hardware LTE IoT Module and Tracker in Turnkey Solution
Particle’s first cellular M2M module was launched in 2015 when the company was still called Spark IO. Since then they’ve offered new modules and boards supporting recent standards like... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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QEMU 5.0 Supports Recent Armv8.x Features, Cortex-M7 CPU, Host Directory Access, and More
QEMU (Quick EMUlator) is an open-source emulator that’s great to run programs on various architectures such as Arm, RISC-V, and many others when you don’t own proper hardware. The... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Raspberry Pi HQ Camera Features a 12MP Sensor, Supports Interchangeable Lenses
The Raspberry Pi Foundation introduced the first official Raspberry Pi camera in May 2013. The $25 camera module came with a 5MP sensor and connected via the board’s MIPI CSI connector. Then in... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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“New” Raspberry Pi 3B v1.2/v1.3 May be Incompatible with Cases with Embedded Heatsink
As we’ve recently seen with Raspberry Pi 4 v1.2, the Raspberry Pi Foundation will sometimes provide new revisions of their boards with small differences or fixes that most users won’t... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Connect up to 32 Relays to Raspberry Pi with a Stackable 4-Relay Board
People have been playing with off-the-shelf relays on Raspberry Pi boards ever since it was released in 2012, and over the years, some companies have maybe Raspberry Pi-specific relay boards such as... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Power Sensors and Boards with Water using 5V/12V Micro Water Turbines
I follow some online IoT groups, and many of the projects are related to smart farming and greenhouses. People may want to monitor temperature and humidity and other environmental factors using... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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BashTop is a Linux Resource Monitor for the Terminal
Neil Amstrong of BayLibre recently added ODROID-C4 support to Armbian, fired up Rosetta@Home on the Amlogic S905X3 SBC, and took a screenshot of some kind of advanced htop program showing the... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Rockchip RK3588 8K TV Box Triples as 5G & WiFi 6 Router, Home Automation Gateway
Rockchip RK3588 octa-core Cortex-A76/A55 processor was only expected in the second half of 2020 for IoT and vision/AI applications, but at least one company is working on a 3-in-1 product based on... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Allwinner V831 AI Full HD Camera SoC Powers Sochip V831 Development Board
In the last year or so, we’ve started to see several camera SoCs with a built-in NPU or SIMD instructions to accelerate face detection, objects detection and so on, starting with the... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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NANOTE 7″ 2-in-1 Mini Laptop with Intel Atom X5 Processor to Launch for $185 in Japan
Mini laptops have been a thing for the last 2 or 3 years thanks to companies such as GPD and OneNote. However, most of the models rely on fairly powerful and expensive low-power processors from Comet... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$9 Ebyte E180-ZG120B-TB Zigbee 3.0 Evaluation Board Features Silicon Labs EFR32MG1B Zigbee/Thread SoC
Ebyte E180-ZG120B-TB is a Zigbee 3.0 evaluation/development board based on the company’s E180-ZG120B module itself powered by Silicon Labs EFR32MG1B Series 1 Zigbee/Thread Arm Cortex-M4 SoC.... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Banana Pi BPI-F2P Industrial Control Board Adds PoE, RS-232 and RS-485 Interfaces
At the end of Last year, we covered Banana Pi BPI-F2S Industrial SBC powered by Sunplus SP7021 “Plus1” SoC with four Cortex-A7 core, an Arm A926 microprocessor, an 8051 core, as well as 128MB to... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Ingenic T31 AI Video Processor Combines MIPS & RISC-V Cores
Last week we asked “is MIPS dead?” question following the news that Wave Computing had filed for bankruptcy, two MIPS Linux maintainers had left, and China-based CIP United now obtained... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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DFI GHF51 AMD Ryzen Embedded SBC Review – Part 1: Unboxing and Assembl
Earlier this year, Taiwan based DFI launched GHF51 Ryzen Embedded R1000 SBC offering some similarities with Raspberry Pi 4 SBC, including a business card form factor, two Micro HDMI ports, and... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B/V1807B SBC Offers Four GbE Interfaces, Four Video Outputs
We’ve written about several AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 SBCs and many of them fully leverage the processor multimedia capabilities with support for four 4K displays, but Axiomtek CAPA13R... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Intel Launches 15W to 125W Comet Lake VPro Processors for Enterprise Customers
Last week, we covered AMD Ryzen PRO 4000 processors with 15W TDP targeting ultra-thin business laptops with PRO features such as security, manageability, reliability, and longevity which are needed... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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BeagleBone Green Gateway SBC with Ethernet, WiFi, and Bluetooth Launched for $60
BeagleBone Green Gateway SBC was first unveiled last July as an update to BeagleBone Green Wireless board with Ethernet, and Octavo Systems OSD3358 SiP along with some smaller changes like support... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Beelink GS-King X Amlogic S922X-H TV Box Comes with 3.5″ SATA Drive Bays
After Beelink GT-King and GT-King Pro, it appears the company is working on another Amlogic S922X(-H) TV box with Beelink GS-King X providing two internal 3.5″ SATA Bays. [Update May 14th: The... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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DEVICE.FARM Generates Raspbian/Armbian Docker Images for about 100 Arm Linux SBCs
Last year, I reviewed BalenaOS and BalenaCloud on Raspberry Pi CM3L based BalenaFin hardware. The solution generates OS images with docker support in order to easily manage and update a fleet of... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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AI Network Video Recorder Combines Intel Atom X5 E3940 SoC, Two Myriad X VPUs, and Five Ethernet Ports
AAEON seems to launch a new “AI Embedded Box PC” monthly either equipped with an NVIDIA Jetson module or a solution combining an Intel processor and a Myriad X VPU card. Here’s... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Lnav Log Files Navigator Helps You Analyze Log Files in a Mac OS or Linux Terminal
If you have a problem with your computer, you may have to go through log files, or as a software engineer, you may be looking for clues about a bug in a debug or error log. It can be done in any text... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Teensy 4.1 Board Gets Longer for Ethernet, MicroSD Slot, and More GPIOs
