Cents CH32V003 RISC-V MCU Offers 2KB SRAM, 16KB Flash

WCH CH32V003 is a new ultra cheap RISC-V microcontroller (MCU) clocked at 48 MHz with 2KB SRAM, 16KB flash, and a bunch of interfaces that sells for under | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

Pine64 Ox64 $6 RISC-V Linux SBC

Pine64 Ox64 is an upcoming single board computer powered by Bouffalo Lab BL808 dual-core 64-bit/32-bit RISC-V processor with up to 64MB embedded RAM, | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

Home Assistant Launches SkyConnect USB Stick with Zigbee, Thread, Matter Support

The Home Assistant SkyConnect is a USB stick with support for Zigbee, Matter, and Thread connectivity designed to work with the popular Home Assistant | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

SBC Case Builder 2.0 released with GUI

SBC Case Builder 2.0 tool to create enclosures for single board computers has been released with a customizer graphical user interface, additional | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

Odroid-Go portable gaming console and devkit launched for $111

Hardkernel ODROID-Go Ultra (OGU) portable gaming console and devkit is powered by the same Amlogic S922X hexa-core Cortex-A73/A53 processor found in the | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

Olimex ESP32-C3-DevKit-Lipo is a tiny RISC-V board with WiFi 4, Bluetooth 5.0

Olimex has just launched the ESP32-C3-DevKit-Lipo board based on ESP32-C3 RISC-V wireless microcontroller offering WiFI 4 and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity, | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

ELLO LC1 is A 2mm thin DIY computer

ELLO LC1 is credit card-sized DIY computer powered by a Microchip PIC18 8-bit microcontroller that's just 2mm thin thanks to a clever design. | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

Sphery vs. Shapes, the first raytraced game that is not software

Sphery vs. shapes is an open-source 3D raytraced game written in C and translated into FPGA bitstream that runs 50 times more efficiently on FPGA hardware | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

Banana Pi BPI-PicoW-S3 ESP32-S3 Board Follows Raspberry Pi Pico W Form Factor

Banana Pi's BPI-PicoW-S3 is a development board following the Raspberry Pi Pico W form factor, but based on Espressif System ESP32-S3 dual-core | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

Specs of Russian produced Bitblaze Titan laptop

Russian company Prombit has unveiled the BITBLAZE Titan BM15 Arm Linux Laptop equipped with Baikal-M1 octa-core Arm Cortex-A57 processor manufactured by | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

Another consequence of supply shortage: mass production mishaps

Radxa suffered a mass production mishap due to supply shortage when IP2315 IC was replaced with CH224D on ROCK 3A without updating the BoM. | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

ESP-WiFi-CSI detects humans with WiFi signals only, no sensor needed

Espressif ESP-WIFI-CSI software relies on the disturbance in the force WiFi signals between one or more ESP32 boards and a router to detect whether humans | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

Firefly Station M3 – A Rockchip RK3588S Mini PC with Up to 16GB RAM

Firefly Station M3 is a mini PC powered by Rockchip RK3588S octa-core Cortex-A76/A55 processor, the cost-down version of the RK3588, and equipped with up | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

Inexpensive, Snapdragon 410-based “4G LTE WiFi Modem” made to run Debian 11

A $20 "4G LTE WiFi modem" hotspot/router USB dongle based on Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) has been made to run Debian 11 with Linux 5.15 LTS. | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

What is PVTM? Or why your Rockchip RK3588 CPU may not reach 2.4 GHz

While the Rockchip RK3588 processor is advertised as reaching 2.4 GHz, not all RK3588 chips may achieve this frequency. The keyword is PVTM | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

ROMA Linux laptop to feature quad-core RISC-V SoC, Web3, NFT, crypto, etc.

ROMA is an upcoming modular RISC-V Linux laptop with Web3 technology and primarily designed for software developers | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

Building a NanoPi M4V2 Based All-in-One Linux PC Running Armbian (Ubuntu/Debian)

My experience trying to build a 10.1-inch All-in-One Armbian PC with NanoPi M4V2 SBC powered by a Rockchip RK3399 processor. | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

Orange Pi 800 Keyboard PC – A Raspberry Pi 400 alternative powered by RK3399

There's now a Raspberry Pi 400 alternative with the Orange Pi 800 Keyboard PC that offers a very similar design, but it is powered by a Rockchip RK3399 | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

Nokia 1680 phone gets new PCB with MIPS SoC, runs mainline Linux

Nokia 1680 phone can be recycled with Notkia PCB based on Ingenic X1000E MIPS processor with 64MB RAM, and run mainline Linux. | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

Ultra compact GAN ATX power supply delivers up to 250 Watts

HDPLEX 250W passive ATX power supply uses the same GaN (Gallium Nitride) technology as found in some tiny USB-C power supplies. | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

LilyGO T-HC32 board with world’s smallest Arm MCU (HC32L110B6) available for $9

LilyGO T-HC32 board features the world's smallest MCU with HDSC HC32L110B6 Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontroller in a 1.59 x 1.436 mm CSP16 package | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 1 year ago

Rock PI 4 Model C+ SBC features 1.5 GHz Rockchip RK3399-T CPU, dual HDMI output

ROCK PI 4 Model C+ is a single board computer (SBC) by a Rockchip RK3399-T hexa-core processor @ 1.5 GHz, equipped with 4GB RAM, and two micro HDMI ports | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

Axzez Interceptor carrier board for RPi CM4 gets 8-port PoE+ board

The features-rich Axzez Interceptor carrier board for Raspberry Pi CM4 has gotten the Interceptor PoE board with eight PoE+ ports for connecting up to | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

