We’re always excited to find a Raspberry Pi used in a commercial product. The chip and its documentation make it super easy to drop into a retail product.  The Raspberry Pi Pico is a popular choice for teachers and maker enthusiasts alike, it also has quite a bit of potential on the business side of things. Today we’re sharing […]
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Earlier in the year, Wallys Communications unveiled a compact DR6018-V3 WiFi 6 embedded router board based on Qualcomm IPQ6010 processor with optional WiFi 6E and 5G IoT M.2 modules. Now, the company has followed up on the DR6018-V3 router board with a cheaper and more compact DR6018-S SBC that is based on the same processor with WiFi 6 and
DR6018-S IS A CHEAPER AND SMALLER WIFI 6 SBC WITH OPTIONAL WIFI 6E Read More »
A common trend with the Pi-branded boards, is that they are starting to stir away from the given name and getting their own territory. We have seen that recently with the Orange Pi series, and the new Banana Pi BPI-M5 is another good example of it. But what SinoVoip Co. has in store for us this time?
BANANA PI BPI-M5: A NEW PLAYER IN MULTIMEDIA BOARDS Read More »
[Outer World Apps] noted that there was no PDP-8/V made by DEC — a variant that used vacuum tubes. So he’s decided to make one using about 320 6J6A tubes. He’s got a plan and a few boards completed — we can’t wait to see it finished. The logic is actually done by crystal rectifiers, but
THE PDP8 THAT NEVER WAS: HOLLOW STATE LOGIC Read More »
Renesas Electronics Corporation has introduced the ZMOD4410, a software configurable Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) sensor platform with IP67 qualified waterproof option. The unique hermetically sealed package protects the device from water and dust with the help of the hydrophobic and oleophobic material that is permeable to humidity and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at the same time. This enables the device
A computer’s BIOS includes basic diagnostic tools for troubleshooting issues. Often, we rely on the familiar beeps from the POST system for this reason. However, error codes are also available via hardware “POST Cards” that were particularly popular in the 1990s. [Mr. Green] has now built a POST card using readily-available modern hardware. [Mr. Green] built
BIOS POST CARD BUILT USING RASPBERRY PI PICO Read More »
The new gen4-FT81x display modules from 4D Systems represent a ready-made solution based on graphics chips from Bridgetek. The main advantages include easy and intuitive programming, powerful SW IDE, many useful functions and three display sizes. (SOS electronic) FT81x graphics processors were introduced in our recent article. For many years, we have been associating 4D Systems
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If you have any astronomer friends you’ll soon discover that theirs is a world of specialist high-quality optical equipment far ahead of the everyday tinkerer, and for mere mortals the dream of those amazing deep space images remains out of reach. It’s not completely impossible for the night sky to deliver impressive imagery on a
AN ALL SKY CAMERA TO WATCH THE NIGHT SKY Read More »
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has this month made available the latest addition of the fantastic MagPi magazine. With this months issue featuring details on how you can build your own robotic projects using Python. Create your own robots with arms and legs using servo motors or learn how to set up nature camera traps to capture the wildlife
Latest Raspberry Pi MagPi magazine features Python Robots Read More »
It’s pretty easy to program the Raspberry Pi Pico in Python, or you can use C or C++ if you so desire. However, if you fancy the easy language of yesteryear, you might like PiccoloBASIC from [Gary Sims]. Putting it simply, piccoloBASIC is a BASIC interpreter that runs on the Raspberry Pi Pico. It features all
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