M5Stack PaperDIY Assembly Kit Opens Up 4.7-Inch E-Paper Development
Oct 16, 2026
M5Stack has introduced the PaperDIY Assembly Kit, an ESP32-S3-based development platform featuring a 4.7-inch e-paper display with 960 × 540 resolution and 16-level grayscale. The kit combines Wi-Fi connectivity, battery power management, and expansion interfaces in an open design intended for custom information displays, electronic signage, and embedded development projects.
The XPC nano NC50N by Shuttle is an upcoming barebone mini PC based on Intel’s N150 processor. The system supports up to 16GB of DDR5 memory, dual M.2 NVMe SSDs, and 2.5GbE networking, targeting digital signage, point-of-sale terminals, office environments, and multimedia applications.
Geniatech has listed two M.2 AI accelerator cards targeting local inference workloads on embedded systems and edge devices. The AIM-M-R28 uses Rockchip’s RK1828 processor with 20 TOPS of computing performance, while the AIM-M-H10 is based on Hailo’s Hailo-10 architecture, delivering up to 40 TOPS for generative AI and computer vision applications.
Bitmerse’s Romu recently debuted on Crowd Supply as an ultra-compact development board based on the Raspberry Pi RP2354A microcontroller. Designed to plug directly into a USB Type-A port, the board features capacitive touch input, an RGB LED and MicroPython support
ZOTAC’s ZBOX PRO CM5-PICO is a compact industrial computer powered by the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5. The fanless system supports dual 4K displays, Gigabit Ethernet, M.2 expansion, and a 40-pin GPIO header, with an aluminum enclosure designed for continuous operation in embedded and edge computing applications.
Abietec, a subsidiary of Raytac, offers the AX61 series of wireless modules based on NXP’s RW612 and RW610 microcontrollers. The small-form-factor modules support Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and Matter connectivity, with multiple antenna configurations and an accompanying development kit for embedded and IoT applications.
Zymbit’s ZYMKEY 5 is a hardware security module for Raspberry Pi systems, offering 640 key slots, filesystem encryption, device authentication, and physical tamper detection. It also supports additional cryptographic algorithms compared to its predecessor.
OnLogic’s newest industrial edge gateway, the Helix 320, features a fanless design powered by Intel N-Series Twin Lake processors. The compact system includes four 2.5GbE ports, two configurable serial ports, M.2 expansion, and support for up to three displays.
TELOS-AI4000 by TechNexion is a compact edge-AI accelerator module based on NXP’s Ara240 discrete neural processing unit. The module delivers up to 40 TOPS of AI performance, supports up to 16GB of LPDDR4 memory and is intended for vision, generative AI and other embedded inference workloads.
Pinetek Networks has developed the IOL Core4, a compact IO-Link-compatible master module for embedded systems. It connects up to four industrial sensors or actuators over IEC 61131-9 SDCI and is intended for integration into custom control, monitoring and IIoT hardware.
Makerfabs has added a 7.5-inch model to its MaTouch E Ink family, pairing an 800 × 480 four-color electrophoretic display with an ESP32-S3 controller, four-microphone array, six-axis IMU, microSD storage and optional camera. The board is intended for applications including information displays, voice-controlled interfaces and low-power dashboards.
Forlinx Embedded has listed an M.2 AI accelerator card based on Rockchip’s RK1820 and RK1828 processors, providing 20 TOPS of INT8 computing performance and up to 5GB of integrated DRAM. The module uses an M.2 2280 interface and is designed to handle local AI inference, including large language models, vision-language models, and computer vision workloads on embedded Linux and Android systems.