What comes after Teensy 4.0? Teensy 4.1. The new version of the Arduino compatible board is powered by the same NXP i.MX RT1062 Cortex-M7 crossover processor clocked at 600 MHz, but about doubling in... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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4K Vision Edge Computing Platform Features Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ ZU3EG MPSoC
Last year, MyIR Tech introduced MYD-CZU3EG development board powered by a Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ ZU3EG MPSoC with Arm Cortex-A53 cores and FPGA fabric designed for applications such as cloud... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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EasyDK Open Source Cloud Media Platform is Made for Raspberry Pi 3/4
French startup MMPhygital has developed EasyDK (Easy Digital Key) open-source, Python-based cloud media platform designed for Raspberry Pi 3 & 4 SBC’s that allows users to manage and view... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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WiFi 6 Embedded SBC Features Qualcomm IPQ6018 Processor, Gigabit & 2.5Gbps Ethernet Ports
Last year, we covered Dakota DR40x9 Wave-2 AC router board powered by Qualcomm IPQ4019 or IPQ4029 quad-core Cortex-A7 WiSoC, but there’s now a new Qualcomm based embedded SBC supporting WiFi 6.... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ 5G Mobile SoC Supports 144Hz FHD+ Displays, 5G UltraSave Technology, and More
MediaTek Dimensity 1000 5G processor for premium mobile devices was announced in Q4 2019 with eight Cortex-A77/A55 cores, an Arm Mali-G77 MC9, and APU 3.0 AI coprocessor. Since then, several... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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MNT Reform Open Source Hardware Laptop Launched for $999 and Up (Crowdfunding)
MNT Reform DIY Arm Linux laptop has been in the works at least since 2017. The open source hardware laptop is also fully modular with Boundary Devices Nitrogen8M SoM featuring NXP i.MX 8M quad-core... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Skytraq PX1122R Tiny Multi-Band RTK GNSS Module Offers Centimeter Accuracy
Several years ago Skytraq introduced NavSpark mini, a tiny (17x17mm) GPS module, that sold for $6. I got one and wrote a post explaining how to get started with the GPS module using GNSS viewer... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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AMD Ryzen PRO 4000 Processors Launched for Ultra-thin Business Laptops
AMD announced 15W to 45W mobile processors at CES 2020 with AMD Ryzen 4000-U series processors designed for ultra-thin laptops. The company has now unveiled AMD Ryzen PRO 4000 series mobile... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ANAVI Fume Extractor Comes with ESP8266 WiSoC, MQ-135 Gas Sensor (Crowdfunding)
Last year, I played with ESP8266 based ANAVI Gas Detector Starter Kit reporting air quality via an MQ135 sensor on an OLED display, and integrated it with Home Assitant to monitor air quality from a... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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NFC Wireless Charging Coming Soon to IoT Devices and Wearables
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TQ Group Announces NXP i.MX 8X ARM Cortex-A35 Modules as the Processor Finally Becomes Available
TQ Group, headquartered in Germany, has launched two NXP i.MX 8X Cortex-A35 modules with TQMa8Xx and TQMa8XxS SoMs, with the latter being SMARC 2.1 compliant, and both targeting various applications... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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HART-IP Developer Kit Leverages Raspberry Pi 3B+, Off-the-Shelf Add-on Boards for Industrial Field Communication
Have you ever heard about the bi-directional HART communication protocol? I haven’t, but I should probably have as there’s an installed base of over 40 million HART-enabled instruments... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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OKdo E1 Arm Development Board Launched with NXP LPC55S69 Cortex-M33 MC
We’ve just written about the launch of NXP LPC551x/S1x Arm Cortex-M33 MCU family, but OKdo has very recently announced a development board based on the previous generation LPC5500 Cortex-M33... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Gole11 Mini PC with 11.6″ Touchscreen Offered for $119 and Up (Crowdfunding)
Earlier this year, we wrote about HiGole F11APL mini PC with a built-in 11.6″ touchscreen, an Intel Celeron N3450 Apollo Lake processor combined with 4GB RAM and 64GB eMMC flash storage, and... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Sonoff 4CHR3 is a 4-gang Wi-Fi Smart Switch with optional RF433 Connectivity
ITEAD Studio introduced Sonoff 4CH 4-gang WiFi + RF switch in 2017 with a DIN rail enclosure, compatible with eWelink Android/iOS app, and offering three modes of operations selectable from physical... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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WiFi & Cellular Router Focuses on Security, Always-on Connectivity with 2GB Free Monthly Data (Crowdfunding – US)
We previously covered Roqos Core RC10 Intel Atom-based AC router that was offered for only $19 with the catch of having to $17 per month for “advanced cybersecurity and parental control... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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How I Quadrupled Internet Speed in a Resort Room… with a Rope
I just temporarily moved into a room, or more exactly a small bungalow, and with my line of work I kind of need decent internet. I was told they had “WiFi”, and when I tried it out, I... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Pi-oT ESP Module Leverages ESP32, Screw Terminals for IoT & Automation (Crowdfunding)
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NXP LPC551x/S1x Arm Cortex-M33 MCU Family Launched with LPC55S16 Development Board
NXP has announced the general availability of LPC551x/S1x Arm Cortex-M33 MCU family with low power consumption, embedded security, pin-, software- and peripheral-compatibility. The LPC551x/S1x family... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ODROID-Go Advance Black Edition Gets WiFi, R2/L2 Button, and USB-C Power Input
At the end of last year, Hardkernel launched ODROID-GO Advance portable Linux retro game console powered by a Rockchip RK3326 processor with 1GB RAM, and a 3.5″ color display. While it was... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Arm Announces Cortex-A78 CPU, Mali-G78 GPU, Ethos-N78 NPU and Custom C
Arm has just announced its 2020 Arm Mobile IP portfolio with no less than five IP blocks including Arm Cortex-A78 CPU, Arm Mali-G78 and G68 GPUs, Arm Ethos-N78 neural processing unit, and the custom...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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19″ Rackmounts Support up to 12 Raspberry Pi SBCs
Last time, we wrote about myelectronics.nl we covered their Tesla Cybertruck Case for Intel NUCs which housed the mini PC into a mini CyberTruck looking enclosure. The company has now come up with...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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UP Xtreme Smart Surveillance Combines Whiskey Lake SBC, Myriad X VPUs, and Video Management & Analytics Software
