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📰 Alternatives to Raspberry Pi in 2021:
▫️Hackboard 2 is a new single-board computer designed from the ground up to be one of the most powerful and affordable Windows-capable, Intel-based computers ever. With optional 4G or 5G connectivity, it is ideal for students, teachers, families, makers, and hobbyists alike. Unlike the Raspberry Pi, Hackboard 2 is based on a powerful Intel processor capable of running Windows.
▫️ZimaBoard is a low-cost single board server designed for makers and geeks. Zimaboard has both the expandability of an x86 SBC, and the appropriate power of a micro server. With ZimaBoard, you can setup a 4 Terabyte personal cloud in 5 minutes, configure a secure VPN to protect your digital footprint, tune your network with OpenWrt and pfSense, build a 4K media server that runs with Plex, share and collaborate with team members on your files, or upgrade your smart projects across different systems.
▫️ROCK Pi 4 is a Single Board Computer in an ultra-small form factor that offers class-leading performance while leveraging outstanding mechanical compatibility. The ROCK Pi 4 offers makers, IoT enthusiasts, hobbyists, PC DIY enthusiasts and others a reliable and extremely capable platform for building and tinkering their ideas into reality.
▫️ODROID-H2+ features an Intel Celeron J4115 Gemini Lake processor, two SO-DIMM slots for memory, two SATA ports and M.2 NVMe slot for storage, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, a mix of USB 3.0 and 2.0 ports, and more. This very powerful x86 64bit single board computer has large memory capacity and advanced IO ports.
▫️The NanoPi R4S (as "R4S") is an open source platform with dual-Gbps Ethernet ports designed and developed by FriendlyElec for IoT applications. The NanoPi R4S uses the RK3399 SoC. It has two Gbps Ethernet ports and 1G/4G DDR4 RAM. FriendlyElec ported an OpenWrt system for it. It works with Docker CE. It is a good platform for developing IoT applications, NAS applications, smart home gateways etc.
▫️The NVIDIA® Jetson Nano™ 2GB Developer Kit is ideal for learning, building, and teaching AI and robotics—built for creators and priced for everyone. The Jetson Nano 2GB Developer Kit delivers incredible AI performance at a low price. It makes the world of AI and robotics accessible to everyone with the exact same software and tools used to create breakthrough AI products across all industries.
▫️ASUS Tinker Board is a Single Board Computer in an ultra-small form factor that offers class-leading performance while leveraging outstanding mechanical compatibility. The Tinker Board offers makers, IoT enthusiasts, hobbyists, PC DIY enthusiasts and others a reliable and extremely capable platform for building and tinkering their ideas into reality.
#news #boards #raspberry #hardware #jetson_nano
▫️Hackboard 2 is a new single-board computer designed from the ground up to be one of the most powerful and affordable Windows-capable, Intel-based computers ever. With optional 4G or 5G connectivity, it is ideal for students, teachers, families, makers, and hobbyists alike. Unlike the Raspberry Pi, Hackboard 2 is based on a powerful Intel processor capable of running Windows.
▫️ZimaBoard is a low-cost single board server designed for makers and geeks. Zimaboard has both the expandability of an x86 SBC, and the appropriate power of a micro server. With ZimaBoard, you can setup a 4 Terabyte personal cloud in 5 minutes, configure a secure VPN to protect your digital footprint, tune your network with OpenWrt and pfSense, build a 4K media server that runs with Plex, share and collaborate with team members on your files, or upgrade your smart projects across different systems.
▫️ROCK Pi 4 is a Single Board Computer in an ultra-small form factor that offers class-leading performance while leveraging outstanding mechanical compatibility. The ROCK Pi 4 offers makers, IoT enthusiasts, hobbyists, PC DIY enthusiasts and others a reliable and extremely capable platform for building and tinkering their ideas into reality.
▫️ODROID-H2+ features an Intel Celeron J4115 Gemini Lake processor, two SO-DIMM slots for memory, two SATA ports and M.2 NVMe slot for storage, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, a mix of USB 3.0 and 2.0 ports, and more. This very powerful x86 64bit single board computer has large memory capacity and advanced IO ports.
▫️The NanoPi R4S (as "R4S") is an open source platform with dual-Gbps Ethernet ports designed and developed by FriendlyElec for IoT applications. The NanoPi R4S uses the RK3399 SoC. It has two Gbps Ethernet ports and 1G/4G DDR4 RAM. FriendlyElec ported an OpenWrt system for it. It works with Docker CE. It is a good platform for developing IoT applications, NAS applications, smart home gateways etc.
