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Cover illustration for Armbian Imager 2.0 Flashes 300+ Single-Board Computers From One App
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Armbian Imager 2.0 Flashes 300+ Single-Board Computers From One App

Armbian Imager 2.0 now supports over 300 boards from 64 SBC vendors with custom user profiles, making it easier than ever to flash an OS to your Raspberry Pi alternative.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 9, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Sixfab's AI HAT+ Adds 25 TOPS of DEEPX Edge AI to the Raspberry Pi 5
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Sixfab's AI HAT+ Adds 25 TOPS of DEEPX Edge AI to the Raspberry Pi 5

Sixfab's new AI HAT+ solders a DEEPX DX-M1 NPU onto a Raspberry Pi 5 board, delivering up to 25 TOPS of low-power vision AI from $63 — no M.2 module needed.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 8, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Radxa's 2026 Qualcomm Lineup: Dragon Q8B, Q5E SBCs and AI-Ready NAS
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Radxa's 2026 Qualcomm Lineup: Dragon Q8B, Q5E SBCs and AI-Ready NAS

Radxa unveiled an ambitious 2026 roadmap of 22 Qualcomm-powered products, led by the Dragon Q8B and Q5E Arm SBCs and AI-capable DragonStation and DragonBay NAS.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 8, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Waveshare's $11 RP2350B-Plus-W Packs Wi-Fi and 41 GPIOs Into a Pico-Sized Board
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Waveshare's $11 RP2350B-Plus-W Packs Wi-Fi and 41 GPIOs Into a Pico-Sized Board

Waveshare's RP2350B-Plus-W puts 41 GPIOs, 16MB flash, USB-C, and official Raspberry Pi Wi-Fi into a Pico 2 W form factor for under $12 — a maker's dream.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 8, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Thundercomm TurboX C7790: A 24-TOPS Qualcomm Dragonwing Edge-AI Dev Kit
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Thundercomm TurboX C7790: A 24-TOPS Qualcomm Dragonwing Edge-AI Dev Kit

Thundercomm's TurboX C7790, detailed June 5, 2026, is a 4nm Qualcomm Dragonwing edge-AI development kit with a 24-TOPS NPU, 12GB LPDDR5X, and full Android and Linux BSPs.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 6, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for YPlasma Unveils the First Fanless Solid-State Cooler for NVIDIA Jetson
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YPlasma Unveils the First Fanless Solid-State Cooler for NVIDIA Jetson

At COMPUTEX 2026, YPlasma showed a fanless solid-state plasma cooling module for NVIDIA Jetson — a 200-micron actuator that moves air with no moving parts for silent, 24/7 edge AI.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 6, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Elecrow's $54 ThinkNode G4 Gateway Stretches IoT Range Past a Kilometer
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Elecrow's $54 ThinkNode G4 Gateway Stretches IoT Range Past a Kilometer

Elecrow's ThinkNode G4, detailed June 5, 2026, is a $54 Wi-Fi HaLow gateway bridging Ethernet and Wi-Fi over Sub-1GHz links with 1km+ range and OpenWrt mesh support.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 6, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Avalue EPC-WCL: A Fanless Edge-AI Mini PC With Intel Wildcat Lake and 40 TOPS
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Avalue EPC-WCL: A Fanless Edge-AI Mini PC With Intel Wildcat Lake and 40 TOPS

Avalue launched the EPC-WCL on June 4, 2026 — a silent fanless edge-AI mini PC built on Intel's new Core Series 3 Wildcat Lake platform with up to 40 TOPS of local AI.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 4, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Forlinx FET3572-C: First Rockchip RK3572 System-on-Module Ships With Linux 6.12
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Forlinx FET3572-C: First Rockchip RK3572 System-on-Module Ships With Linux 6.12

Forlinx launched the first Rockchip RK3572 system-on-module and OK3572-C dev board on June 4, 2026 — an octa-core edge-AI building block with a 4 TOPS NPU and Linux 6.12 BSP.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 4, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Wireless-Tag's ESP32P4C61-TINY Packs Two ESP32 Chips Into a Tiny Open-Source AIoT Board
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Wireless-Tag's ESP32P4C61-TINY Packs Two ESP32 Chips Into a Tiny Open-Source AIoT Board

Wireless-Tag launched the ESP32P4C61-TINY on Kickstarter on June 2, 2026 — a compact, open-source AIoT board pairing an ESP32-P4 with an ESP32-C61 for Wi-Fi 6 and camera support.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 4, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for ASUS Ascent QN10: First Snapdragon X2 Elite Mini PC Hits 80 TOPS
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ASUS Ascent QN10: First Snapdragon X2 Elite Mini PC Hits 80 TOPS

The ASUS Ascent QN10 is the first Snapdragon X2 Elite mini PC, packing an 18-core Oryon CPU and an 80 TOPS NPU for local AI in a 0.7-liter box.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 3, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for ECS LIVA Z15 Plus and Q4: Two New Mini PCs for AI Edge and Home Labs
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ECS LIVA Z15 Plus and Q4: Two New Mini PCs for AI Edge and Home Labs

