BlogHide Resteemscnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years agoHow to Detect STM32 FakesSTMicro STM32 microcontrollers are very popular, and it's a well-known fact there are some fakes on the market. What I did not know is that many don't even pass the blinky test. I learned this in…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years agoAn Arduino based Open Source Ventilator to Fight against COVID-19?COVID-19 has disrupted most people lives well beyond the health crisis, with an economic fallout on-going that may lead to a 24% GDP contraction in the US and up to 12% worldwide in Q2 2020, and I…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years agoA First Look at Otii Arc Power Supply, Power Meter, and DAQ UnitI have recently been contacted by a Swedish company called Qoitech about their Otii solution that aims to help hardware and software engineers achieve long battery life for their IoT devices or…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years agoArrow Embedded To Go Free Online Conference To Give Away 3,000 Development BoardsWith the coronavirus outbreak on-going, many events are either canceled or moving online. Arrow Electronics has now announced what appears to be a completely new online event. Embedded To Go virtual…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years agoMikroElektronika Launches Fusion for ARM & EasyPic MCU Development boardsDuring Embedded World 2020 (EW2020), some companies withdraw their presence, while some were at the event. MikroElektronika presented several new boards and among them Fusion for ARM v8 and EasyPic…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years agoPurism Mini Linux Mini PC is Powered by an Intel Core i7-8565U Whiskey Lake ProcessorPurism has been known for its Linux-based secure and privacy-focused laptops for years, and more recently they developed Librem 5 Linux smartphone with the same philosophy in mind. But now the…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years ago$11 DIGOO DG-R611 WiFi Repeater Comes with Two External AntennasLow-cost WiFi routers such as A5 V11 mini router have been around for many years. The cheaper ones are usually powered by a USB charger sold separately, and support 2.4 GHz WiFI with a single…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years agoreMarkable 2 is a $399 e-Paper Tablet with Pressure Sensitive PenreMarkable digital notepad and e-reader was unveiled in 2016, and designed to feel like using actual paper sheets. The device came with a single-core Cortex-A9 processor, a 10.3" E-Ink display with…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years agoUpdating the BIOS (System Firmware) from the Device Manager in Windows 10I recently started having problems playing YouTube videos in Firefox and Chrome in Ubuntu 18.04. The video would load, and I could see frames at any time, but it would just not play. I soon…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years ago4.2" and 7.5" NFC-powered e-Paper Displays Work without Batterye-Paper displays have great readability under sunlight, and only consume power when updated. But their refresh rate is limited, and most displays are fairly expensive. One way to reduce the cost is…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years agoMarvell ThunderX3 96-Core, 384-Thread Armv8.3 Server Processor Targets Cloud and HPC WorkloadsCavium first unveiled their 48-core 64-bit Arm ThunderX server processor in 2014, before following up with ThunderX2 featuring up to 56 cores @ 3.0 GHz providing 2 to 3 more performance compared to…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years agoDFI GHF51 Ryzen Embedded R1000 SBC is about the Size of a Raspberry PiWe've seen a fair amount of AMD Ryzen Embedded boards over the last few months including 3.5" Ryzen Embedded SBC's such as Kontron SBC-VR1000 and IBASE Technology IB918, as well as larger boards…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years agoOmnichip Devkit 2 Features Nordic nRF52832 based zGlue ZiP Multichip ModuleWe first covered zGlue Integration Platform (ZiP) in 2018 when the company introduced its chip-stacking technology with a fitness tracker based on ZGZL1BA ZiP equipped with chips from Dialog…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years agoAdidas GMR Smart Insole Uses Google Jacquard for Enhanced Soccer TrackingThe Adidas GMR (pronounced Gamer) The new Adidas GMR tracking insole is connected to EA Sports FIFA Mobile for smartphone access and data gathering and uses Google's Jacquard technology for…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years agoRadiona ULX3S Open Source Hardware ECP5 FPGA Development Board Launched for $99 and Up (Crowdfunding)Last summer, we wrote about Radiona ULX3S education board combining a Lattice Semi ECP5 FPGA with an Espressif Systems ESP32 WiFi & Bluetooth WiSoC. Designed for a digital logic course at the…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years agoWio Terminal Features Microchip SAMD51 MCU, Dual-Band WiFI & Bluetooth WiFI, and 2.4" LCDMicrochip SAM D5x Arm Cortex-M4 microcontrollers were introduced in 2017, and the next year we started to see Arduino or MicroPython compatible board brought to market including Adafruit Metro M4 or…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years agoK1 Smart Lock Box Secures Door Keys with Fingerprint, Mobile App, or PasscodeWe've previously reported about smart dock look solutions such as Xiaomi Sherlock M1 which allows you to provide access control without keys using your smartphone instead. Security concerns aside…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years agoFriendlyELEC SOM-RK3399V2 CPU Module Gets 4GB LPDDR4 RAM UpgradeLast year, FriendlyELEC launched SOM-RK3399 system-on-module (SoM) powered by Rockchip RK3399 hexa-core processor combined with 2GB DDR3 memory, 16to 64GB flash, and a built-in WiFi 5 module.…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years agoAMD Ryzen Embedded based SBC-VR1000 SBC to Power Edge Computing & Graphics ApplicationsWe just wrote about a 3.5" Ryzen Embedded SBC a few days ago, namely SECO SBC-C90 single board computer, after mentioning there were few such AMD options in the 3.5-inch form factor with the only…cnxsoft (45)in embedded • 5 years ago$5 Sinilink WiFI USB Power Switch Works with Tasmota Firmware, Supports up to 20V/5ALate last year, ITEAD launched Sonoff Micro WiFi USB switch that allows you to turn on and off USB powered devices over WiFi using eWelink app for Android or iOS. It integrates with Amazon Alexas…