▫️The NVIDIA® Jetson Nano™ 2GB Developer Kit is ideal for learning, building, and teaching AI and robotics—built for creators and priced for everyone. The Jetson Nano 2GB Developer Kit delivers incredible AI performance at a low price. It makes the world of AI and robotics accessible to everyone with the exact same software and tools used to create breakthrough AI products across all industries.
▫️ASUS Tinker Board is a Single Board Computer in an ultra-small form factor that offers class-leading performance while leveraging outstanding mechanical compatibility. The Tinker Board offers makers, IoT enthusiasts, hobbyists, PC DIY enthusiasts and others a reliable and extremely capable platform for building and tinkering their ideas into reality.
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📰 NASA Mars Perseverance Rover Uses Same PowerPC Chipset Found in 1998 G3 iMac
NASA's Perseverance rover, which recently made history landing on the surface of Mars, is powered by the same processor used in an iMac more than 23 years old.
As reported by NewScientist, the rover includes the PowerPC 750 processor, the same chip used in the G3 iMac in 1998.
The main chipset is the same; however, there are differences between the version of the processor shipped in a consumer computer and the one exploring space. The processor in the rover is built to withstand temperatures between -67 and 257 degrees Fahrenheit (−55 and 125 degrees Celsius) and comes with an added $200,000 price tag.
The PowerPC 750 processor was ahead of the game for its time, featuring a single-core, 233MHz processor, 6 million transistors (compared to today's 16 billion in a single chip), and based on 32-bit architecture.
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NASA's Perseverance rover, which recently made history landing on the surface of Mars, is powered by the same processor used in an iMac more than 23 years old.
As reported by NewScientist, the rover includes the PowerPC 750 processor, the same chip used in the G3 iMac in 1998.
The main chipset is the same; however, there are differences between the version of the processor shipped in a consumer computer and the one exploring space. The processor in the rover is built to withstand temperatures between -67 and 257 degrees Fahrenheit (−55 and 125 degrees Celsius) and comes with an added $200,000 price tag.
The PowerPC 750 processor was ahead of the game for its time, featuring a single-core, 233MHz processor, 6 million transistors (compared to today's 16 billion in a single chip), and based on 32-bit architecture.
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📄 3 Advantages To Using A Multicore Microcontroller
Multicore microcontrollers undoubtedly provide development teams with many advantages to help them solve the problems with ever more complex systems.
The ability to separate the application into areas of concerns or domains is currently a leading driver for adopting multicore microcontrollers.
The ability to balance performance with energy consumption and distribute the workload are also major advantages when considering moving to a multicore solution.
While there are only a few multicore microcontrollers currently on the market, over the next decade we will undoubtedly find them in ever increasing numbers in our designs.
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Multicore microcontrollers undoubtedly provide development teams with many advantages to help them solve the problems with ever more complex systems.
The ability to separate the application into areas of concerns or domains is currently a leading driver for adopting multicore microcontrollers.
The ability to balance performance with energy consumption and distribute the workload are also major advantages when considering moving to a multicore solution.
While there are only a few multicore microcontrollers currently on the market, over the next decade we will undoubtedly find them in ever increasing numbers in our designs.
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📃 How to read microcontroller datasheets? 5 tips for Beginners!
If you are a beginner, the first time you download the datasheet of the microcontroller you are using, you will be given a 1000 to 2000 page document, which will make you feel uncomfortable, to say the least.
I have been through the same experience and in this post, I am going to help you understand the reason behind the hugeness of the datasheet and I will give you some tips and tricks so that you don’t waste too much time reading it!
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If you are a beginner, the first time you download the datasheet of the microcontroller you are using, you will be given a 1000 to 2000 page document, which will make you feel uncomfortable, to say the least.
I have been through the same experience and in this post, I am going to help you understand the reason behind the hugeness of the datasheet and I will give you some tips and tricks so that you don’t waste too much time reading it!
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🎛 Top 5 most powerful Arm SBCs & Devkits in 2021
While companies like Hardkernel, Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi, and FriendlyArm offers affordable, great little Arm Linux development boards that are suitable for many projects, in some cases, your requirements may lead you to spend a bit more for either extra CPU power, more memory, AI processing power, faster I/Os and so on.