DIY SBC Cases and SBC Case Builder Tool Based on OpenSCAD

Since you can't always rely on single board computer (SBC) vendors to provide a case to match your needs, some went the DIY route. Willy Tarreau designed | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

Khadas VIM4 Review – Part 1: Unboxing, kit assembly, and first boot with OOWOW

First part of Khadas VIM4 Amlogic A311D2 SBC review with an unboxing, kit assembly, and Ubuntu server boot through OOWOW services. | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

BGA socket allows RAM upgrades on SBCs

In most cases, both the eMMC flash and RAM are soldered on single board computers, but we've previously boards with eMMC flash modules that allows to | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

MangoPi MQ Pro – A $20 RISC-V alternative to Raspberry Pi Zero W

MangoPi MQ Pro is an Allwinner D1 RISC-V SBC that offers an alternative to Raspberry Pi Zero W with the same form factor, and most of the same features | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

Arducam Pi Hawk-eye is a 64MP camera for Raspberry Pi 4/CM4

Arducam Pi Hawk-eye is a 64MP "ultra-high resolution" camera for Raspberry Pi 4 or CM4 with built-in autofocus following the company's 16MP autofocus | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

Eben Upton expands on Raspberry Pi shortage

Eben Upton explains the reasons behind the Raspberry Pi Shortage and provides some recommendations to work around the shortage and high prices | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

Capyloon mobile Web-based OS works on PinePhone Pro, Librem 5, Pixel 3a

Capyloon is an experimental Web-based OS leveraging b2gOS that served as the base for the now-defunct Firefox OS. The developers' goal is to provide an | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

Gas pumps happen to be about as insecure as your typical router

Around 400 gallons of gas were stolen from a gas station a few days ago by using a special remote to put it in “dispense mode” and get the gasoline for | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

Bluetooth battery tester also serves as DC programmable load

While it's possible to quickly a battery with a multimeter, the DL24MP-150W Bluetooth battery tester and DC programmable load allows testing of all sorts | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

SECO PICTOR fanless embedded computer features RK3399-powered 3.5-inch SBC

SECO PICTOR is a fanless embedded computer powered by a Rockchip RK3399 processor, designed for digital signage, kiosks, HMI, etc... | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

Neuromorphic AI accelerator for spiking neural nets enables sub-mW AI inference

Most AI accelerators currently rely on CNN (convolutional neural network) to perform AI inference in a much faster and efficient way than on CPU cores, or | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

RISC-V design challenge – Get a free board, RISC-V chips, and cash prizes

The RISC-V design challenge offers free RISC-V boards, CH32V307 MCU to participants, and cash prizes with up to $1000 for the best projects. | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

Android 13 virtualization lets Pixel 6 run Windows 11, Linux distributions

The first Android 13 developer preview may have felt a bit underwhelming, but there's a hidden gem with full virtualization possible on hardware such as | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

Raspberry Pi 4 to support Network install to a blank MicroSD card

The Raspberry Pi 4 will soon be able to install Raspberry Pi OS without the need for external hardware to flash the image. Raspberry Pi Network install | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

MIPI CSI-2 v4.0 adds features always-on, low power machine vision applications

MIPI CSI-2 v4.0 adds features for always-on, low power machine vision applications, high-resolution sensors, and HDR automotive image sensors. | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

India goes RISC-V with VEGA processors

Backed the the Indian government, VEGA RISC-V processors range from a 32-bit MCU-class core, to a Linux capable quad-core RISC-V processor. | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

Tiny Core Linux 13.0 released for older or lower-end x86 hardware

Tiny Core Linux 13.0 has just been released for 32-bit and 64-bit x86 systems with a recent Linux 5.15.10 kernel, and various upgrades to the packages. | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

Sigfox Is in Financial Trouble

LPWAN operator Sigfox is in financial trouble having been placed in bankruptcy protection to look for new owners. | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

DirectFB2 project brings back DirectFB graphics library for Linux embedded syst

DirectFB2 is a new open-source project that brings back DirectFB, a graphics library optimized for Linux-based embedded systems that was popular several | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

Add 10 GbE to your system with an M.2 2280 module

It's now possible to add 10GbE through an M.2 socket thanks to Innodisk EGPL-T101 M.2 2280 module based on Marvell AQtion Ethernet controller offering | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

Raspberry Pi CM4 carrier board comes with 5x SATA, 4x GbE, 2x HDMI, RS-485

We just wrote that Wiretrustee carrier board for Raspberry Pi CM4 with four SATA interfaces was canceled and made open-source hardware a few days ago, but | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

Revopoint POP 2 – A color 3D scanner with 0.1mm accuracy

Revopoint POP 2 color 3D scanner not only scans shapes with 0.1mm accuracy but also colors, and works with Android. iOS, Windows, and Mac OS. | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

Rockchip RK3588 datasheet available, SBC’s coming soon

We had most Rockchip RK3588 specifications so far for the long-awaited Cortex-A76/Cortex-A55 processor, but at today's Rockchip Developer Conference 2021, | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

StarFive Dubhe 64-bit RISC-V core to be found in 12nm, 2 GHz processors

StarFive has just announced customers' delivery of the 64-bit RISC-V Dubhe core based on RV64GC ISA plus bit manipulation, user-level interrupts, as well | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago

Sipeed LicheeRV – A $16.90 Allwinner D1 Linux RISC-V Board

Finally! There's now a much more affordable Allwinner D1 RISC-V Linux board thanks to Sipeed LicheeRV Nezha CM SBC sold for $16.90 and up on Aliexpress, | Continue reading


@cnx-software.com | 2 years ago