SiFive's HiFive Premier P550 is a strange, powerful RISC-V board

SiFive's HiFive Premier P550 is a strange, powerful RISC-V board

SiFive's HiFive Premier P550 is a strange board. It's the fastest RISC-V development board I've tested—though I haven't tested a Milk-V Jupiter. It's also Mini DTX, which is an ATX-adjacent standard board size that won't fit in many Mini ITX SFF PC cases, which might be why SiFive and ESWIN are releasing a custom case for it (pictured above, which they sent along with the board for my review).

(Updated) Spitz Plus GL-X2000 is an Upcoming Wi-Fi 6 and 4G LTE CAT 12 Router

The Spitz Plus GL-X2000 is a 4G LTE Wi-Fi 6 router designed to deliver reliable connectivity for remote work, travel, and rural internet access. It supports advanced network features like Multi-WAN, Failover, and Load Balancing, enhancing connection stability and ensuring dependable performance. The router is powered by a Qualcomm dual-core processor running at 1 GHz, […]

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Renesas RA4L1 ultra-low-power MCU family offers 168 µA/MHz operation, dual-bank flash, capacitive touch

Renesas has recently introduced the RA4L1 ultra-low-power Arm Cortex-M33 MCU family along with two evaluation/development boards. This new lineup consists of 14 ultra-low-power devices based on an 80 MHz Arm Cortex-M33 processor with TrustZone support and designed for metering, IoT sensing, smart locks, digital cameras, and human-machine interface (HMI) applications. The RA4L1 MCU family offers high power efficiency at 168 µA/MHz while active and a standby current of 1.70 µA while retaining SRAM. Additionally, they support segment LCD, capacitive touch, USB-FS, CAN FD, low-power UART, multiple serial interfaces (SPI, QSPI, I2C, I3C, SSI), ADC, DAC, real-time clock, and security features...

Простой утилитарный ламповый усилитель для домашней музыки

Собран из неспециальных, простых и дешёвых, оказавшихся под рукой, компонентов. В том числе и для использования имевшегося запаса выходных пентодов 6П18П. Оформление прибора наипростейшее, традиционное — на деревянном шасси с крупными и греющимися элементами поверх, и основным монтажом с мелочью в неглубоком подвале. В конструкции, вопреки обычному сверхтрепетному подбору дорогущих именитых элементов, применены старые разношёрстные ёмкости-индуктивности со свалки — усилитель-сарказм, да. Впрочем, железо для трансформаторов взято с запасом, а намотаны они вдумчиво и с тщанием — в целом играет на удивление хорошо. Читать дальше →

Ubuntu 24.04.2 released with Linux 6.11 kernel and hardware enablement stack

Ubuntu 24.04.2 has just been released with Linux 6.11 kernel and hardware enablement (HWE) stack. I would typically not care too much about a point release, but our reviews of mini PCs have shown Ubuntu 24.04 with Linux 6.8 was not always well supported with recent mini PC, mostly due to issues with WiFi or Bluetooth, but sometimes it’s even worse. The most common problem I encountered was that MediaTek MT7922-based WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.3 module would not support Bluetooth on Ubuntu 24.04 unless we updated the Linux kernel to version 6.10 or newer. Mini PCs with recent processors...

Мирное применение фейковой базовой станции

Приветствую всех!
После выхода статьи про запуск сотовой сети 4G в домашних условиях я получил немало вопросов, сводящихся к одному: можно ли при помощи такой связки обходить региональные ограничения, заставляя подключившееся устройство считать, что оно находится в той стране, какая установлена параметрами сети? Задач, где это требуется, очень много: китайские машины, различные девайсы для умного дома, телефоны и много чего ещё.
Мысли об этом не покидали меня уже давно, и вот сейчас у меня выдался шанс проверить все имевшиеся предположения. Получится ли провернуть это на практике? Сейчас и узнаем.
Итак, в сегодняшней статье узнаем, реально ли оживить заблокированное на территории нашей страны устройство...

KiCad 9 released with support for embedded files, tables in schematics, custom ERC/DRC errors, mouse scroll wheel actions, and more

KiCad 9 open-source EDA software has just been released with a range of new features such as support for embedded files (fonts, 3D files, PDF), tables in schematics, custom ERC/DRC errors, warnings, and exclusion comments, mouse scroll wheel actions, multiple track drag, and much more. The latest KiCad 9.0.0 release includes 4,870 unique commits from hundreds of developers and translators, and the KiCad library has further gained 1500 new symbols, 750 new footprints, and 132 new 3D models. There are way too many changes to list them all here, so I’ll mention some highlights here: Jobsets (predefined output jobs) –...

Femtofox Pro v1 LoRa and Meshtastic development board runs Linux-based Foxbuntu OS on Rockchip RV1103 SoC

The Femtofox Pro v1 kit is a compact, low-power LoRa and Meshtastic development board running Linux specially designed for Meshtastic networks. Built around the Luckfox Pico Mini (Rockchip RV1103) SBC, this compact development platform supports USB host/device functionality, Ethernet, WiFi over USB, GPIO interfaces, I2C, UART, and a real-time clock (RTC). The most unique feature of this board is that it operates at very low power (0.27-0.4W), making it ideal for solar-powered applications. Additionally, Femtofox supports native Meshtastic client control, USB mass storage, and network reconfiguration via a USB flash drive. It also includes user-configurable buttons for WiFi toggling and...

The world’s first open source security chip hits production with Google

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