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SMD Books Keep Up to 8500 SMD Resistors or Capacitors
I have some SMD chips at home that I keep in an organizer box, but if I had to store lots of them, it would take a lot of space. Luckily, there’s a better way: SMD Books. I’ve just found...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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megaAI 4K AI Camera Board Features Movidius Myriad X VPU (Crowdfunding)
megaAI 4K AI camera board reminds me of Kendryte K210 based boards such as Maixduino used for computer vision for tasks such as object tracking or face recognition, but instead of just handling QVGA...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$13 RPI_AC108 Audio Board Ships with a 4-Mic Array for Raspberry Pi
X-Powers is a subsidiary of Allwinner, better known for its PMIC chips for Allwinner Cortex-A processors., but we also discovered X-Powers AC108 quad-channel ADC chip for microphone arrays in 2017....[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Sponsored: Wondershare UniConverter is an All-in-One Video Converter, Recorder and Editor
You may have multiple programs or plugins to manage your videos, one to download videos from the web, one to edit your own videos, a separate video converter, etc… and they may have...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Zigbee Firmware News – TI Z-Stack 3.0 Zigbee for CC2530 & ptvo Zigbee FW Configuration Tool
We’ve been writing about Zigbee more in recent months with either product announcements such as Sonoff ZBBridge WiFi to Zigbee gateway, and open-source software updates such as Tasmota support...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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iWave Systems i.MX8M Mini Devkit Targets Low-cost Facial Recognition Systems
iWave Systems i.MX8M Mini Board is a development platform based on an update versions of the company’s iW-RainboW-G34M-SM i.MX 8M Mini system-on-module and designed specifically for low-cost...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Allwinner Submits A100 Initial Support to Mainline Linux
You may also have already used boards based on Allwinner processors with mainline Linux support. But so far you had to thank linux-sunxi community for all the mainlining work they do, and AFAIK...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Advantech Edge AI Computer and PoE NVR Feature NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX
Following the launch of NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX SoM last year, we noted several third-party carrier boards and embedded PCs had been announced, and we expected more to come soon. Advantech has now...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Powkiddy X2 is a Low-End Nintendo Switch Lookalike
Powkiddy specializes in handheld gaming consoles, and if their latest Powkiddy X2 portable game console looks familiar, it’s because it looks just like a Nintendo Switch. But the comparison...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Updated x86/x64 Software Optimization Manual Reveals More Intel Tremont Details
We first found out about Tremont microarchitecture in April 2018 in some Intel documents and Linux mainline source showing it was likely meant to be Goldmont Plus successor. Last year, Intel formally...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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MARK AI Robot Kit Aims to Teach AI & Robotics to 12+ Years Old (Crowdfunding)
We’ve written about Kendryte K210 RISC-V AI processor, and Sipeed M1 module several times including in our getting started for Maixduino and GroveAI HAT boards for low-power AI inference such...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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We live in a Sad World – Purism Anti-Interdiction Services are (Somewhat) Popular
A few years ago, we learned the NSA may intercept networking gear during shipping in order to modify it to provide backdoor access to the hardware, and it’s likely other national security...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Swissbit Secure Boot for Raspberry Pi Relies on MicroSD Card and optional USB Stick
Swissbit secure boot solution for Raspberry Pi consists of an 8GB or 32GB “PS-45u DP” Micro SD card pre-loaded with their secure firmware, and offering the following key features:...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Ameba RTL8722DM Cortex-M33/M23 IoT Development Board Now Available for $23.90
Earlier this year, we noticed some RealTek RTK8720DN dual-band WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0 IoT modules, and quickly mentioned Ameba RTL8722DM development board available for under $50. If you found the...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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SD 8.0 Specification Promises Dual-lane PCIe 4.0 SD Express Cards with up to 4GB/s Transfer Rate
The SD Association seems to be releasing new specifications faster than the industry and consumers can pick up. In June 2018, the SD 7.0 specification added SD Express cards with PCIe and NVMe...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$31 Honor Router 3 WiFi 6+ Router Supports 3000 Mbps Data Rates
I wrote about the “Most Affordable WiFi 6 Router Yet“, namely Xiaomi Mi Router AX1800, just two days ago, as it sells for around $60 on Aliexpress and 329 CNY ($46) in China. But the...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Olimex ESP32-S2-Devkit-LiPo WiFi Board Consumes as Little as 2uA in Sleep Mode
When we covered ESP32 powered TTGO T-Watch-2000 smartwatch this week-end, people noted that with a 350 mAh battery, the watch would last about 3.65 days considering a 4mA drain with the screen always...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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2-Way Ethernet Splitters Sell for as low as One Dollar
When I need to connect more than one device over Ethernet I usually think Ethernet hub or Ethernet switch. I think the former is harder to find these days but was convenient to capture Ethernet...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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GPD WIN Max Handheld Game Console Raises over One Million Dollars on First Day (Crowdfunding)
The first time we wrote about GPD product was for one of their portable game consoles, but since then the company has made many mini laptops that are fairly similar except for the lack of gaming...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Most Affordable WiFi 6 Router Yet: $60 Xiaomi Mi Router AX1800
[Update May 20, 2020: It did not last long, as Xiaomi Mi Router AX1800 is not the most affordable WiFi 6 router anymore with the launch of Honor Router 3 (XD20) AX3000 router for 219 RMB in China, or...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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PineTab Linux Tablet Coming Soon for $100. Watch an Ubuntu Touch Demo in the Meantime
