Author: Abhishek Jadhav
Feather-sized Challenger RP2040 LoRa with improved wireless connectivity
Released a few months earlier, the Challenger RP2040 Wi-Fi board comes in an Adafruit Feather form factor integrated with a Raspberry Pi RP2040 dual-core Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontroller with 8MB of flash and a Wi-Fi radio. "This is a spin-off from our Challenger RP2040 Wi-Fi board, but...
Continue ReadingA Retro-style Handheld PC uses Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
Penk Chen designed a pocket-sized computer with a retro appeal, built from either off-the-shelf parts or 3D-printed structures. Inspired by the retro-style, powered by the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, Penkesu is a portable computer with a 7.9-inch widescreen display and a 48-key ortholinear...
Continue ReadingPreview Release of Picamera2 Python Library for Interfacing External RPi Cameras
On February 15, 2022, Raspberry Pi’s engineer, David Plowman, announced the release of the Picamera2 library as a replacement for the existing Python-based Picamera package. For those who have already worked with interfacing cameras on the Raspberry Pi computer, you are probably...
Continue ReadingAltium Designer 22 Aims to Solve the Supply Chain Distress
The automated electronic design specialist, Altium, unveils the Altium Designer 22 - the most recent version of the printed circuit board (PCB) design tool. Claiming itself as "the electronics industry's first 'design with manufacturing' application," the manufacturer, Altimade allows...
Continue ReadingPettee Released an Ultra-Wideband Board Designed for Asset Tracking
Pettee Ultra-Wideband (UWB) employs the STM32F401RBT6 microcontroller unit, which facilitates speed and is capable of managing and running powerful applications. The Pettee UWB custom board’s design consists of sample sketches that illustrate functionality for all of the board’s...
Continue ReadingMangoPi-Nezha MQ Development Board with C906 RISC-V Core
In the last decade, RISC-V has seen an exponentially increased adoption from manufacturing, designing a wide range of boards under its ecosystem, offering high performance. A Chinese open-source community working on the real-time operating system (RTOS) has designed a RISC-V-based...
Continue ReadingFlexx2 3D Development Kit offers an improved depth-sensing performance
pmdtechnologies announces its next-generation 3D time-of-flight (ToF) development kit, the flexx2. Thanks to the collaboration of PMD Technologies with the California-based, hardware/software specialist, Emcraft Systems, to deliver better depth-sensing performance with 38,000 3D pixels...
Continue ReadingRound LCD Board based on Raspberry Pi’s RP2040 Microcontroller
UK-based hardware developer Om Singh has launched a crowdfunding project built on two popular microcontrollers, RP2040 and ESP32. The RoundyPi, as the name suggests, is a Raspberry Pi's in-house silicon tape-out RP2040 powered, compact and stylish LCD display of size 1.28-inches. RP2040...
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