Banana Pi BPI-R4 Wi-Fi 7 Router Comes with Wi-Fi 6 Ghz, 2.5GbE SFP, 4G, and NVMe
Banana Pi has recently introduced the BPI-R4 Wi-Fi 7 router, powered by the MediaTek MT7988A quad-core processor with 4GB DDR4 RAM, 8GB eMMC flash, and 128MB SPI-NAND flash. The MT7988A (Filogic 880) is MediaTek's flagship Wi-Fi 7 router platform. It is designed for the next generation...
Continue ReadingApollo Lake Returns with a $89 Intel Celeron N3350 Mini PC featuring 6GB RAM and 64GB Storage
A few years back it was very easy to find budget-friendly min PCs for less than $100 that could do minimalistic tasks like running your local server or maybe a custom script that needs to run 24x7. But it's harder to find cheap Intel mini PCs unless you buy them used. But now there is...
Continue ReadingPaul Price’s ESP32 Dev Board is Just About the Tinyest ESP32 Dev Board Possible
Youtuber Paul Price has built what could be the smallest and most functional ESP32 DEV board possible. The board contains the ESP32-C3 SoC, a few passive components, and a USB connector for programming. Impressively, he could fit all that on the tip of his finger. In his video, Paul...
Continue ReadingFrom Le Potato to Sweet Potato: A Modern Twist on the Classic Le Potato with Power-over-Ethernet
Libre Computer Sweet Potato is a Raspberry-like SBC with Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) and USB-C. Based on the Amlogic S905X SoC, this board is designed for industrial and commercial applications. Libre Compute has just unveiled "Sweet Potato," the successor to its "Le Potato" Single...
Continue ReadingRediscovering the MCU Magic of the 70s with Nicola Cimmino’s PLC14500 Nano Trainer
The PLC14500 Nano is a retro-style trainer kit intended for the user to familiarize with the Motorola MC14500 1-bit ICU (Industrial Control Unit), PLCs, and Ladder Logic. Over 50 LEDs on the board show the status of the system bus and registers, giving great insight into how the...
Continue ReadingAsus Unveils Tinker Board R2.0 Powered by Rockchip RK3288 – A Small yet Powerful SBC
Asus recently announced its second-generation Tinkerboard, the Tinker Board R2.0. Powered by a quad-core Rockchip RK3288 processor, this single-board computer (SBC) features a Gigabit Ethernet port, dual display ports, and additional camera support. With its credit card-sized form...
Continue ReadingiWave Systems’ iW-RainboW-G30M System-on-Module and iW-RainboW-G30D Development Kit
iWave Systems has designed a new SoM that is based on the highly power-efficient AMD Xilinx ZU4/ZU5/ZU7 Zynq UltraScale+ FPGA MPSoC which is claimed to deliver advanced capabilities to LiDAR sensors. The new iW-RainboW-G30M SoM best suits scientific and military projects such as point...
Continue ReadingM5Dial – 1.28-inch round TFT touchscreen & ESP32-S3
As a versatile embedded development board, M5Dial integrates the necessary features and sensors for various smart home control applications. It features a 1.28-inch round TFT touchscreen, a rotary encoder, an RFID detection module, an RTC circuit, a buzzer, and under-screen buttons,...
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