▫️ Snapdragon 888 Mobile Hardware Development Kit
Equipped with Snapdragon 888 octa-core processor (1x Cortex-X1 core, 3x Cortex-A78 cores, and 4x Cortex-A55 cores), the board also boasts 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and 256GB of UFS storage, HDMI 2.0 & DisplayPort 1.4 video outputs, support for up to six cameras, and much more.
▫️ Jetson AGX Xavier for AI & Robotics
Jetson AGX Xavier developer kit is the most powerful of the lot with an 8-core ARM v8.2 processor, a 512-core Volta GPU, and AI accelerators that deliver up to 32TOPS of processing power for AI workloads. The kit also integrates 32GB RAM, 32GB eMMC flash expandable with a UFS card, HDMI 2.0 and MIPI DSI video interface, up to 16x 2-lane CSI camera interface, and more.
▫️ Qualcomm RB5 Robotics Platform
The board is equipped with Qualcomm QRB5165 octa-core Kryo 858 (Cortex-A77) CPU @ up to 2.84 GHz, 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM, 128 GB of UFS3.0 storage, 15 TOPS of AI processing power, supports 3D depth cameras and offers plenty of expansion I/Os.
The platform can run Linux, Ubuntu, and Robot Operating System (ROS) 2.0, and supports OpenCL and OpenGL ES APIs, as well as OpenCV for computer vision applications.
▫️ HoneyComb LX2K SBC
SolidRun HoneyComb LX2K Arm SBC features an NXP LX2160A 16-core Arm Cortex-A72 processor, supports up to 64GB RAM, offers high-speed networking thanks to up to 4x SFP+ 10GbE cages and a Gigabit Ethernet port, as well as four SATA ports, a PCIe x8 slot, M.2 SSD slot and more.
▫️ Khadas VIM3 Pro SBC
Khadas VIM3 Pro SBC may seem out of place in this list with an hexa-core Cortex-A73/A53 Amlogic A311D processor, coupled with a paltry 4GB of RAM and a 32GB eMMC flash, but that’s still a powerful platform, for instance, compared to Raspberry Pi 4 8GB, and it also includes of 5 TOPS NPU, offers good networking with Gigabit Ethernet and 802.11ac Wi-Fi 5 with RSDB support, and higher capacity and faster storage is possible via an M.2 NVMe SSD.
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While companies like Hardkernel, Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi, and FriendlyArm offers affordable, great little Arm Linux development boards that are suitable for many projects, in some cases, your requirements may lead you to spend a bit more for either extra CPU power, more memory, AI processing power, faster I/Os and so on.
▫️ Snapdragon 888 Mobile Hardware Development Kit
Equipped with Snapdragon 888 octa-core processor (1x Cortex-X1 core, 3x Cortex-A78 cores, and 4x Cortex-A55 cores), the board also boasts 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and 256GB of UFS storage, HDMI 2.0 & DisplayPort 1.4 video outputs, support for up to six cameras, and much more.
▫️ Jetson AGX Xavier for AI & Robotics
Jetson AGX Xavier developer kit is the most powerful of the lot with an 8-core ARM v8.2 processor, a 512-core Volta GPU, and AI accelerators that deliver up to 32TOPS of processing power for AI workloads. The kit also integrates 32GB RAM, 32GB eMMC flash expandable with a UFS card, HDMI 2.0 and MIPI DSI video interface, up to 16x 2-lane CSI camera interface, and more.
▫️ Qualcomm RB5 Robotics Platform
The board is equipped with Qualcomm QRB5165 octa-core Kryo 858 (Cortex-A77) CPU @ up to 2.84 GHz, 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM, 128 GB of UFS3.0 storage, 15 TOPS of AI processing power, supports 3D depth cameras and offers plenty of expansion I/Os.
The platform can run Linux, Ubuntu, and Robot Operating System (ROS) 2.0, and supports OpenCL and OpenGL ES APIs, as well as OpenCV for computer vision applications.
▫️ HoneyComb LX2K SBC
SolidRun HoneyComb LX2K Arm SBC features an NXP LX2160A 16-core Arm Cortex-A72 processor, supports up to 64GB RAM, offers high-speed networking thanks to up to 4x SFP+ 10GbE cages and a Gigabit Ethernet port, as well as four SATA ports, a PCIe x8 slot, M.2 SSD slot and more.
