Three new soldering kits available on the web

We got you three more soldering kits to keep you busy during the upcoming Holidays! SLD-KIT-GLASSES is cool project with plastic frame glasses with 50 LEDs which pulsate in the surrounding music beat. We put it in the Advanced section just because it has many components for soldering, otherwise to assembly it is not so […]

UltraBar X – A high-end modular desktop smart-hub with a 5:1 ultra-wide touch display, magnetic snap-on modules (Crowdfunding)

The UltraBar X is a modular desktop command center/smart-hub built around an ultra-wide “CoreBar” touch display with a system of magnetically attachable input modules. Designed as an intelligent hub for Windows, macOS, and Linux environments, it also works as a smart home controller. With a 45-degree ergonomic tilt, wireless PC wake, smart-home integration, and modular touch/mechanical inputs, it gives creators, gamers, and power users quick access to all key functions. The whole system is built around the CoreBar hub and modular add-ons like VivoCube, DotKey, SenseCube, and KnobKey, all of which use the QuantumLink magnetic protocol for instant attachment and auto-detection....

Banana Pi BPI-CM6 – A SpacemiT K1 RISC-V system-on-module compatible with Raspberry Pi CM4/CM5 carrier boards

Banana Pi BPI-CM6 system-on-module (SoM) is powered by a SpacemiT K1 octa-core RISC-V processor and compatible with most carrier boards for the Raspberry Pi CM4 or CM5 modules. It ships with 8GB LPDDR4 and 16GB eMMC flash by default, a Gigabit Ethernet PHY, and a WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 4.1 wireless module. It exposes most interfaces through three 100-pin board-to-board connectors with HDMI 1.4, MIPI DSI, three MIPI CSI, five PCIe 2.1 lanes, USB 3.2/2.0 interfaces, and more. While it can work with Raspberry Pi CM4/CM5 carrier boards using two of the B2B connectors, the company also designed the BPI-CM6...

Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 (V4) – An ESP32-S3 off-grid LoRa/Meshtastic communicator with solar input, GNSS, and 28dBm Tx Power

While searching AliExpress, I found the WiFi LoRa 32 (V4) shell set, another ESP32-S3-based off-grid LoRa/Meshtastic communicator designed for long-range wireless applications. Compared to devices like Blackout Comms, Wio Tracker L1 Pro, and ThinkNode M2, this device features built-in solar charging, optional GNSS, a removable battery, and a higher transmit power. The device features a Semtech SX1262 LoRa transceiver, an amplifier delivering up to 28 ± 1 dBm transmit power, along with integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5/Mesh connectivity. It adds solar charging, an 8-pin GNSS connector, upgraded battery management, gold-plated 40-pin headers, and a fully protected 0.96-inch OLED, as well as...

Nvidia Graphics Cards work on Pi 5 and Rockchip

Nvidia Graphics Cards work on Pi 5 and Rockchip

A few months ago, GitHub user @yanghaku dropped a 15 line patch to fix GPU support for practically all AMD GPUs on the Raspberry Pi (and demoed a 3080 running on the Pi with a separate, unreleased patch). This week, GitHub user @mariobalanica dropped this (larger) patch which does the same for Nvidia GPUs!

I have a Raspberry Pi and an Nvidia graphics card—and I'm easily distracted. So I put down my testing of a GB10 system for a bit, and...

FORTEC SBCPRO-X51 3.5-inch Amston Lake SBC supports M.2 V-By-One or M.2 USB-C DisplayPort expansion module

The FORTEC Group’s SBCPRO-X51 is a 3.5-inch industrial, fanless SBC powered by Intel Atom x7211RE Amston Lake dual-core processor that takes M.2 modules to add USB-C DisplayPort or V-By-One display interfaces, or other features. The board takes up to 16GB DDR5 memory, supports M.2 NVMe SSD storage, and offers a DisplayPort video output, two 2.5GbE RJ45 ports, an M.2 slot for WiFi and Bluetooth, several USB 3.2/2.0 interfaces, two RS232/RS422/RS485 interfaces, and more. The SBCPRO-X51 is engineered to run in a wide operating temperature range from –20°C to +85°C for demanding industrial and IoT environments. FORTEC SBCPRO-X51 specifications: SoC –...

AMD Spartan UltraScale+ SU35P FPGA evaluation kit supports Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Mikrobus, and Pmod expansion

AMD’s SCU35 Evaluation Kit is an affordable ($229) development board powered by the AMD Spartan UltraScale+ SU35P FPGA device, which targets low-power industrial, medical, and data center applications requiring I/O expansion and board management capabilities. Designed for headless applications, the board features a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port and a USB-C port for power, as well as plenty of headers and connectors compatible with off-the-shelf expansion boards or modules, including Arduino UNO headers, two 40-pin Raspberry Pi GPIO headers, two Mikrobus headers, four Pmod connectors, and an HSIO board-to-board connector.   AMD SCU35 evaluation kit specifications: FPGA – AMD Spartan Ultrascale+...

Взламываем Аэродромный Метеоиндикатор

Я питаю двоякие чувства к метеостанциям. Терпеть не могу многочисленные Arduino-проекты с мелким экраном, зато люблю что-то эдакое. Например в коридоре уже пять лет как висит метеоиндикатор на базе блинкерного табло для автобуса, что случайно попалось на просторах авито. Так вышло и на этот раз, и в моем распоряжении оказался аэродромный индикатор погоды Комплексной Радиотехнической Аэродромной Метеорологической Станции.

VERSA Embedded Platform Features Dual-Core i.MX93 and Ethos microNPU Support

The i.MX93 VERSA Evaluation Kit provides a compact platform for developing with Calixto’s i.MX93 VERSA SoM, combining a dual-core processor, real-time control, an edge NPU, and interfaces such as Ethernet, CAN, RS485, USB, MIPI camera, and multiple display outputs. The i.MX93 VERSA SoM uses NXP’s i.MX93 processor, combining a 1.7GHz dual Arm Cortex-A55, a 250MHz Cortex-M33 […]

Radxa Unveils Solder-Down rCore Module Line With RK3308 and IQ-9075 Edge AI Variants

Radxa has introduced two new solder-down modules in its rCore series, using LGA or castellated interfaces for compact, vibration-resistant designs suited to industrial, transportation, and rugged IoT systems. The new rCore-RK3308 and rCore-Q9075 modules integrate processing, memory, storage, and connectivity within small footprints to support applications ranging from low-power IoT to high-performance edge AI. The […]