NodeMCU ESP32-C3 RISC-V based development boards, supports Wi-Fi and BLE
https://www.electronics-lab.com/nodemcu-esp32-c3-risc-v-based-development-boards-supports-wi-fi-and-ble/
We recently saw that Ai-Thinker released modules that are based on the ESP32 MCU and support Wi-Fi and BLE 5.0 wireless connectivity. Ai-Thinker has been at the forefront in designing modules on the famous ESP microcontrollers by manufacturing the first series of modules on the ESP8266. Recently, CNX-Software spotted few development boards, integrating the Ai-Thinker […]
Arduino UNO-like AB32VG1 Development Board based on RISC-V MCU
https://www.electronics-lab.com/arduino-uno-like-ab32vg1-development-board-based-on-risc-v-mcu/
Recently, there have been several developments in the RISC-V community with its increasing use case in various domains. We have seen this open-source technology grow at an impressive rate, catching the eye of the makers’ community to implement extraordinary projects. To help them, a RISC-V member Chinese chip design manufacturer known for its high-performance Bluetooth […]
$149 BeagleV is a powerful and open-hardware RISC-V Linux SBC
https://www.electronics-lab.com/149-beaglev-is-a-powerful-and-open-hardware-risc-v-linux-sbc/
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 […]
Espressif Leaks RISC-V Powered ESP8266 Pin-Compatible ESP32-C3
https://www.electronics-lab.com/espressif-leaks-risc-v-powered-esp8266-pin-compatible-esp32-c3/
The ESP32-C3 is a WiFi SoC that contains a RISC-V core in place of the Tensilica core in the ESP32 we are all familiar with. It uses the ESP8266 pin-out. As with other ESP32 family members, this one delivers b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth LE 5, where it differs is the RISC-V 32 Single-core processor with […]
SiFive Linux PC and Dev Board with Open Source RISC-V Processors
https://www.electronics-lab.com/sifive-linux-pc-and-dev-board-with-open-source-risc-v-processors/
SiFive published the news that it is creating a platform for Linux-based personal computers based on RISC-V processors to use them in PCs. This could be the move in the right direction to make to create Linux-based PCs that use royalty-free processors. At the moment, these development PCs are early alternatives targeted at hobbyists and […]
DT-BL10 – Low-Power IoT Development Board Powered by RISC-V Core
https://www.electronics-lab.com/dt-bl10-low-power-iot-development-board-powered-by-risc-v-core/
DT-BL10 is a development board powered by BL602 WiSoC that sells for around $5. This board is specifically designed to work with a 32-bit RISC-V CPU with dynamic frequency from 1MHz to 192MHz. It has a 276KB SRAM and 128KB ROM. The main focus of this board is on its wide range of wireless support. […]
Microchip PolarFire SoC FPGA Icicle Kit
https://www.electronics-lab.com/microchip-polarfire-soc-fpga-icicle-kit/
Microchip’s PolarFire SoC FPGA Icicle Kit is an evaluation platform for the company’s mid-range PolarFire SoC FPGA family, a portfolio of RISC-V-based devices that contain secure hardware features, are capable of running off-the-shelf Linux and/or real-time operating systems (RTOS), and consume up to 60 percent less power than competing FPGA solutions, according to the company. […]
Moushik- A Complete Made-in-India Microprocessor And SoC for IoT Devices
https://www.electronics-lab.com/moushik-a-complete-made-in-india-microprocessor-and-soc-for-iot-devices/
Researchers at IIT Madras have successfully booted up ‘Moushik‘, a microprocessor that has been indigenously designed and fabricated in India. The design was done in IIT Madras, the fabrication at the ISRO Semiconductor Laboratory in Chandigarh. So this is a complete made in India Microprocessor same as we saw with AJIT. Moushik is the third […]
RV32E Floating-Point library offers 72% code size reduction
https://www.electronics-lab.com/rv32e-floating-point-library-offers-72-code-size-reduction/
SEGGER announces a new version of the RISC-V Floating-Point Library with full support for RV32E – the embedded variant of the RISC-V core. The new library leads to a massive reduction in code size for RISC-V applications using floating point. With all arithmetic functions hand-coded in assembly language, the memory footprint of RISC-V applications using […]
RISC-V-based System-on-Chip (SoC) FPGA Development Kit from Microchip for PolarFire SoC
https://www.electronics-lab.com/risc-v-based-system-on-chip-soc-fpga-development-kit-from-microchip-for-polarfire-soc/
Microchip Technology Inc. has introduced a RISC-V-based System-on-Chip (SoC) Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) development kit for PolarFire® SoC FPGA. The Icicle Development Kit allows the designers who need a programmable RISC-V based SOC FPGA to develop and evaluate the broad network of RISC-V ecosystem products such as Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS), debuggers, compilers, System On […]