People have been trying to launch Linux tablets for years from PenPod 700 to Jolla Tablet, or more recently NTablet. You may not know or remember about those, as Linux tablets that actually shipped...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Bluetooth USB PD Tester Connects to Windows and Android/iOS Apps for Data Logging
We’ve written about USB-C PD power meters in the past such as Satechi USB Type-C power meter. Those allow you to measure (charging) voltage and current displayed on the screen part of the...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Lilygo TTGO T-Watch-2020 is a Nicer Looking Arduino Programmable ESP32 Watch
We’ve covered several ESP32 watches over the last year include TTGO T-Wristand, Watchy, and DSTIKE ESP32 watch. Those don’t really have the nicest looking design, and some people...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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NVIDIA Jetson Developer Kits Comparison – Nano vs TX2 vs Xavier NX vs AGX Xavier
NVIDIA launched Jetson Xavier NX developer kit yesterday, and I included a short comparison table in the announcement between Jetson Nano, TX2, Xavier NX, and AGX Xavier developer kits. But I thought...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Banana Pi BPI-M4 SBC Gets 2GB RAM, Sells for $43
First unveiled in February 2019, Banana Pi BPI-M4 is a single board computer based on Realtek RTD1395 quad-core Cortex-A53 4K media processor and following Raspberry Pi 3B+ form factor pretty...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Stinger96 (NB-IoT + eMTC) and Avenger96 96Boards STM32MP1 SBCs Giveaway
96Boards, Arrow Electronics, STMicro, and Shiratech have joined hands to organize a giveaway event with up to 500 Avenger96 or Stinger96 boards going to lucky winners. I’ve already covered...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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NVIDIA Introduces Jetson Xavier NX Developer Kit, and Cloud-Native Support
NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX SoM was launched last month for $459. But while some third-party carrier boards were also announced at the time, the company had yet to offer Jetson Xavier NX Developer Kit as...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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CutiePi Raspberry Pi CM3+ Lite based Tablet Launched on Kickstarter
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+ Lite based CutiePi open-source tablet has been in the making for well over a year, and the company has made enough progress to launch a Kickstarter campaign with the...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Ugoos X4 Cube Android 9.0 TV Box Plays 4Kp120 AV1 Videos
AOMedia AV1 video codec has been in the works for several years, and has strong industry backing since it’s open-source, royalty-free and delivers compression similar or even superior to H.265....[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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One Netbook OneGx1 Mini Laptop Supports WiFi 6, 4G LTE or 5G Connectivity
We’ve seen plenty of mini laptops with 6″ to 9″ displays in the last couple of years, mainly from GPD and One Netbook, and to a lesser extend from CHUWI. But so far, I had not seen...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Upcoming RTD1619 Media Players – Dune HD Pro 4K II, Zidoo Z9X, and Zidoo X
Realtek RTD1619 hexa-core Cortex-A55 media SoC was first spotted in 2018 in the Linux source code. Since no products had been launched based on RTD1619, I had mostly forgotten about the processor...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Aegis Secure WiFi Smart Deadbolt Works with Android/iOS Phones (Crowdfunding)
We previously wrote about smart lock systems that allow you to open your door with the help of your smartphone. Products covered including Xiaomi Sherlock M1 that only works with specific...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Tiny NanoPi NEO3 SBC Targets Networked Storage with GbE and USB 3.0
Once upon a time, FriendlyELEC launched a Raspberry Pi Zero competitor for headless applications with Allwinner H3 powered NanoPi NEO, which was then followed with NanoPi NEO2 equipped with a more...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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J721E DRA829/TDA4VM/AM752x – Texas Instruments Cortex-A72 based Monster SoC’s
Texas Instruments unveiled their first 64-bit processor in 2018 with TI AM654 “Keystone III” quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 + dual lockstep Cortex-R5F processor designed for general embedded and industrial...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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SC-10 SHARK is a Faster 3D Printer with Optional Laser Engraving, Bicolor, and Auto-leveling (Crowdfunding)
Printing a 3D model usually takes hours, if not days, so anything that can speed up the printing time while keeping the same quality should be welcomed. LOTMAXX SC-10 SHARK 3D printer promises to...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Miniature Inertial Navigation System Integrates 9-axis IMU Sensor and RTK GNSS with 1cm Accuracy
SBG Systems Ellipse-D is an industrial-grade inertial navigation system (INS) equipped with a 9-axis IMU sensor, a dual-antenna RTK GNSS module with one-centimeter accuracy, and a 64-bit...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Linux powered STMicro STM32MP1 Solder-down QFN-Style SoM Measures 27x27mm
STMicro STM32MP1 Cortex A7/M4 processor was launched last year with support for Linux and Android. Since then we’ve seen a few STM32MP1 SBC‘s, development kit and modules, with some of...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ASUS Chromebit CS10 Chrome OS PC Stick Sells for $69.99 (Promo)
ASUS Chromebit CS10 was the cheapest Chrome OS hardware when it launched in 2015. Equipped with a Rockchip RK3288-C quad-core processor coupled with 2 GB RAM and 16 GB eMMC. plus one HDMI port and...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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$99 EFR32xG22 Wireless Gecko Starter Kit Offers Low-Cost Zigbee Development Platform
Silicon Labs has just launched a low-cost Bluetooth, Zigbee, and proprietary wireless development kit with the $99 EFR32xG22 Wireless Gecko Starter Kit (WSTK). This WSTK includes two +6 dBm radio...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ZOTAC ZBOX CI622 Nano Barebone, Fanless Comet Lake Mini PC Launched for $400
We’ve covered some Intel Comet Lake mini PC‘s in the past from pretty much unknown brands with products such as XCY X41 and an unnamed Eglobal fanless Comet lake mini PC. If you feel...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Bamboo Systems B1000N 1U Server Features up to 128 64-bit Arm Cores, 512GB RAM
SolidRun CEx7-LX2160A COM Express module with NXP LX2160A 16-core Arm Cortex A72 processor has been found in the company’s Janux GS31 Edge AI server in combination with several Gyrfalcon AI...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Sipeed TANG Hex is a Low-Cost Xilinx Zynq-7020 Arm FPGA Board
Last year, Sipeed launched a $5 FPGA board called Sipeed Tang and based on an entry-level Gowin GW1N-1-LV FPGA. But I had not noticed the company had also worked on a more powerful, yet still...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Up2stream Mini & Pro v3 Audio Boards Add Bluetooth 5.0, USB Sound Card Mode and More
