WiFi-ready Omega2 module gets SMT shrink
Jul 24, 2017 — 431 views
Onion announced two surface-mount spin-offs of the WiFi-enabled Omega2 module, which runs Linux on a MediaTek MT7688 SoC, and unveiled a new dev board.
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Full-sized Arduino Uno clone adds Grove expansion, shrinks price to $7
Jul 21, 2017 — 1,988 views
Seeed Studio’s $7 “Seeeduino V4.2” board is a full-sized Arduino Uno clone with a micro-USB host port, Uno-style expansion headers, and 3x Grove interfaces.
Gigabyte jumps into SBC market with 3.5-inch Apollo Lake model
Jul 21, 2017 — 1,042 views
Gigabyte’s “GA-SBCAP3350” SBC is equipped with a dual-core Celeron N3350, plus 2x GbE, SATA, and USB 3.1 ports, and HDMI, mSATA, and mini-PCIe.
Tiny Arduino clone starts at $14
Jul 20, 2017 — 1,875 views
A 15 x 15mm “Arduino Pico” board has launched on Kickstarter with a Leonardo-compatible 16MHz ATMEGA32U4 chip and a micro-USB port.
Low cost Cortex-A9 SBC offers GbE and up to 28K FPGA logic cells
Jul 19, 2017 — 1,408 views
MYIR’s 91 x 63mm, $69 “Z-turn Lite” SBC runs Linux on a Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoC, with up to 28K FPGA logic cells and single or dual Cortex-A9 CPU cores.
Linux-ready COM supports up to 16-core Xeon-D
Jul 18, 2017 — 740 views
Portwell’s “PCOM-B700G” is a COM Express Type 7 Basic module with Intel’s 5th Gen Xeon or Pentium CPUs, plus dual 10GbE ports and up to 32x PCIe links.
Linux-based automation controller offers choice of RPi, NanoPi, and UP cores
Jul 18, 2017 — 1,538 views
[Updated: July 19] — Techbase has revised its ModBerry 500 controller to the RPi CM3, and has added M700 and M1000 models based on the NanoPi M2 Plus and UP boards, respectively.
Alexa-ready digital alarm clock radio runs Linux on hackable Chip Pro
Jul 17, 2017 — 873 views
PAI’s “Sandman Doppler” is an Alexa-enabled smart alarm clock and music streamer that runs Linux on the Chip Pro COM, and offers 6x USB charging ports.
Android signage computer taps new quad Cortex-A17 SoC
Jul 17, 2017 — 526 views
VIA’s ALTA DS 4K signage box-PC runs Android 5.1.1 on a Zhaoxin ZX-2000 SoC, and offers dual Ethernet plus simultaneous decoding of 4K and HD video streams.
Fanless Kaby Lake computer offers SATA, M.2, and dual GbE ports
Jul 14, 2017 — 1,074 views
Habey’s Linux-friendly “BIS-6862” embedded PC offers 7th Gen Core U-series CPUs, a SATA 3.0 bay, -20 to 60°C support, dual GbE ports, and M.2 and SIM slots.
SMARC module runs Android or Linux on the Snapdragon 820
Jul 14, 2017 — 603 views
iWave’s SMARC 2.0 “Snapdragon 820 SOM” features 3GB LPDDR4, 32GB eMMC, WiFi, and Bluetooth, plus I/O including GbE, HDMI 2.0, MIPI-CSI, USB 3.0, and PCIe.
Open spec GoPiGo robot kit rev’d with more sensors and new Linux distro
Jul 13, 2017 — 1,036 views
The Dexter Industries, Raspberry Pi based “GoPiGo3” robot kit has more sensors, better durability and motor control, and new DexterOS and Bloxter software.
10 top Raspberry Pi HATs to doff your cap to
Jul 13, 2017 — 2,117 views
Here are 10 of the most interesting HAT add-on boards for the Raspberry Pi, covering audio, robotics, wireless, IoT, and more.