Author: Tope Oluyemi

There are a host of boards based around the ESP32, and also its follow up, the ESP8266. It’s noteworthy to witness how they have evolved from the simple breakout boards they were when the chip was released back in 2015 to something a lot more major. The latest of these boards...

Modern devices are quickly switching to USB-C power adapters, gradually fading out USB-A, and USB-B adapters. USB's Power Delivery (USB-PD) protocol enables the supplies to be  flexible enough to handle charging (or powering) devices ranging from mobile phones to laptops. There are...

Shenzhen Wesion has unveiled a lite version of the VIM3, called Khadas VIM3L SBC. Designed for HTPC / media center use cases, the VIM3L SBC is based on Khadas VIM3 PCB but replaces the powerful Amlogic A311D processor by Amlogic S905D3 processor, which should function just as good for...

NXP Semiconductors has announced the industry’s first crossover MCU, i.MX RT1170 28nm fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) microcontroller unit (MCU), which is a power-efficient design with real-time functionality, and MCU usability at an affordable price. It clocks its...

We have written about a host of i.MX8M based SBCs, like Seco’s SBC-C20, Boundary Devices’ Nitrogen8M, Arrow’s 96Boards CE Extended Thor96, SolidRun’s HummingBoard Pulse, and the armStone MX8M from F&S. However, we have come across another i.MX8M based SBC. Embest has...

Signet HC is a secure USB drive built with open-hardware and free open-source software. It is an encrypted flash drive, a two-factor authentication (2FA) device and a hardware password and personal information manager, making it a portable solution to a variety of data security...

Microsoft has announced a $249 “Vision AI Developer Kit, aimed at AI edge developers using Azure IoT Edge and Azure Machine Learning. The kit features an 8MP, 4K camera which runs Linux on Qualcomm’s 10nm, AI-enabled QCS603 SoC. The Vision AI Developer Kit incorporates Qualcomm’s...

Arbor Technology has announced a new inclusion to its ELIT series of digital signage systems equipped with Intel’s 8th Gen Coffee Lake S-series Core processors with 35W TDPs. The fan-less, rugged "ELIT-1930" signage player runs Linux or Windows on an 8th Gen Coffee Lake-S CPU with up...