Rakoit launched Up2stream WiFi audio board in 2018, followed by Up2stream Pro board in 2019 with additional Bluetooth, Ethernet, and USB interfaces. Those boards are designed to bring network...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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CHUWI LarkBox, the World’s Smallest 4K Mini PC, Launched on Indiegogo for $149 and Up
CHUWI LarkBox would just be like many other Intel Gemini Lake mini PCs with an Intel Celeron J4115 Gemini Lake Refresh processor, 6GB RAM, 128GB Storage, as well as the usual HDMI 2.0 ports and USB...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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TASMOTA Now Supports ESP32 Targets including some Ethernet and Camera Boards
TASMOTA open-source firmware was initially designed for ESP8266 or ESP8285 based Sonoff home automation devices providing an alternative to eWelink firmware with support for MQTT protocol allowing...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Raspberry Pi VideoCore IV Boards Get an Unofficial Vulkan Driver Good Enough to Play Quake 3
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is collaborating with Igalia to work on everything related to graphics support for VideoCore VI GPU found in Raspberry Pi 4’s Broadcom BCM2711 SoC. This lead to...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Pandauino 644/1284 Narrow are Compact ATmega644/1284 Arduino Boards (Crowdfunding)
Pandauino 644 Narrow and 1284 Narrow boards powered by Microchip ATmega644 and ATmega1284 8-bit AVR MCU in a compact form factor slightly larger than the official Arduino Nano. The Pandaunino boards...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Orange Pi 4 Metal Enclosure Launched for $10
Orange Pi 4 and Orange Pi 4B, the latter further adding a Gyrfalcon 2801S AI accelerator chip, were launched in late 2019 for as little as $50 with 4GB RAM making those some of the most affordable...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ESP32 Board Features mini PCIe & SIM Card Sockets for 4G LTE Connectivity
LilyGO has launched yet another ESP32 WiFi & Bluetooth IoT board. As its name implies, TTGO-T-PCIe board includes a mini PCIe socket that coupled with a SIM card socket allowing users to insert a...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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zGlue Launches the Open Chiplet Initiative in Collaboration with Google and Antmicro
We first covered zGlue’s ZiP (zGlue Integration Platform) in 2018 as the company introduced its multi-chip module similar to SiP (system-in-package) via a crowdfunding campaign. Just like SiP,...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Checking Out Raspberry Pi OS 64-Bit on Raspberry Pi 4 8GB RAM
The Raspberry Pi 4 with 8GB RAM launched a couple of weeks ago together with the beta version of Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit. Note that you should currently use the 32-bit version of Raspberry Pi OS...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Getting a 3-inch Smartphone in 2020? You can with Unihertz Jelly 2 (Crowdfunding)
Most smartphones have 5″ or larger displays these days as it’s just more convenient to read emails, browse the web, or play games, than the smaller displays we had ten years ago. But some...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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FontEdit Font Editor Targets Embedded Systems with LED, LCD or e-Paper Displays
Once I had to use a Chinese TTF font in a project were storage was limited, and I managed to reduce the font size with FontForge open-source editor. It works well as long as your system support...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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nRF52805 Tiny Bluetooth 5.2 SoC is Optimized for Small Two-layer PCB Designs
Nordic Semi has just added a new member to its nRF52 Bluetooth 5 wireless SoC family with nRF52805 offered in a tiny WLCSP package measuring 2.48×2.46 mm and optimized for cost-effective 2-layer...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Qualcomm Robotics RB5 Platform Targets the Development of 5G and AI-Enabled Robots
Qualcomm Robotics RB3 Development Platform powered by Snapdragon 845 processor gets an upgrade with Robotics RB5 Platform equipped with Qualcomm QRB5165 Robotics processor designed for...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Particle Takes Pre-orders for its Cellular Tracking SoM, Evaluation Kit, and Tracker One Asset Tracker
Earlier this year, Particle announced its Tracking System turnkey solution comprised of Tracker SoM LTE IoT module, Tracker One asset tracker with enclosure, as well as Particle Tracking Services...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ODROID-H2+ SBC Gets Celeron J4115 Processor, Offers 2.5GbE Networking
Harkernel ODROID-H2 is an Intel Celeron J4105 Gemini Lake powered SBC that offers great value and performs reasonably well as we’ve seen in our ODROID-H2 Ubuntu review. But there’s an...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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GloDroid Brings Android 10 OS to Raspberry Pi 4, Orange Pi SBC’s, Pine
The community of developers working on software for single board computers often prefer to focus on Linux support, as companies will often provide Android firmware images. But those Android OS images... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Kano PC 2-in-1 DIY Hybrid Laptop is Powered by an Intel Celeron N4000 Gemini Lake SoC
Kano PC DIY computer kit was launched last year with a low-end Intel Atom x5-Z8350 processor and designed to help kids learn about computers. The company has now launched the second-generation Kano... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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STM32 IoT Discovery Kit Runs AWS-Ready FreeRTOS, Supports Arduino and Pmod Expansion Boards
STMicroelectronics STM32 IoT Discovery Kit is supposed to ease software development for IoT nodes thanks to a qualified port of FreeRTOS integrated into the STM32Cube ecosystem, and ready to connect... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Wainlux K6 & Alfawise C50 Mini Laser Engravers Offered for $130 and Up
A few days ago I saw Wainlux K6 “most compact, powerful and simple-to-use” laser engraver on Kickstarter for about $159. I did not think too much of it at the time, but this morning I... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Compact Wind Turbine Generates Up to 800 Watts, Outputs 12V or 24V DC
If I had to install some equipment at home were the mains are not easily accessible or would result in long cables, I’d immediately think about issuing solar panels to charge a battery, and... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Brume-W Pocket-Sized Wireless Gateway Runs OpenWrt or Ubuntu (Crowdfunding)
GL.iNet Brume-W (GL-MV1000W) is a “pocket-sized wireless gateway for edge computing” that supports high-speed VPN up to 280Mbps with WireGuard, AdGuard ad-blocking software (AdGuard), and... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Mythic Beasts, miniNodes Offer Raspberry Pi 4 Hosting Services