▫️ Khadas VIM3 Pro SBC
Khadas VIM3 Pro SBC may seem out of place in this list with an hexa-core Cortex-A73/A53 Amlogic A311D processor, coupled with a paltry 4GB of RAM and a 32GB eMMC flash, but that’s still a powerful platform, for instance, compared to Raspberry Pi 4 8GB, and it also includes of 5 TOPS NPU, offers good networking with Gigabit Ethernet and 802.11ac Wi-Fi 5 with RSDB support, and higher capacity and faster storage is possible via an M.2 NVMe SSD.
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📃 Reverse Engineering an Unknown Microcontroller
As part of my work on reverse-engineering eInk price tags I ran into an interesting problem. One particular company (Samsung Electro Mechanics/SoluM) switched from a third party chip I had figured out (Marvell 88MZ100) to a new chip in their next generation tags. This chip seemed to be made by them, custom, for this purpose.
This never bodes well for reverse-engineering. A friend provided me with a few tags containing this chip to play with. There were two types that had a segment-based e-Ink display and one that had a normal graphical eInk display.
They had the same main chip on them, so I started with the segment-based device, since it is easier to understand a simpler unknown system. It was not quite clear where to start, but, of course, that kind of puzzle is always the most interesting!
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As part of my work on reverse-engineering eInk price tags I ran into an interesting problem. One particular company (Samsung Electro Mechanics/SoluM) switched from a third party chip I had figured out (Marvell 88MZ100) to a new chip in their next generation tags. This chip seemed to be made by them, custom, for this purpose.
This never bodes well for reverse-engineering. A friend provided me with a few tags containing this chip to play with. There were two types that had a segment-based e-Ink display and one that had a normal graphical eInk display.
They had the same main chip on them, so I started with the segment-based device, since it is easier to understand a simpler unknown system. It was not quite clear where to start, but, of course, that kind of puzzle is always the most interesting!
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📟 How to design a motherboard for your electronics project
After the prototyping phase of any electronics project, I like to make a "Motherboard" PCB. For this phase I will continue to use breakout boards for all of the individual components, but link them together using a PCB.
This allows the PCB design to stay simple and flexible, and makes them easy to hand manufacture them in my workshop. This is a great setup if you want to do a small (10ish) beta run of your project before designing a full product. I have shipped many hardware products using this stage, it's a great way to validate your MVP before putting money into tooling and CM bring up.
This tutorial will walk through the process that I follow to create a motherboard. The intended audience is someone who has already wired up a prototype on a breadboard, and wants to get started bundling them together into a motherboard.
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Part 1
Part 2
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After the prototyping phase of any electronics project, I like to make a "Motherboard" PCB. For this phase I will continue to use breakout boards for all of the individual components, but link them together using a PCB.
This allows the PCB design to stay simple and flexible, and makes them easy to hand manufacture them in my workshop. This is a great setup if you want to do a small (10ish) beta run of your project before designing a full product. I have shipped many hardware products using this stage, it's a great way to validate your MVP before putting money into tooling and CM bring up.
This tutorial will walk through the process that I follow to create a motherboard. The intended audience is someone who has already wired up a prototype on a breadboard, and wants to get started bundling them together into a motherboard.
More information:
Part 1
Part 2
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🔑 Adafruit Trinkey QT2040
A USB Key with the power of RP2040
Adafruit have taken Raspberry Pi’s RP2040, the same SoC found in the Raspberry Pi Pico, and placed it into something different. A USB key shaped device with no GPIO and limited connectivity. Trinkey QT2040 is designed for plug and play use and can be connected to any computer running any operating system.
Trinkey QT2040 is compatible with C / C++ and MicroPython, but to get the best from this board we really need to use CircuitPython. With CircuitPython we have an easy to use dialect of Python 3, a large selection of libraries ensuring we can pick up and connect a Stemma QT / Qwiic board and start hacking. CircuitPython is the ideal way to experience Trinkey QT2040.
The USB form factor means that Trinkey QT2040 can be connected to a computer which requires quick access to a hardware hacking platform. Need to hack some I2C components, Trinkey QT2040 will enable you to plug in and hack.
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A USB Key with the power of RP2040
Adafruit have taken Raspberry Pi’s RP2040, the same SoC found in the Raspberry Pi Pico, and placed it into something different. A USB key shaped device with no GPIO and limited connectivity. Trinkey QT2040 is designed for plug and play use and can be connected to any computer running any operating system.
