M9S Z8 Android TV Box Looks like an Nvidia Shield Android TV Box
You’d love to get an Nvidia Shield Android TV, but the price is just too high? No problem, as M9S Z8 offers you the appearance of Nvidia TV box for just $66. Sadly the comparison stops there, because...
View ArticleReview of No.1 D6 Android Smartwatch Powered by Mediatek MT6580 Processor
Karl here with a new review. This one is a little different. A smart watch, but not your average smart watch, as most smartwatches supplement a phone. This is a standalone smartwatch. It runs full...
View ArticleEBox T8-4 Review – A 4K Android TV Box Bundle Geared Towards the UK Market
I’ve already taken some pictures of the device and board in part 1 of EBox T8-4 review, so today, I’m going to report my experience with the Android 5.1 firmware for this Amlogic S905 TV box, air...
View ArticleLinux 4.7 Release – Main Changes, ARM and MIPS Architectures
Linux 4.7 is out: So, after a slight delay due to my travels, I’m back, and 4.7 is out. Despite it being two weeks since rc7, the final patch wasn’t all that big, and much of it is trivial one- and...
View ArticleOSHCHIP Breadboard Friendly Bluetooth Smart Board Comes in a Tiny 16-pin DIP...
OSHCHIP is a tiny development board powered by a Nordic Semi ARM Cortex-M0 Bluetooth LE / ANT SoC that neatly fits on a breadboard, and beside wireless connectivity thanks to its 2.4 GHz radio, also...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi Club Battery / UPS Kit Assembly Guide and Review
A couple of months ago, I wrote about a Raspberry Pi battery kit with a 3,800 mAh battery, a battery control board, an acrylic enclosure, and an heatsink + fan set that I found on DealExtreme for about...
View Article96Boards Gets a TV Platform Edition Targeting $50 Mid-range Boards, $99...
96Boards was born as a hardware and software standard with Consumer (CE) & Enterprise Editions (EE), with different form factors with the latter focusing on server boards, but with similar…
View ArticleBagel is a Smart Bluetooth Tape Measure Compatible with Android and iOS...
The tape measure is a pretty simple tool allowing you to measure length, and I assume most people will write results on a piece of paper. Battery powered Bagel tape measure changes that as it allows…
View ArticleAsiaRF AP7620-MPE-1 OpenWrt WiFi Router mini PCIe Card is Made for Computers...
There are many mini PCIe WiFi modules on the market, but what AsiaRF provides with AP7620-MPE-1 is a little different, as it’s a router based on Mediatek MT7620A fitted into a mini PCIe card to…
View ArticleMusic802 Linux Audio & IoT Board is Powered by Atheros AR9331 SoC (Crowdfunding)
When Link Card evaluated processors for a Linux audio IoT board, they considered candidates like Allwinner H3 and Ralink RT5350, but eventually went with Atheros AR9331 due to cost, simplicity,…
View ArticleJiayu S3 and S3 Plus Smartphones Get Android 6.0 Firmware Releases with...
Jiayu S3 and S3 Plus are your typical Android smartphones powered by Mediatek MT6752/MT6753 octa core Cortex A53 processor with 3GB RAM, 16GB flash, and a 5.5″ touch screen display. The news…
View ArticleRuuviTag Open Source Bluetooth & NFC Sensor Beacon is Based on Nordic Semi...
I’ve recently featured Puck.js Bluetooth 4.2/5.0 Beacon on CNX Software, but there’s another similar option with RuuviTag, also powered by the latest Nordic Semi nRF52832 ARM Cortex-M4…
View ArticleDragino LoRa/GPS HAT Board for Raspberry Pi Sells for $32
There are several ways to play with LoRaWAN protocol on the Raspberry Pi including RisingHF Discovery kit or Cooking Hacks LoRa Shield for Raspberry Pi, but the latter requires you to spend close to…
View ArticleChuwi Vi10 Plus Remix OS 2.0 Tablet Powered by Intel Atom x5-Z8300 SoC is up...
Chuwi Vi10 Plus tablet features a 10.8″ full HD display, an Intel Atom x5-Z8300 processor with 2GB RAM and 32GB storage, but instead of running the usual Windows 10 or Android operating…
View ArticleTop 10 Programming Languages in 2016 for Embedded Software Development
IEEE Spectrum has published a list of the top programming languages in 2016 for Web, Mobile, Enterprise, and Embedded sectors with rankings created by weighting and combining 12 metrics from 10…
View ArticleAn Alternative to ESP8266? Realtek RTL8710 ARM Cortex-M3 WiFi IoT Modules...
ESP8266 WiFi modules initially stormed the maker market for IoT applications thanks to their low price, and later it became the dominant WiFi IoT platform for hobbyists thanks to its large community of...
View ArticleStar Cloud PCG61 Intel Celeron “Braswell” Ubuntu 16.04 / Windows 10 Pro Mini...
Home > Hardware, Intel Celeron, Linux, Ubuntu, Windows 10 > Star Cloud PCG61 Intel Celeron “Braswell” Ubuntu 16.04 / Windows 10 Pro Mini PC Features Up to 8GB RAM Star Cloud PCG61 Intel Celeron...
View ArticleSCISHION V88 Rockchip RK3229 TV Box Sells for $19.99 (Promo)
Entry-level Android TV boxes are now already pretty cheap, and in the past we’ve seen deals in for around $25 and less, but with SCISHION V88, I think it’s the first time I see a new 4K Android TV box...
View ArticleGradientOne Brings Oscilloscopes, Spectrum Analyzers, Frequency Generators…...
Nowadays, product development often involves working with teams spread across the world, with for example hardware development in the US, software development in India, and manufacturing in China....
View ArticleFTLAB FSG-001 is a $30 Geiger Counter / Radiation Detector for Android & iOS...
I’ve just read an article on Tizen.org about Samsung and Intersoft Eurasia collaboration about a “personal radiation monitoring device DO-RA” sending data over Bluetooth 4.0 LE. But a visit to their...
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