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Mini M8S II TV Box (Amlogic S905X) Review – Part 2: Android 6.0 Firmware
Mini M8S II is one of the first Amlogic S905X TV box to hit the market, with the new processor adding 4K VP9 hardware video decoding and HDR support compared to Amlogic S905 processor. I’ve already...
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Amlogic S905 vs S905X Benchmarks Comparison
We’ve already compared the main features between Amlogic S905, Amlogic S905X and Amlogic S912, with Amlogic S905X being an upgrade of Amlogic S905 with the same quad core Cortex A53 cores and...
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vESPrino ESP8266 USB WiFi Dongle Supports Add-on Boards (Crowdfunding)
Last month, I wrote about WiThumb a USB WiFi adapter based on ESP8266 processor which can conveniently be plugged into any USB port for power and programming. However, the hardware design was...
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QINTAIX Q912 Android TV Box is Powered by Amlogic S912 Octa-core SoC
I published pictures of Amlogic S912 TV box boards just over a month ago, and it appears companies have started to take orders from resellers for Amlogic S912 TV boxes with products such Videostrong...
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Development Resources for Realtek “Ameba” RTL8710, RTL8711, and RTL8195 WiFi...
We were made aware of a potential ARM based ESP8266 competitor last week with Realtek RTL8710 WiFi modules selling for about $3.5 shipped per unit, and under $2 per unit for larger orders (100+...
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Have Your Say with this Android TV Box Survey (and Potentially Win One)
While you probably know what you want in an Android TV box, it’s quite difficult to find out what the market wants exactly, so I’ve been asked to run a short survey about Android TV boxes, the...
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Embedded Linux Conference & IoT Summit Europe 2016 Schedule
Embedded Linux Conference & IoT summit 2016 first took place in the US in April, but the events are now also scheduled in Europe on October 11 – 13 in Berlin, Germany, and the schedule has now been...
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Samsung JerryScript is a Lightweight Open Source JavaScript Engine for the...
In the old days, micro-controller programming was all done in assembly or C, but in recent years higher level languages, included interpreted ones such as Python and JavaScript, have made their ways...
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The Internet of Bridges? Connected and Solar Powered Systems for Rainfall and...
We often drive on a bridge fitted with some solar powered equipment, and recently they added a solar powered camera pointing towards the river, so I became curious and decided it would be fun to have a...
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How to Set an Android TV Box Video Output to Portrait Mode
Most buyers who buy an Android TV box just want to use it to watch videos, browse the web, play games, and so on, so landscape mode seems to be the best choice, and orientation option in the firmware...
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Allwinner A64 based Pine A64 and Banana Pi M64 Boards Can Now Run Windows 10...
Windows IoT is a version of Windows 10 that’s optimized for smaller devices with or without a display, and was fist released for Raspberry Pi 2 and MinnowBoard MAX. Since then a few more boards are now...
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R-BOX Pro Octa-core Android TV Box Comes with 3GB RAM, Pre-sells for $83
Home > AMLogic, Android, Hardware > R-BOX Pro Octa-core Android TV Box Comes with 3GB RAM, Pre-sells for $83 R-BOX Pro Octa-core Android TV Box Comes with 3GB RAM, Pre-sells for $83 The vast...
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NEXBOX A95X (Amlogic S905X) TV Box Review – Part 2: Android 6.0 and Kodi 16.1
Last week I publish the first complete review of an Amlogic S905X device with MINI M8S II TV box review, and while the device work in a smooth and stable manner, some features did not work as expect…
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Minimal Ubuntu 16.04 Image for ODROID-C2, and C1/C1+ Boards, Ubuntu Core...
If you’ve been wanting minimal Ubuntu distributions for your server, IoT, or other headless projects, there are some good news from Hardkernel with the release of a minimal Ubuntu 16.04 image…
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Intel Smartwatches are Hot! So Hot, They May Burn Your Skin
Low power in constrained spaces is a tricky business, even for ARM based SoCs with the Qualcomm 810 overheating saga a few months ago. Now it’s time for Intel to feel the heat, as the company…
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How to Customize Amlogic Android Firmware – A Tutorial with NEXBOX A95X...
CNXSoft: Bear in mind that there are multiple versions of Nexbox A95X. Yesterday, I published the review of Nexbox A95X with Android 6.0, with the model based on Amlogic S905X processor. In this…
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Inside LG 4K TV, and My (Unsuccessful) Attempt at Repairing It
Long time readers of this blog may remember that I organized a crowdfunding event aiming at raising funds to buy equipment to test 4K TV boxes and mini PCs in early 2015, and one of the items I ended…
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Coowell V4 is an RK3368 Android TV Box with a Retractable Camera
Coowell V4 looks like another typical Rockchip RK3368 Android TV box with 2GB RAM and 16GB flash, except for one little detail: it features a retractable camera to use with Skype, Google Hangouts and…
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ESP8266 Gets USB Support Thanks to ESPUSB Software Stack
Neither ESP8266 nor ESP32 support USB, so what am I babbling about? No, ESP8622 did not suddenly grow a USB PHY, but cnlohr decided to implement virtual USB support using two GPIOs (12 & 13) for...
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Tanix TX5 Pro TV Box Review – Part 1: Unboxing, Teardown, and Hands-on
Karl here with Tanix TX5 Pro S905X review. This is my first s905x box. I am splitting this into 2 parts because software is not quite up to snuff yet. I ran into some issues with language reverting...
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