Open Hardware System on Module Project
“JM” has started working on a system-on-module project with the goal “to create a whole range of SoM boards and motherboards that can handle a large number of embedded projects”. He has just released...
View ArticleRunning Ubuntu in Android with ODROID-X Development Board
I’ve had several people asking me about running Linux on Android in the last few months, but I did not look into it into details, because I thought we would just be able to run server apps.See it on...
View ArticleIntel Announces 3 Atom S1200 Low Power Server SoCs: S1220, S1240 and S1260
Intel has recently introduced the Intel Atom S1200 product family (Codename: Centerton) targeting high-density microservers (1000+ nodes per rack), and energy-efficient storage and networking...
View ArticleMediaTek Unveils Quad-Core Cortex-A7 MT6589 SoC
This December is a busy month for silicon manufacturers and Cortex A7 processor, after AllWinner A20 and A31, Rockchip RK3188 (4x Cortex A9), Qualcomm MSM8226 & MSM8626, Broadcom BCM21664T (2x...
View ArticleGetting Started with Infineon XMC4500 Relax Lite Kit and DAVE 3 IDE
Infineon Relax Lite Kit is a 10 Euros development kit based on Infineon XMC4500 Cortex M4 MCU with 160 KB SRAM and 1 MB flash, and featuring 2 USB OTG ports for debugging and powering up the board, 3...
View Article$49.99 Android 4.0 Smartphone Powered by Spreadtrum SC6820 Cortex A5 SoC
Forget about sub-$100 smartphones, there’s now a sub $50 smartphone (including worldwide shipping), some kind of mini Galaxy S3 clone with a 3.5″ touchscreen, powered by Speadtrum SC6820 Cortex A5 +...
View ArticleYotaPhone Dual Display (LCD + E-Ink) Smartphone Hands-on Video | CNXSoft –...
YotaPhone Dual Display (LCD + E-Ink) #Smartphone Hands-on Video - http://t.co/f2vsRcFE #android #snapdragonSee it on Scoop.it, via Embedded Software
View ArticleSliTaz armhf: 46MB Linux Distribution for Raspberry Pi
SliTaz armhf is a minimal Linux distribution based on SliTaz Linux, that uses the hard-float ABI for the Raspberry Pi. The compressed SD card image is 46M, the rootfs 18.6 MB, and Slitaz uses just...
View ArticleBuild Your Own Freescale i.MX6 Quad Laptop
Andrew Huang (“Bunny”) and others have been working on an open source laptop based on Freescale i.MX6 Quad processor since June, and they’ve recently got the motherboard.See it on Scoop.it, via...
View Article$135 ARMBRIX Exynos 5 Dual Cortex A15 Development Board
$135 ARMBRIX @SamsungExynos 5 Dual Cortex A15 Development Board - http://t.co/0RiigTLo #geekdream #armSee it on Scoop.it, via Embedded Software
View Articlelibavg on Raspberry Pi
libavg development team has recently announced a beta port of their multimedia library to the Raspberry Pi. libavg is a high-level development platform for media-centric applications using Python...
View ArticleRhombus Tech EOMA-68 CPU Card Prototype
Do you remember Rhombus Tech AllWinner A10 EOMA-PCMCIA CPU card that targets a BOM cost of $15 US, and was announced at the end of last year? Well, after much wait, the first prototype is now...
View ArticleHabey Unveils MITX-6500 mini-ITX Embedded Board Powered by Freescale i.MX53
There aren’t many mini-ITX ARM board, and the only one I can recall is Kontron KTT30/mITX based on Nvidia Tegra 3. But there’s now at least one more mini-ITX ARM board thanks to Habey MITX-6500...
View ArticleMyGica A11 Android Set-top Box Powered by AMLogic AML8726-M3 Processor
Full-sized set-top boxes based on AMLogic AML8726-M3 processor have the potential to support XBMC Linux & Android with proper hardware support, but are not always priced very aggressively.See it...
View Article3.95 Euros RPI-UEXT Breadboard & UEXT Adapter for Raspberry Pi is Now Available
Last month, I wrote about an upcoming T-shaped adapter for the Raspberry Pi that can easily plug into a breadboard, and provides a UEXT connector that can bring new features (RTC, GPRS, sensors,...
View Article$66.75 Beaglebone and Other Development Boards Xmas Deals
I’ve come across Xmas deals for uCLinux, Linux and Android development boards & kits by Texas instruments and Emcraft Systems.See it on Scoop.it, via Embedded Software
View ArticleNvidia Tegra 4 to Feature 4 Cortex A15 Cores, 72 Graphics Cores
According to Nvidia Tegra roadmap, the first Tegra 4 (T40) is due in Q1 2013, before T43 & AP40 come out in Q3 2013.See it on Scoop.it, via Embedded Software
View ArticleQualcomm Vuforia SDK 2.0 Augmented Reality Development Kit Leverages the Cloud
Qualcomm has just announced their new Vuforia SDK 2.0 for Android and iOS to enable developers to create augmented reality applications for those platforms.See it on Scoop.it, via Embedded Software
View ArticleDigia and the Qt Project Release Qt 5.0
The Qt Project and Digia have announced the release of Qt 5.0, which is available via Qt 5.0 page on qt-project.org, or via qt.digia.com/qt5 for commercial customers.See it on Scoop.it, via Embedded...
View ArticleOlimex A13-OLinuXino-MICRO Development Board Unboxing And Review
Every Friday, Olimex organizes an online competition where they give away one of their board.See it on Scoop.it, via Embedded Software
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