Mythic Beats is the company offering hosting services for the Raspberry Pi website, and following Eben Upton proposal they decided to host the website on eighteen Raspberry Pi 4 boards, fourteen of... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Report: Most DS18B20 Temperature Sensors Sold Online are Fakes or Counterfeit Parts
We’ve already covered counterfeit components with a method to detect STM32 fakes, and several years ago, FTDI decided to take action by bricking clones of their USB to serial chips, although... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Ignitial Tukhla High-End Open Source Hardware NXP i.MX 8QuadMax SBC in the Works
[Update: The European company that initiated the project is Ignitial based in the west of France. So while we refer to the board as Olimex Tukhla in the post, it will be offered as Ignitial Tukhla... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Ingenic X2000 IoT Application Processor Combines 32-bit MIPS Xburst 2 Cores with Xburst 0 Real-time Core
In Arm’s world, heterogeneous processors are pretty common, with for example big.LITTLE / dynamIQ application processors mixing powerful Cortex-A7x cores with power-efficient Cortex-A5x cores.,... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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NanoPi NEO3 Headless SBC Launched for $20 and up
Last month, we found out FriendlyELEC was working on NanoPi NEO3, a tiny SBC powered by Rockchip RK3328 processor and made for headless applications and networked storage thanks to Gigabit Ethernet... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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RFCat N32 Long Range nRF52832 Bluetooth Board Delivers 30x the Transmission Power with an Amplifier
Bluetooth 5.0 has two main new features: high speed (2Mbps) and long-range. But as we’ve seen in our nRF52840 vs nRF52832 vs nRF52810 comparison is that only nRF52840 supports Bluetooth 5.x... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Debian based Mobian Linux OS Brings Librem 5 Phosh Shell to Pinephone
2020 is the year of the Linux phone. Sort of… At least, we now have smartphones that ships with Linux thanks to PinePhone and Librem 5, and several Linux mobile operating systems with Ubuntu... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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PoE FeatherWing Brings PoE, Unique MAC Address to Adafruit Feather Boards (Crowdfunding)
[Update: In the initial version of this post, Giant Board was wrongly attributed to Silicognition LLC (Patrick Van Oosterwijck). It was actually made by Groguard] Silicognition LLC (Patrick Van... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Intel Issues Product Discontinuance Schedule for Gemini Lake Processors
Intel Gemini Lake low power processors based on Goldmont Plus architecture were announced in 2017 as successors of Apollo Lake family with the official launch in 2018 fairly quickly followed by a... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ODYSSEY-X86J4105 SBC Unboxing and Re_Computer Case Review
Seeed Studio ODYSSEY-X86J4105 is an Intel Celeron J4105 Gemini Lake SBC that also happens to integrate an Arduino compatible Microchip SAMD21 Arm Cortex M0+ microcontroller that makes it suitable as... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Intel Introduces Thunderbolt 4, Showcases MultiPort Thunderbolt 4 Docks
Intel has just introduced Thunderbolt 4 universal cable connectivity solution for data, video, and power with up to 40 Gbps bandwidth, and USB4 specification compliance. The new standard can support... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ETSI Releases EN 303 645 IoT Security Standard for Consumer Devices
To be successful over the long term, IoT must be secure, at least that’s what people say. So in 2016, UL introduced the UL 2900 IoT security standard, but it set the bar so high, that nobody... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Maia ESP32-S2 Development Board Features Micro USB OTG Port, Prototyping Area
One of the advantages of the new ESP32-S2 processor is that it offers a USB OTG interface. So far few boards took advantage of the extra interface, and one of the rare ones is Cucumber ESP32-S2 board... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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3D Printer Retraction Calibration Vol II – Calibration Generator Program Release
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Design an Open-Source SoC with Google SkyWater PDK, Get It Manufacture
With open ISAs like RISC-V, it’s become easier – provided you have the skills – to develop or customize your own SoC using RTL files, compile it with EDA tools, and run the... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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QuickFeather Board is Powered by QuickLogic EOS S3 Cortex-M4F MCU with embedded FPGA (Crowdfunding)
Yesterday, I wrote about what I felt what a pretty unique board: Evo M51 board following Adafruit Feather form factor, and equipped with an Atmel SAMD51 Cortex-M4F MCU and an Intel MAX 10 FPGA. But... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Fraunhofer HHI H.266/Versatile Video Coding (VVC) Halves the Data Requirements of H.265
There’s a lot of hype around AV1 royalty-free video codec since it has backing from large companies, better characteristics than H.265 or VP9, and is already used by YouTube and Netflix. AV1... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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STMicro STM32WL Wireless MCU Gets Wireless M-Bus Stack for Smart Meters
STMicro STM32WL was introduced as the world’s first LoRa SoC last year as it combined an STM32L4 Arm Cortex-M4 microcontroller with Semtech SX126x LoRa radio. The company has now partnered with... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Feather-Sized Evo M51 Board Combines Atmel SAMD51 MCU with Intel MAX 10 FPGA
Arduino unveiled its first FPGA board around two years ago with MKR Vidor 4000 combining an Intel Cyclone FPGA with Microchip SAMD21 Cortex-M0+ MCU in a form factor similar to Arduino Zero. But in... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Software Update Brings Subscription based Functions-on-Demand to BMW Cars
Cars are getting smarter and safer, and autonomous driving looks promising but may take longer than expected, as many shortcomings still have to be worked out. In any case, that means most new cars... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Upcoming SAVVY-V Open Source RISC-V Cluster Board Supports 10GbE via Microsemi PolarFire 64-bit RISC-V SoC
RISC-V based PolarFire SoC FPGA by Microsemi may be coming up in the third quarter of this year, but Ali Uzel has been sharing a few details about SAVVY-V advanced open-source RISC-V cluster board... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Interview – NXP Linux BSP and Timesys Vigiles Maintenance Service & Security Updates
I’ve been interviewing Ed White, Manager of NXP’s Professional Support and Engineering Services, and Akshay Bhat, Director of Engineering, Security Solutions at Timesys by email to find out more... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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New Tech Vocabulary for 2020 Could Break Software Compatibility