Trinkey QT2040 is compatible with C / C++ and MicroPython, but to get the best from this board we really need to use CircuitPython. With CircuitPython we have an easy to use dialect of Python 3, a large selection of libraries ensuring we can pick up and connect a Stemma QT / Qwiic board and start hacking. CircuitPython is the ideal way to experience Trinkey QT2040.
The USB form factor means that Trinkey QT2040 can be connected to a computer which requires quick access to a hardware hacking platform. Need to hack some I2C components, Trinkey QT2040 will enable you to plug in and hack.
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📟 Reverse Engineering the M6 Smart Fitness Bracelet
Interesting article describing the process of reverse engineering of the popular fitness bracelet.
Following a year and a half of sitting inside the house, author set out to improve his wellbeing by getting a new fitness tracker. It worked out better than he expected - hacking on it kept him busy for a couple of months - at the small price of making him sitting inside the house even harder.
Before starting, author stated his goals as follows. He wanted to:
▫️ Understand its hardware.
▫️ Figure out how to talk to it.
▫️ Dump its stock firmware.
▫️ Get it to run custom code, ideally making use of its: GPIO pins, color display, Bluetooth low energy (BLE) capabilities.
Author documented the process of going through these goals in the following article.
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Interesting article describing the process of reverse engineering of the popular fitness bracelet.
Following a year and a half of sitting inside the house, author set out to improve his wellbeing by getting a new fitness tracker. It worked out better than he expected - hacking on it kept him busy for a couple of months - at the small price of making him sitting inside the house even harder.
Before starting, author stated his goals as follows. He wanted to:
▫️ Understand its hardware.
▫️ Figure out how to talk to it.
▫️ Dump its stock firmware.
▫️ Get it to run custom code, ideally making use of its: GPIO pins, color display, Bluetooth low energy (BLE) capabilities.
Author documented the process of going through these goals in the following article.
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#reverse #hardware
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📟 The Index - PnP machine for automatic circuit boards assembly
The Index an open-source pick and place (PnP) machine. The project is under development.
The goal of the Index is to help folks bridge the gap between prototyping and mass production. The Index is designed to be low-cost enough that someone could buy or build one to support making production runs at home or as a small business.
It runs using OpenPnP. The Index will eventually be able to do multiple parts of the PCBA manufacturing process. It is currently capable of picking parts and placing them, but eventually the Index will support solder paste dispensing and interfacing with other machines, such as a PCB panel hopper and reflow oven.
More information:
Github page
Wiki page
YouTube playlist
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The Index an open-source pick and place (PnP) machine. The project is under development.
The goal of the Index is to help folks bridge the gap between prototyping and mass production. The Index is designed to be low-cost enough that someone could buy or build one to support making production runs at home or as a small business.
It runs using OpenPnP. The Index will eventually be able to do multiple parts of the PCBA manufacturing process. It is currently capable of picking parts and placing them, but eventually the Index will support solder paste dispensing and interfacing with other machines, such as a PCB panel hopper and reflow oven.
More information:
Github page
Wiki page
YouTube playlist
#projects #hardware
📃 Top 5 Secrets of High-Speed PCBs Revealed by Professionals
From assembly development to mitigating crosstalk to signal integrity, these tips can help streamline the high-speed PCB design process.
Vigorous competition in the electronics market means developers must keep modification in mind when designing systems. High-speed PCBs are increasingly important to high-performance solutions, but high-speed PCB assembly is costly. That's why you can’t experiment with these boards or generate a lot of prototypes.
This article offers five tips to help streamline and improve those high-speed PCB designs while keeping costs at bay.
What you’ll learn:
▫️ Designing high-speed PCBs.
▫️ Maintaining signal integrity for faster signal transmission.
▫️ Reducing crosstalk in high-speed PCBs.
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From assembly development to mitigating crosstalk to signal integrity, these tips can help streamline the high-speed PCB design process.
Vigorous competition in the electronics market means developers must keep modification in mind when designing systems. High-speed PCBs are increasingly important to high-performance solutions, but high-speed PCB assembly is costly. That's why you can’t experiment with these boards or generate a lot of prototypes.
This article offers five tips to help streamline and improve those high-speed PCB designs while keeping costs at bay.
