Tag: Open source

The latest crowdfunded device, known as the ‘TouchNot Pro’, is a smart tag designed to keep personal possessions safe and prevent theft from happening in the first place. It has both touch and motion sensors onboard to monitor the item and the area around it. Beyond that, the...

Banana Pi has recently introduced the BPI-RV2, an open-source gateway board developed through a collaboration between Siflower Communications and the Banana Pi community. It is built around the Siflower SF21H8898 SoC, a powerful industrial-grade chip featuring a 4-core 64-bit RISC-V...

The P42 Pico2 M.2 may look like an M.2 module, but it’s actually a Raspberry Pi RP2350 development board in M.2 3024 form factor. The M.2 interface has USB, UART, I2C, and control IO [Input/Output] connectivity. Adding an RP2350 microcontroller, the P42 Pico2 M.2 pops a Raspberry Pi's...

The FourthirdEye V1.0 is a Micro Four Thirds (M4/3) camera module designed specifically for the Raspberry Pi 5 and other Raspberry Pi boards that support 4-lane MIPI interfaces, such as the Compute Module 4 IO board. Developed by Will Whang's Electronics in Taiwan, it uses the IMX294...

The Flipper Blackhat, a Linux-based add-on device designed for the Flipper platform, primarily aimed at WiFi hacking and penetration testing, was introduced by Flipper Lab. An open-source hardware and software tool that enables users to perform wireless network attacks and security...

Sipeed’s RPi-sized NanoCluster is a compact computing platform designed for multi-SOM configurations, balancing size and functionality. It supports up to seven system-on-modules (SoM), including the LM3H, CM4, CM5, and M4N, and features an onboard open-source RISC-V Gigabit Ethernet...

Makerfabs has introduced the MaTouch 1.28-inch ToolSet AC Dimmer, an open-source AC voltage controller based on the ESP32-S3. It is designed to dim lights and control motor speeds using phase-cut dimming. The device features an ESP32-S3 wireless MCU with 16MB flash and 8MB PSRAM, along...

RIMU is an ESP32-S3-based open-source touchscreen input device with a modular design and a 4.3-inch touchscreen interface. Additionally, it features Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, an 8GB memory, a USB+OTG port, a 1020mAh battery, and a tripod mount, ensuring portability and versatility. The RIMU...