Picoclick C3T IoT Button Built Around ESP32-C3 RISC-V Processor – Supports WiFi and BLE


https://www.electronics-lab.com/picoclick-c3t-iot-button-built-around-esp32-c3-risc-v-processor-supports-wifi-and-ble/

For smart home and automation applications, you might require a user button featuring advanced wireless connectivity like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low-Energy. In most cases, this wireless connectivity helps the operator connect the user button to its hardware system. Also, with the recent innovation and adoption of RISC-V instruction set architecture, manufacturers and makers desire to […]

Sipeed Introduces Tang Nano 9K FPGA board, Compatible with RISC-V softcore PicoRV


https://www.electronics-lab.com/sipeed-introduces-tang-nano-9k-fpga-board-compatible-with-risc-v-softcore-picorv/

Sipeed has surprisingly introduced yet another Tang Nano FPGA board based on the Gowin GW1NR-9 chip. This time, the manufacturer has pushed the limits to around 9K (8640) logic units (LUT4), unlike the predecessor Tang Nano 1K and Tang Nano 4K with around 1152 and 4608 LUTs respectively. Despite the hardcore Arm Cortex-M3 processor embedded […]

Adafruit Unveils ESP32-C3 RISC V Developer Board For IoT Projects


https://www.electronics-lab.com/adafruit-unveils-esp32-c3-risc-v-developer-board-for-iot-projects/

Espressif introduced the ESP32-C3-WROOM-02 system-on-chip past year with options between the onboard PCB antenna and the external antenna connector. Adafruit has taken the lead to unveil an ESP32-C3 based developer board supporting Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low-Energy wireless communication. As an entry-level RISC-V development board, hardware is an ideal choice for a wide range of applications, […]

ETH Zurich Researchers Introduces A New RISC-V based Processor Architecture


https://www.electronics-lab.com/eth-zurich-researchers-introduces-a-new-risc-v-based-processor-architecture/

For the growing demand for floating-point operations per second, a group of researchers at ETH Zurich (home for some significant RISC-V innovation) announced a new RISC-V-based processor architecture with substantial upgrades in performance and energy efficiency. The basic idea behind the innovation comes from the combination of a tiny 10kGE (kilo gate equivalent) control core, […]

Xassette-Asterisk RISC-V 64 SBC Features Allwinner’s latest D1s SoC and Sells for Less Than $10


https://www.electronics-lab.com/xassette-asterisk-risc-v-64-sbc-features-allwinners-latest-d1s-soc-and-sells-for-less-than-10/

Open-source embedded system framework has made processor and SBC innovation more fun and easy, offering many configurable architecture implementations. The RISC-V ISA based hardware, though not very economical, is still very much celebrated even after more than a decade of its existence. So far, we have seen it in a number of devices including the […]

Russian Company Develops A Mikron Mik32 MCU With Features Similar To STM32l0 MCU


https://www.electronics-lab.com/russian-company-develops-a-mikron-mik32-mcu-with-features-similar-to-stm32l0-mcu/

It’s no longer news that open-source RISC-V architecture has flung the door of innovation open for several companies to reinvent existing microcontrollers – a move that has become imminent, as countries around the world look forward to localizing their technologies and becoming more independent. Russia has not lagged behind in this development and they have […]

Espressif Systems ESP32-C3


https://www.electronics-lab.com/espressif-systems-esp32-c3/

ESP32-C3 is a single-core Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® 5 Low Energy (BLE5) MCU, based on the open-source RISC-V architecture ESP32-C3 is a single-core Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® 5 Low Energy (BLE5) MCU, based on the open-source RISC-V architecture. It strikes the right balance of power, I/O capabilities, and security, thus offering the optimal cost-effective solution for connected […]

Kendryte K510 is Tri-core RISC-V Processor for Edge AI applications


https://www.electronics-lab.com/kendryte-k510-is-tri-core-risc-v-processor-for-edge-ai-applications/

We have come across multiple hardware development boards and MCUs that employ Edge AI for processing and computing. On the other hand, cloud computing was traditionally preferred as an alternative for implementation due to its scalability and easier to develop applications on the cloud platform. However, it comes at the expense of data transmission latency […]

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 […]