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AAEON uCOM-Q6490 is a SMARC 2.1-compliant System-on-Module (SoM) built around the Qualcomm Dragonwing QCS6490 octa-core SoC, designed for robotics, healthcare, industrial automation, and digital signage applications. The 82 × 50 mm module ships with up to 16GB LPDDR5 memory and 64GB UFS storage, and its standard MXM 3.0 edge connector exposes SDIO 3.0, PCIe 3.0, dual GbE, USB 3.1, and USB 2.0…
M5Stack introduced the PaperColor ESP32-S3 devkit last May, but if you prefer faster refresh rates, the new Paper Mono should be a better option. The kit is based on a 3.97-inch monochrome e-Paper touch display and also supports LoRa and NFC long-range and short-range connectivity. The devkit features 8MB PSRAM, 16MB flash, a microSD card slot, a PDM microphone and buzzer for audio interaction, a…
We recently noted that NXP expanded its MCX A series with the MCX A5 Cortex-M33 family, integrating 10BASE-T1S Single Pair Ethernet, topology discovery, and PQC for industrial connectivity. However, it’s not the only recent announcement from the company, as NXP also expanded the lower-cost MCX C series with the MCX C15 and MCX C16 (C1 family) Cortex-M23 MCUs designed for industrial IoT and analog…
Linus Torvalds released Linux 7.2 on LKML last Sunday: Well, this last week of the release was – once again – bigger than I would have wished for, but hey, with the whole “new normal” thing, if I delayed releases for that reason we’d probably never have a release at all. There are a number of fairly late reverts – the drm scheduling reverts stand out, but there’s a few other ones in here too. It…
Yesterday I received an email with the subject “Rp2350 pi pico 2 modified one”. I found the request funny because it features an illustration with a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 board and an Apple Lightning cable, and I had no idea why somebody would do that at the time. Coming to my physical address (today!) was also humorous considering where I live… Nevertheless, I decided to share the screenshot above…
Quectel has just introduced the SH602FA 4G LTE Cat 4 and SE505FE 5G Sub-6 GHz Android 16-smart IoT modules. Both integrate octa-core MediaTek processors, cellular connectivity, wireless interfaces, and multimedia functions for devices such as smart displays, point-of-sale terminals, industrial handhelds, and robots. The “high-performance” 4G LTE SH602FA module is built around the MediaTek MT8786…
Japanese company KAGA FEI has introduced another incredibly small ES4L15MA1 Bluetooth LE 6.0 module based on Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF54L15 ultra-low-power Cortex-M33 wireless MCU. Launched alongside the larger EC4L15MA1 module, the ES4L15MA1 module appears to be based on the same hardware as the ES4L15BA1 “world’s smallest module” unveiled in 2024 with an 8.55 x 3.25 x 1.00 mm form factor. The…
StarFive has launched a new high-performance 64-bit RISC-V core from the Dubhe family with the RVA23-compliant Dubhe-100 designed for servers and HPC, as well as other high-performance applications. The new RISC-V IP core delivers a SPECint2006 score of 15/GHz, supports Vector and Vector Crypto extensions, and features a deep out-of-order design with a 15-stage pipeline and 6-wide issue. StarFive…
While some companies keep increasing prices, the Pine64 community has now announced they don’t intend to manufacture Linux devices due to the current RAM and eMMC flash shortage and related high prices. Pine64 started with the launch of the Pine A64 development board in 2015, and since then they have launched more Arm and RISC-V Linux SBCs, Linux smartphones, and Linux tablets and e-Readers. We…
Finland-based Everypin has introduced the PwrBlock 323, a programmable USB-C PD power supply designed specifically for automated test fixtures. It can provide 1 to 32V at up to 3A, with up to 92W output from a 100W USB-C PD source, and supports software-controlled power switching, voltage and current measurement, and power cycling for a device under test (DUT). The company highlights that the…
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 Programming Jig is a single-head provisioning system designed to easily flash an OS to the Raspberry Pi CM5 without a carrier board. The jig connects to the provisioning network via Ethernet or Wi-Fi and also features a second Ethernet port for the Compute Module. The CM5 is kept in place by a mechanical clamping mechanism, and the jig relies on pogo pins to…
NXP has introduced the MCX A5 family of Cortex-M33 MCUs, which features a 10/100Mbps Ethernet MAC and an integrated 10BASE-T1S Single Pair Ethernet digital PHY. It targets industrial and networking applications such as controllers, PLCs, remote I/O, building and energy management systems, and other connected edge devices. The MCUs run at up to 240 MHz and feature up to 2 MB dual-bank Flash and 640…
Waveshare PiRack-M6F is a multi-node server cluster kit for Raspberry Pi 4/5 designed for 10-inch 2U racks and supporting up to six Model B SBCs with all ports brought to the front panel. We wrote about rack mounts for Raspberry Pi SBCs before with products such as KKSB 10-inch and 19-inch rack panels and MyElectronics’ 19-inch 2U & 3U rack mounts, but those are mostly mechanical solutions. The…
