XBAND is a Tiny $10 Bluetooth Low Energy Sensor Module (Crowdfunding)
ZX Tek‘s XBAND is a board about half the size of a micro SD that comes with a Bluetooth LE radio and a 6-axis MPU6500 motion sensor that can be integrated into wearables and IoT applications...See it...
View ArticleHow to Install Ubuntu 14.04 on Acer Aspire E5 Laptop
I’ve been owning an Acer Aspire One D255E netbook with a 10″ display, an Intel Atom N455 processor and 1GB RAM that served me well during my travels, but as I’ve become older and...See it on Scoop.it,...
View ArticleAllwinner CedarX Media Codec Library GPL/LGPL Compliance Update
Last month, I wrote about potential open source licenses and VP6 copyright infringement by Allwinner with their CedarX media codec library, and then since there’s been a few developments....See it on...
View ArticleIocean M6752 Smartphone Review
Last week I provides specs, took some pictures, and run Antutu benchmark on Iocean M6752, a 64-bit ARM smartphone powered by Mediatek MT6752 octa-core Cortex A53 processor with 3GB RAM, 16 GB...
View ArticleFirefox OS Ported to MIPS Based Tablet (Ingenic JZ4780)
Imagination has announced that an experimental version of Firefox OS has been ported to a reference tablet powered by Ingenic JZ4780, a MIPS based processor, that’s also used in MIPS Creator...See it...
View ArticleCSQ CSW9 is a $200 Intel Celeron J1900 mini PC with an Internal Hard Drive
CSQ CSW9 is a thin Intel Celeron J1900 “Bay Trail” based mini PC that also comes with a 500GB internal hard drive, 2GB RAM, VGA and HDMI video output, and sells for a little over $200 on...See it on...
View ArticleTexas Instruments Introduces MSP432 ARM Cortex-M4F MCU Family
Texas Instruments has just launched a successor for its 16-bit MSP430 MCU family with MSP432 MCU series featuring a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M4F core, a DSP, up to 256 KB flash, up to 64 KB SRAM, and...See it...
View ArticleMr.NUC V3-J1900 is an Intel NUC Clone Based on Celeron J1900 Processor
Intel NUC (Next of Computing) are tiny and relatively low cost computers made by Intel. But in case you wondered if there were any clones available to save a few extra dollars, and/or gain a...
View ArticleRadxa Rock 2 Square is a Rockchip RK3288 Development Board for Hobbyists
When Radxa Rock 2 was first unveiled, it became clear it was not aimed at the hobbyist market, as it includes lot of features such as SATA, 3G modem, dual Gigabit Ethernet, up to 4GB memory and...
View ArticleKEECOO 1080p Wi-Fi Action Camera Goes for $49.99 (Promo)
KEECOO is yet another full HD action camera with Wi-Fi connectivity that provides most of GoPro functionalities, and while it normally sells for about $90 to $95 on sites like GeekBuying or...
View ArticleMXCHIP EMW3162 is a $10 Low Power Wi-Fi Module for IoT Applications
You can’t beat ESP8266 Wi-Fi modules on price to add Wi-Fi to your IoT projects, but Hackaday found a new Wi-Fi module by Shanghai MXCHIP Information Technology that sells for $10 on Seeed...See it on...
View ArticleAMD “Hierofalcon” Octa-core ARM Cortex A57 Embedded Processors to Ship in H1...
AMD started using the ARM license(s) by embedding ARM Cortex A5 cores into some of their x86 processors to add TrustZone security, followed up with Opteron A1100 ARM Cortex A57 processors for...See it...
View ArticleHowchip is Teasing ExSOM-7420SB Development Board Based on Samsung Exynos...
We’ve already seen a few Cortex A53 boards announced in the last few months with Nobel64, as well as Hikey & DragonBoard 410c 96Boards, but none of them are based on the more powerful...See it on...
View ArticlePiPO X7s mini PC Dual Boots Windows 8.1 and Android 4.4 for $130
Pipo X7 Bay Trail-T mini PC was very popular at the beginning at it sold with an apparently valid Windows 8.1 license for $90, even including one-year subscription for Office 365, which normally...See...
View ArticlePiJuice Battery HAT Module for the Raspberry Pi Boards Comes with an Optional...
The Raspberry Pi is a low power board that can be powered a few hours or a few days with batteries, and the easiest solution is probably to use a USB power bank connected to the micro USB port of...
View ArticleGigabyte MP30-AR0 is an ARM Server Motherboard Powered by Applied Micro...
So far, it’s been pretty hard to buy ARM server motherboards for individuals, as most, if not all, products were reserved to corporate entities, but with Gigabyte MP30-AR0 server motherboard...See it...
View ArticleAmlogic is Working on S905 and S912 64-bit ARM Cortex A53 Processors
The relatively popular Amlogic S805 and S812 Cortex A9 processors are soon going to be joined by Amlogic S905 and S912 processors, both featuring ARM Cortex A53 64-bit cores, with the former...
View ArticleLinaro 15.03 Release with Linux 4.0 and Android 5.1
Linaro has just announced their 15.03 release with Linux 4.0-rc4 (baseline), Linux 3.10.72 and 3.14.36 (LSK), and Android 5.1. The organization has worked on hardware platforms from members...
View ArticleEnjoy this Microcontroller Guide released by Bare Conductive
RT @UDOO_Board: "The Einstein of the boards", "most powerful Linux board". http://t.co/lRFCaLbTyX Thnx @BareConductive, we're moved! http:/…See it on Scoop.it, via Embedded Systems News
View Article$15 NEXX WT1520 Wi-Fi Router Supports OpenWRT
TP-Link WR703N is a popular low cost router well supported by OpenWRT that costs about $23 shipped. But there’s now a new cheaper router that’s been mentioned in comments on CNX Software...See it on...
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