Month: January 2021
Raspberry Pi moves into the microcontroller market with RP2040 MCU
Raspberry Pi Pico We are very excited to introduce the all new Raspberry Pi Pico, a tiny, $4, MicroPython and C/C++ board with custom RP2040 silicon. This is the first product from the Raspberry Pi Foundation built with their in house designed RP2040. At $4 and available individually...
Continue ReadingDBM10 – Low-power Edge Ml/AI SoC with DSP and Neural Network Engine
DSP Group, a leading global provider of wireless and voice-processing chipset solutions has introduced a low-power AI/ML-enabled dual-core SoC called DBM10. According to the CEO of the company, almost all edge applications for AI require the ultimate as regards low power, small form...
Continue ReadingPD Micro – Breadboard-Friendly USB-C Power Supply Based on Arduino
We have all been there. Everytime we start adding new peripherals, sensors and actuators to our projects, we eventually will reach a point where the 3.3 and 5 V voltages from the microcontroller (when they are available) are not enough, either because we require more current than what...
Continue ReadingAmbarella CV5 AI Vision SoC for Low Power Computer Vision Applications
Ambarella announced the CV5 AI Vision SoC for AI applications using its specialized computer vision technology. The AI Vision SoC features 8K video or 4K video processing along with video encoding/decoding, and CVflow computer vision processing in a single, low-power design. The SoC is...
Continue ReadingMKR SharkyPro Boards Packs STMicroelectronics’ STM32WB55CG into an Arduino MKR Form Factor
In the midst of discovering wireless modules that simplify Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, OpenThread connectivity, it turned out that Midatronics also has a SharkyPro module based on STM32WB55, and they have launched a pair of Arduino MKR form factor development boards called MKR SharkyPro I...
Continue ReadingI2C Detective identifies the I2C devices connected to your microcontroller
The I2C Detective identifies the I2C devices connected to your microcontroller from a database of the most popular I2C sensors and other devices. It lists each device on the I2C bus, and can distinguish between multiple candidates at a particular address by reading the device IDs. by...
Continue ReadingHimax WE-I Plus EVB: Computer vision and AI on the Edge
Edge computing has many great advantages. When you take some resource-heavy work from servers and let your less capable but still slightly powerful microcontrollers, you end up freeing server resources. Also, depending on what you are doing, you can get away with not using a server at...
Continue ReadingDFI’s AL05P is a 2.5-inch Pico-ITX SBC with PoE and an Apollo Lake Processor
DFI has launched AL05P – a 2.5-inch Pico-ITX SBC that offers PoE and is powered by an Intel Atom® Processor E3900 Series. AL05P is not the first Intel Apollo Lake Pico-ITX board to appear in the market, but it is amongst the first to come with a PoE support (Power-over-Ethernet)....
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