Energous and E-peas released energy harvesting kit that combines RF solution with power management IC


https://www.electronics-lab.com/energous-and-e-peas-released-energy-harvesting-kit-that-combines-rf-solution-with-power-management-ic/

The US-based wireless power and charging company, Energous in partnership with E-peas, has released its new wireless energy harvesting kit, which includes the 1W WattUp PowerBridge transmitter. The kit combines Energous’ radio frequency (RF) solution with E-peas’ power management IC (PMIC) technology to support smart homes and buildings, energy harvesting applications, asset trackers for retail […]

SparkFun AzureWave Thing Plus AW-CU488 – A low-power and dual-core module, priced at $49.95


https://www.electronics-lab.com/sparkfun-azurewave-thing-plus-aw-cu488-a-low-power-and-dual-core-module-priced-at-49-95/

SparkFun, an embedded electronic device manufacturer, has unveiled a new addition to the Thing Plus family in the feather form factor. The hardware is built around AzureWAve’s AW-CU488 low-power Wi-Fi and Bluetooth microcontroller processor. The module has an integrated single-chip, dual-band Realtek RTL8721DM wireless LAN. A highly affordable, adaptable, and user-friendly hardware/software platform for a […]

New Icarus SoM Development Kit Features a Nordic nRF9160 System-in-package


https://www.electronics-lab.com/new-icarus-som-development-kit-features-a-nordic-nrf9160-system-in-package/

Actinius, an Amsterdam-based R&D firm, specializing in creating ultra-secure IoT products, has combined the latest cellular IoT technologies on the market to design a new Icarus SoM DK development board that follows the Arduino Uno form factor. The cost-effective single board development kit is powered by a Nordic Semiconductor low-power nRF9160 system-in-package (SiP) which integrates […]

Ardunio IDE 2.0 is finally here with new features and enhanced UI


https://www.electronics-lab.com/arduino-ide-2-0/

The beta version of Arduino IDE 2.0 was released in 2021 and is now available to download in its stable version. Various feedback and input from multiple stakeholders of the Arduino Community have enabled the makers to launch the stable version. The backbone of Arduino IDE 2.0 is the open-source project Eclipse Theia Framework. This […]

ODROID H3 and H3+ Boards Come with Intel Jasper Lake Quad-Core Processors


https://www.electronics-lab.com/odroid-h3-and-h3-boards-come-with-intel-jasper-lake-quad-core-processors/

Last year, when Hardkernel decided to discontinue the production of the ODROID-H2+ SBC as a result of the global chip shortage currently faced by the IoT market, we thought that was the end for that line of boards, little did we know that the company had a lot up their sleeves. We are pleased to […]

Smart Bee Designs’ Bee Motion S3 development board comes with motion detection sensor


https://www.electronics-lab.com/smart-bee-designs-bee-motion-s3-development-board-comes-with-motion-detection-sensor/

We recently covered a new board from the Smart Bee Designs– Bee S3 low power development board, which equips ESP32-S3 system-on-chip for home applications and hobbyist use cases. The manufacturer is planning to launch another similar development board but expects community support for Crowdfunding. Smart Bee Designs’ Bee Motion S3 will soon go live on […]

Flavio Ansovini’s Ochin Compute Module 4 carrier board with rich interfaces


https://www.electronics-lab.com/flavio-ansovinis-ochin-compute-module-4-carrier-board-with-rich-interfaces/

There have already been a ton of carrier boards specially designed to hold the famous Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. Yet another interesting tiny carrier board from designer Flavio Ansovini comes onto the market, sold on Seeed Studio. This tiny Ochin carrier board for Raspberry Pi Compute Model 4 is equipped with the powerful Quad-core […]

Pine64 announces Ox64, a dual-core single-board computer powered by the Bouffalo Lab BL808


https://www.electronics-lab.com/pine64-announces-ox64-a-dual-core-single-board-computer-powered-by-the-bouffalo-lab-bl808/

Pine64 has announced an all-new RISC-V-based single-board computer, Ox64. The single-board computer is powered by the Bouffalo Lab BL808 system-on-chip and is manufactured with a breadboard-friendly form factor. At the heart of the board is a system-on-chip that makes use of an uncommon design, with one 64-bit and one 32-bit RISC-V processor core. Inside the […]

Olimex releases the ESP32-C3-DevKit-LiPo board featuring a low-power RISC-V processor core


https://www.electronics-lab.com/olimex-releases-the-esp32-c3-devkit-lipo-board-featuring-a-low-power-risc-v-processor-core/

Olimex has launched a new ESP32-C3-DevKit-LiPo board built around Espressif’s ESP32-C3 RISC-V processor chip. The development board offers rich wireless connectivity with support for Wi-Fi 4 and Bluetooth 5.0, along with some input/output ports– USB and JTAG. On the development board is the RISC-V-based system-on-chip, ESP32-C3, a low-power processor clocked at up to a frequency […]

Adafruit Redesigns the INA219 Power-Monitoring FeatherWing Due to Component Shortages


https://www.electronics-lab.com/adafruit-redesigns-the-ina219-power-monitoring-featherwing-due-to-component-shortages/

It’s been well over a year now that the IoT market has been battling against the ongoing industry-wide component shortages and this has no doubt caused huge financial losses for companies served by these chips. While this global crisis continues to linger on with no certainty as to when it is likely to end, electronic […]