What you’ll learn:
▫️ Designing high-speed PCBs.
▫️ Maintaining signal integrity for faster signal transmission.
▫️ Reducing crosstalk in high-speed PCBs.
More information...
#articles #hardware #electronics #design
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🎛 Cytron Maker HAT Base Review: Low Cost Electronics Lab
Cytron’s $10 Maker HAT Base is a GPIO breakout board for all models of Raspberry Pi with 40 GPIO pins and it is a small electronics lab for use with HATs / pHAT.
With a HAT connected, we still have access to the female GPIO header, located center right of the board. Using this header we can connect other electronics for use in conjunction with the Maker HAT Base. For example an HC-SR04P ultrasonic sensor with a motor controller would create a motion triggered kinetic sculpture, or be used as the “eyes” of a simple robot.
Another use case for the extra GPIO header is a little GPIO hacking. We can tap into the pins to understand how a HAT is using them or we can hack the pins to perform other duties. This use case requires a little more knowledge and equipment than a typical home hobbyist has, but it is there if we need it.
Features:
▫️ Piezo Buzzer
▫️ 4 x Pushbuttons
▫️ GPIO pin LEDs
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Cytron’s $10 Maker HAT Base is a GPIO breakout board for all models of Raspberry Pi with 40 GPIO pins and it is a small electronics lab for use with HATs / pHAT.
With a HAT connected, we still have access to the female GPIO header, located center right of the board. Using this header we can connect other electronics for use in conjunction with the Maker HAT Base. For example an HC-SR04P ultrasonic sensor with a motor controller would create a motion triggered kinetic sculpture, or be used as the “eyes” of a simple robot.
Another use case for the extra GPIO header is a little GPIO hacking. We can tap into the pins to understand how a HAT is using them or we can hack the pins to perform other duties. This use case requires a little more knowledge and equipment than a typical home hobbyist has, but it is there if we need it.
Features:
▫️ Piezo Buzzer
▫️ 4 x Pushbuttons
▫️ GPIO pin LEDs
More information...
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🎚 Khadas VIM4 Review: Faster Than a Raspberry Pi
There have been many pretenders to the Raspberry Pi’s crown, some good and some bad. But none have managed to throw the Raspberry Pi offs its throne as the go-to single board computer for projects. Khadas’s VIM4 is the latest to make the attempt and it comes so close.
The Khadas VIM4 is an octa-core Arm CPU package with a quad-core Arm Cortex A73 running at up to 2.2 GHz, and a 2-GHz Arm Cortex A53. This is backed up with 8GB of LPDDR4X running at 2016 MHz. But there is something else with the Khadas VIM4. Hidden under the flat heatsink is a 32GB eMMC 5.1 chip which gives us better performance than a micro SD card.
The downside of this Khadas VIM4 is the GPIO. We would love to see full access via Python and other programming languages. Once we have that, then the Khadas VIM4 will be “on par” with the features of the Raspberry Pi, though it will never have the level of support and huge ecosystem of the Pi.
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There have been many pretenders to the Raspberry Pi’s crown, some good and some bad. But none have managed to throw the Raspberry Pi offs its throne as the go-to single board computer for projects. Khadas’s VIM4 is the latest to make the attempt and it comes so close.
The Khadas VIM4 is an octa-core Arm CPU package with a quad-core Arm Cortex A73 running at up to 2.2 GHz, and a 2-GHz Arm Cortex A53. This is backed up with 8GB of LPDDR4X running at 2016 MHz. But there is something else with the Khadas VIM4. Hidden under the flat heatsink is a 32GB eMMC 5.1 chip which gives us better performance than a micro SD card.
The downside of this Khadas VIM4 is the GPIO. We would love to see full access via Python and other programming languages. Once we have that, then the Khadas VIM4 will be “on par” with the features of the Raspberry Pi, though it will never have the level of support and huge ecosystem of the Pi.
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Like software programs that have different version numbers, hardware designs go through various iterations before a final product is created. Those iterations can lead to extensive delays and costs, which place enormous pressure on design engineers given ever-tighter time-to-market cycles and ongoing shortages of some components.
The Allspice provides a complete view of the hardware design, or can be configured to focus on selected sections. This flexibility enables engineers to easily flag problem locations in the circuit, such as where components may be missing. The platform enables designers to generate PC board, schematic, and bill of material redlines that automatically highlights design changes.
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