TechNexion’s PICO-PI-IMX7 SBC Now Sells Below $20


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A few years ago, one of Google’s hardware partners, TechNexion, launched a 2 board development kit that consists of a System-on-Module and a carrier baseboard – the PICO-PI-IMX7. PICO-PI-IMX7 is a highly-integrated single board computer with enhanced features designed to enable secure and portable IoT applications. It is aimed at facilitating fast prototyping and product […]

Tibbo Technology’s Plus1 SP7021 SoC with Linux-capable Processing


https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/tibbo-technologys-plus1-sp7021-soc-with-linux-capable-processing/

Generally, the SoCs have complex integration processes for deployment purposes. Even if the integration is simple then there is a compromise with the performance factor of the device. Tibbo Technology’s Plus1 SP7021 SoC ensures simple integration with efficient performance comparable with Linux-capable processing. Also, the I/O ports for easy interfacing make it a good fit […]

AI Digital Signage System Features an Apollo Lake SoC, Dual Myriad X VPUs and Triple HDMI ports


https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/ai-digital-signage-system-features-an-apollo-lake-soc-dual-myriad-x-vpus-and-triple-hdmi-ports/

Artificial intelligence, no doubt, has made its space in the digital signage world. Before now, we could only use a digital signage player for displaying photos and text or playing videos or PowerPoint slides but AI was introduced and it became possible to use a digital signage system for advanced techs like facial recognition where […]

$149 BeagleV is a powerful and open-hardware RISC-V Linux SBC


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Two reliable parties, BeagleBoard.org foundation, and Seeed Studio have partnered with a leading RISC-V solutions provider, StarFive, to design the most affordable Linux-capable RISC-V SBC called BeagleV. So now, you don’t have to spend several hundred dollars, or even over a thousand dollars to have a complete system that runs Linux on RISC-V hardware. The […]

PICKitPlus now runs on Linux – The software that uses the Microchip PK2 and PK3 to program new and legacy microcontrollers from Microchip.


https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/pickitplus-now-runs-on-linux-the-software-that-uses-the-microchip-pk2-and-pk3-to-program-new-and-legacy-microcontrollers-from-microchip/

We are very pleased to announce the release of the Linux version of PKCMD: PKCMD-LX.  This is the Personal Computer version, designed to run on flavours of Linux, both 32 and 64 bit.  This was a huge investment by us. But, these are exciting developments for the software as it shows what can be with […]

Forlinx FETMX8MM-C SoM for Optimized Audio Performance


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Forlinx’s SoM FETMX8MM-C contributes to the ever-growing list of tiny, Linux-friendly modules built around NXP’s i.MX8M Mini. This new board focuses on a variety of digital audio processing interfaces. Recent same form factor boards include MYIR’s MYC-C8MMX and Innocomm’s WB15. This new 56 x 36mm SoM FETMX8MM-C module runs Android 9.0 or Linux 4.14 on i.MX8M Mini. It […]

Grillo, IBM and Linux to accelerate deployment of open source earthquake early warning (EEW) detection systems


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Earthquakes are shifts or vibrations in the earth’s crust caused by a sudden release of violent energy and the effects that come with them, especially with the large ones, can be devastating. The earlier citizens are warned ahead of its occurrence, the better their chances of survival. Fair enough, a number of earthquakes early warning […]

Linux-driven PicoCore™MX8MN module is tiny


https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/linux-driven-picocoremx8mn-module-tiny/

COM modules with NXP i.MX 8M Nano CPU High performance in a compact format Based on the NXP® i.MX 8M Nano applications processor, F&S Elektronik Systeme has developed an inexpensive CPU module (35x40mm) with many industrial interfaces and extensive software support. The heterogeneous multi-core processor consists of up to four Arm® Cortex®-A53 cores (1.5GHz) and […]

Onion’s Omega2 Dash Is an IoT Platform for All-in-One Touch-Driven Projects


https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/onions-omega2-dash-iot-platform-one-touch-driven-projects/

Due to power consumption (amongst other factors), IoT solutions typically prefer to rely on fancy web-based dashboards and mobile apps for user interactions rather than the use of displays, but scenarios (like industrial IoT applications) arises where a display is required to drive real-time interaction with users. To provide a solution suitable for this kind […]

NanoPi M4B – Another ARM Board Powered By Rockchip RK3399


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FriendlyELEC is releasing another revision of NanoPi M4 with NanoPi M4B combining some of the features of M4 and M4V2 boards such as DDR3 memory and power & recovery buttons. The new NanoPi M4B is an RK3399 SoC (6 core ARM Cortex-A72/A53) based ARM board as its successors. It has the same form of factor as the Raspberry […]