Author: Tope Oluyemi

FriendlyElec has launched a new SOM-RK3399 and  SoM-RK3399 Development Kit based on Rockchip’s powerful SoC and aimed at AI and computer vision applications. The s $75, RK3399-based “SOM-RK3399” COM/SBC hybrid can function alone or can be expanded with a $120 “SOM-RK3399 Dev...

Hong Kong-based Amoeba Robotics is set to launch a pick and place machine for engineers, designers, and makers to conveniently automate the assembly of their PCBs ontop of their desks, with a more affordable price range going for $1,950. This is incredible because most pick and place...

Asus displayed two new open-spec Tinker boards at Computex last week, the "Tinker Edge R” SBC with a RK3399Pro, the  “Tinker Edge T,” and “CR1S-CM-A” variants of Google’s i.MX8M and Edge TPU equipped Coral Dev Board. They also unveiled an 8th Gen Core-based “PN60T”...

Arduino lovers looking for a tiny development board and Arduino compatible multitool, may look no further, because a new tiny board is being developed. Engineers at Zepsch based in Ludwigsburg Germany, have developed the PocketScreen, a small form Arduino compatible multi purpose...

Arduino has begun pre-orders for four new 45 x 18mm Nano form-factor boards. They include a $10 “Arduino Nano Every” model, a faster "WiFi/BT-enabled IoT" model, and two BLE boards. The Arduino Nano Every Substitutes the ATmega328P-based Arduino Uno-like Nano 3, equipped with...

The DPS5020 is a constant voltage/current programmable control power supply module, that integrates analog and digital control in one device. Th e module is a 0-50V/0-20A Lab PSU module that comes in 2 parts, the main controller and a front panel. The main board has connections for...

German-based MicroSys Electronics has begun a limited sampling of a miriac MPX-LS1028A compute module and a sandwich-style miriac SBC-LS1028A-TSN SBC that runs Linux or the real-time Microware OS‐9 distro on NXP’s QorIQ Layerscape LS1028A SoC. It also features 5x TSN-ready GbE...

The Things Network has announced a LoRaWAN Gateway priced at $69, which has shipping costs inclusive. The Things Network also announced in their Amsterdam Conference a weather-proof Outdoor Gateway priced at $399. The Outdoor Gateway, also called the “Industrial” Gateway, enables a...