2020 has been an interesting year with plenty of disruption to most people lives, and political changes. Now it appears some of those changes will affect technology, and by that, I mean things like... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Advantech UNO-220 is an Industrial RS232/RS485 Gateway Kit for Raspberry Pi 4
While Raspberry Pi SBCs are mostly designed for the education market, they find their way in various devices, even in the industrial market with products such as ModBerry M500 industrial computer,... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ODYSSEY-X86J4105 SBC Review with Ubuntu 20.04 – Raspberry Pi & Arduino
We’ve already reviewed ODYSSEY-X86J4105 SBC with Windows 10. When combined with Re_Computer enclosure it’s a typical Intel Gemini Lake mini PC but with a twist: Arduino and Raspberry Pi...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Keyboard FeatherWing Brings Keyboard & Display to Adafruit Feather Boards
Solder Party is a brand new Swedish startup founded by Arturo182 who previously designed several maker boards including the tiny Serpente R2 CircuitPython prototyping board, and its first product,...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Edge IoT Gateway Powers Networks in Smart Factories, Smart Cities
In case you wonder if Arm Cortex-A8 processors are still getting used in new products, you’ll be glad to learn AAEON has just launched SRG-3352 Edge IoT Gateway based on an unnamed Arm...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Helium Hotspot LoRaWAN Gateway also Earns Cryptocurrency
We covered MatchX M2 Pro LPWAN Crypto-miner yesterday, and at first, I really thought that combining LoRaWAN gateway with cryptocurrency mining was really just a gimmick. But after talking with...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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MediaTek Dimensity 800U Processor Supports Dual 5G SIM Technology
Mediatek already has several 5G SoC’s from the mid-range Dimensity 720 to the premium Dimensity 1000+ 5G mobile SoC, with so far only Dimensity 820 and Dimensity 1000+ supporting dual 5G SIM...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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MatchX M2 Pro LPWAN Crypto-Miner Supports LoRaWAN and Cryptocurrency Mining
A few years ago, I received MatchX.io MatchBoX outdoor LoRaWAN gateway for review, and eventually tested it with RAK811 LoRa tracker once I got a node to play with, and made sure I did not break any...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Nordic Semi nRF21540 RF front end module Extends the Range of nRF52/nRF53 Bluetooth SoC’s
A little while ago, we wrote about RFCat N32 board integrating Meshtek-H52 module with nRF52832 2.4GHz multi-protocol SoC and a Skyworks power amplifier increasing power by up to 30 times to extend...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Developer Board 4 V3 Brings Gigabit Ethernet to 96Boards Snapdragon 410E SBC
The original 96Boards CE compliant Dragonboard 410c development board launched in 2015 was followed by Geniatech Developer Board IV the following with many of the same features plus the addition of a...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Using an Old Cassette Tape to Enclose a Battery-powered Raspberry Pi Zero
If you’re old enough you may have a stock of old cassette tapes that may or may not work anymore. The good news is that if you have time on your hands, you could recycle those as a Raspberry Pi...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Wandboard 8MPLUS SBC Gets NXP i.MX 8M Plus SoC with 2.3TOPS NPU
TechNexion Wandboard Dual was one of the first Freescale i.MX 6 single board computers when it launched in early 2013 and the company has introduced a few more models over the years including...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Renesas ZMOD4410 Indoor Air Quality HAT for Raspberry Pi Measures VOC,
We’ve recently covered a few products or solutions designed to report indoor air quality (IAQ) including ESPurna firmware getting support for BME680 precise indoor air quality measurements and...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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HeliOS is a Tiny Embedded OS Designed for Arduino Boards
Mannie Peterson (aka FellFromTree) has developed an embedded operating system called HeliOS that’s designed specifically for 8-bit and 32-bit Arduino boards, and can easily be used from the...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Folding@Home ARM64 Linux Beta Release for COVID-19 Vaccine Research
A few months ago, we reported that Rosetta@Home supported 64-bit Arm SBC’s and Servers in the Fight against COVID-19. But Folding@home did not support Arm hardware just yet, but thanks to work from...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Snapdragon 626 Powered Rugged Tablet Comes with NFC, RFID and Barcode Readers
Estone Technology has launched another rugged tablet with UA-80 IP-67 waterproof rated, and MIL-STD-810G compliant rugged Android tablet powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 mobile platform driving...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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MediaTek i350 Edge AI Processor is Designed for Mainstream AIoT & Smart Home Applications
MediaTek is well known for its mobile processors, but recently the company also manufactures IoT and AI processors such as MediaTek i300/i500 and MediaTek i700. The company has now introduced an...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Zidoo Z10 Pro & Z9X Realtek RTD1619DR 4K Android Media Players Launched for $229 and up
We previously wrote about some upcoming Realtek RTD1619 media players targeting the videophone and audiophile crowd, and expected them to launch very soon with models from Zidoo and Dune HD. Zidoo...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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How to Fix Unreliable USB Hard Drives, Stalled Transfers in Linux
Last June, I reviewed a Ryzen Embedded SBC with Windows 10, and the USB hard drive I normally use for review had all sorts of problems including very slow speeds and/or stalled transfers but no error...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Zero Terminal V3 is a Modular Raspberry Pi Zero W Powered HandHeld PC
Hardware hacker NODE has created a slick handheld Linux PC based on the Raspberry Pi Zero W board. About the size of a thick smartphone, Zero Terminal V3 also includes a touchscreen display, a...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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MeLE PCG02 GLK Fanless PC Stick Comes with 10W Celeron J4105 Processor, Gigabit Ethernet
Back in 2018, MeLE unveiled PCG02 Apo TV stick with a 6W Intel Celeron N3450 quad-core Apollo Lake processor, 4GB RAM, 32GB storage, HDMI output, USB 3.0 ports, and an unusual Gigabit Ethernet port...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Onyx Boox Poke2 Color eReader Launched for $299
Manga and comics fans, rejoice! After years of getting black & white eReaders, the first commercial color eReaders are coming to market starting with Onyx Boox Poke2 Color eReader sold for $299...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Exor nanoSOM nS02 System-on-Module Features the 800MHz version of STM3
Arrow Electronics and Exor Embedded have announced the nanoSOM nS02 system-on-module based on the 800MHz version of STMicro STM32MP1 microprocessor unveiled last February. The 25.4 x 25.4mm module is...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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xDrill Smart Power Drill Supports Intelligent Speed/Torque, Laser Measuring, Digital Leveling (Crowdfunding)
Many home appliances now have smart functions, and in my cases, I fail to see the added value, and I’m not sure why I’d want/need a connected refrigerator with a touchscreen display. So...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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AMD Ryzen Embedded SBC Review with Ubuntu 20.04
Last June, we reviewed DFI GHF51 Ryzen Embedded R1606G SBC with Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC. We had to send back the board to Taiwan, as the company wanted to double-check some of the issues we...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Supermicro Launches SuperServer SYS-E100-9W-H Fanless Whiskey Lake Embedded Mini PC
US-based Supermicro is known for its server products, but the company’s latest SuperServer SYS-E100-9W-H fanless embedded mini PC targets other applications, specifically industrial automation,...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Beelink GT-R Review – An AMD Ryzen 5 Mini PC Tested with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04
Whilst Windows mini PCs have traditionally used Intel processors similar small form factor (SFF) devices using AMD based processors have recently been announced and Beelink is amongst the first...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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ClusterCTRL Stack Helps You Power and Cool up to 5 Raspberry Pi SBC’s
Building a small cluster of Raspberry Pi boards or/and other compact single board computers requires you to handle power and cooling issues, as it may not be practical to have one power supply per...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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SAMD21 Lite is a Stamp-sized, MikroBus Compatible Cortex-M0+ MCU Board
If you’re a fan of tiny microcontroller boards, you’ll be pleased with BOKRA SAMD21 Lite board powered by Microchip SAMD21 Arm Cortex-M0+ MCU, exposing I/Os in a way compatible with...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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BaHa Box Smart Automation Hub Features Allwinner H2+ or NXP i.MX 6ULL Processor (Crowdfunding)
Most devices on the market are designed with a single brand of processor, but for their BaHa Box smart automation hub, xPoint Products decided to offer either Allwinner H2+ or NXP i.MX 6ULL versions....[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Odyssey Blue J4105 Windows & Linux Mini PC Comes with a 128GB SSD, an Arduino Compatible MCU
We recently reviewed ODYSSEY-X86J4105 SBC by Seeed Studio with Windows 10, and installed it to the Re_Computer case to convert it into a mini PC. Besides being a standard Intel Gemini Lake SBC, the...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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iWave Telematics Control Unit Supports GPS, 4G LTE, WiFi, and Bluetooth
We’ve often written about iWave Systems’ single board computers, development kits, and systems-on-module, but the company has also been offering automotive products such as a Linux based...[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Kneron KL720 Arm Cortex-M4 AI SoC Delivers 1.5 TOPS at 1.2 Watts
We first came across Kneron AI processors last year, when we covered AAEON M.2 & mPCIe AI accelerator cards powered by Kneron KL520 dual-core Cortex-M4 processor and delivering 0.3 TOP AI... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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VIA Pixetto Hi3518E V300 HD Camera Board Targets Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Education
VIA Technologies has launched the VIA Pixetto vision sensor aims to teach artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to students aged twelve and above. The Linux board features an... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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The Notch is Gone! ZTE Axon 20 5G Smartphone Features an Under-Display Camera
A little over a few ago, we reported companies like Xiaomi and Oppo were working on under-display cameras to remove the notch on smartphones. This works by having the phone display a black bar (that... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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M5Stack Launches Core2 ESP32 IoT Development Kit with 2-inch Touch Display
M5Stack has just launched an upgrade to its M5Stack Core development with M5Stack Core2 based on the same Espressif ESP32 WiFI + Bluetooth SoC, but adding capacitive touchscreen support to the 2-inch... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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PinePhone Manjaro Community Edition Linux Phone Pre-orders to Start Mid-September
Pine64 is producing PinePhone Linux phone in batches and each time there’s a different Linux operating system. It started with the BraveHeart edition in November 2019 without any OS at all,... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Espressif Unveils ESP32-S2-MINI Modules, ESP32-S3 and ESP32-C3 SoC’s Coming Soon
Espressif Systems has unveiled two new ESP32-S2 WiFi modules part of the new MINI series modules, namely ESP32-S2-MINI-1U with IPEX antenna, and ESP32-S2-MINI-1 with a PCB antenna. The press release... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Heart Rate Development Kit Features ESP32 WiSoC, MAX30102 Pulse Oximeter & HR sensor
LilyGO has launched a fair amount of ESP32 boards with some less common features like Ethernet and OLED Display, cellular connectivity, LoRa & GPS, PoE, watch form factor, and more. Their latest... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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JPEGDEC is a Faster JPEG Arduino Library Designed for 32-bit MCUs
In order to ensure software compatibility, Arduino libraries are supposed to work on various types of hardware from 8-bit microcontrollers with a limited amount of memory to more powerful 32-bit... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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STMicroelectronics Introduces Zigbee 3.0 to the STM32WB55 microcontrollers
STMicroelectronics has added Zigbee 3.0 support to its STM32WB55 wireless microcontroller family using the Zigbee PRO protocol stack. The STM32 Wireless MCU (STM32WB55) was launched last year with a... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Winmate IQ30 Snapdragon 660 SBC Runs Android 9.0 for HMI Touch Panels
Winmate, a company specializing in rugged computing technology headquartered in Taiwan, has recently launched Winmate IQ30 SBC powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 octa-core coupled with up to 4GB... [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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