ECS LIVA debuts two mini PCs: the NPU-equipped Z15 Plus on Intel Wildcat Lake and the 75mm Twin Lake Q4 for home labs, signage, and edge computing.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 3, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Waveshare RP2350B-Plus-W: A Pico 2 W-Sized Board With WiFi and 41 GPIOs
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Waveshare RP2350B-Plus-W: A Pico 2 W-Sized Board With WiFi and 41 GPIOs

The Waveshare RP2350B-Plus-W packs WiFi, dual ARM/RISC-V cores, and 41 GPIOs into a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W-sized maker board for around $10.99.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 3, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for ASUS ProArt Mini PC With NVIDIA RTX Spark Packs 1 Petaflop of AI Into 150mm
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ASUS ProArt Mini PC With NVIDIA RTX Spark Packs 1 Petaflop of AI Into 150mm

The ASUS ProArt Mini PC pairs NVIDIA's RTX Spark superchip with 128GB unified memory and 1 petaflop of AI compute in a 150mm desktop. Here are the full specs.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 3, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for ModRetro M64: AMD Artix UltraScale+ FPGA Powers a 4K-Ready N64
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ModRetro M64: AMD Artix UltraScale+ FPGA Powers a 4K-Ready N64

The ModRetro M64 is a $199 FPGA Nintendo 64-compatible console using an AMD Artix UltraScale+ chip for cycle-accurate play, 4K HDMI, and a 5-second boot.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 3, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Sixfab AI HAT+ for Raspberry Pi 5: 25 TOPS NPU From $63
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Sixfab AI HAT+ for Raspberry Pi 5: 25 TOPS NPU From $63

The Sixfab AI HAT+ for Raspberry Pi 5 adds a DEEPX DX-M1 NPU over PCIe: up to 25 TOPS, 30+ FPS YOLOv8n, under 3W, from $63. Here's the price-to-performance.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 1, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Radxa Dragon Q8B and Q5E: Qualcomm SBCs Built to Punch Above Their Price
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Radxa Dragon Q8B and Q5E: Qualcomm SBCs Built to Punch Above Their Price

Radxa's new Dragon Q8B and Q5E Qualcomm SBCs bring 32GB RAM, dual 2.5GbE, dual M.2 NVMe and 6 TOPS AI to the single-board computer scene in 2026.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 1, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for M5Stack CardputerZero: A Raspberry Pi-Powered Pocket Handheld
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M5Stack CardputerZero: A Raspberry Pi-Powered Pocket Handheld

The M5Stack CardputerZero swaps ESP32 for a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 0, packing a quad-core handheld into a stack-of-cards form factor from $59.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 1, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Acer Veriton RA110: A Six-Inch AI Mini Workstation With Ryzen AI Max+ 395
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Acer Veriton RA110: A Six-Inch AI Mini Workstation With Ryzen AI Max+ 395

Acer's Veriton RA110 packs a Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 126 TOPS, and 128GB unified memory into a six-inch-square AI mini workstation built to run local LLMs.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitMay 31, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for ODROID-H5 Review: Fanless x86 SBC Packs 10GbE and Four M.2 Slots
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ODROID-H5 Review: Fanless x86 SBC Packs 10GbE and Four M.2 Slots

Hardkernel's fanless ODROID-H5 brings a Core i3-N300, onboard 10GbE, and four M.2 slots to a 120mm x86 SBC starting at $250. Here's why homelabbers should take note.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitMay 31, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for This $12.99 RISC-V Camera Board Ships USB 3.0 and Dual Cores
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This $12.99 RISC-V Camera Board Ships USB 3.0 and Dual Cores

AnalogLamb's $12.99 Petros RISC-V camera board pairs dual cores with USB 3.0 SuperSpeed and an OV2640 module for cheap, plug-and-play embedded vision.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitMay 31, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for ESP32 Walkie-Talkie: G.722 HD Voice Rides ESP-NOW Packets
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ESP32 Walkie-Talkie: G.722 HD Voice Rides ESP-NOW Packets

PCMFlowG722 turns ESP32 boards into an HD-voice walkie-talkie over ESP-NOW, fitting a 160-byte G.722 frame into one packet. No router needed.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitMay 31, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Secluso Turns a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W Into a Privacy-First Security Camera — End-to-End Encryption, On-Device AI, and a $50 DIY Kit
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Secluso Turns a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W Into a Privacy-First Security Camera — End-to-End Encryption, On-Device AI, and a $50 DIY Kit

Secluso opened pre-orders on May 28, 2026 for a privacy-focused, open-source Raspberry Pi Zero 2W home security camera with MLS end-to-end encryption, on-device human and pet detection, and a $50 DIY kit.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitMay 30, 20266 min read
Cover illustration for Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon C — Arm-Powered Windows Laptops Starting at $300 Bring the Copilot+ Era Down-Market
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Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon C — Arm-Powered Windows Laptops Starting at $300 Bring the Copilot+ Era Down-Market

Qualcomm announced Snapdragon C on May 28, 2026 — a new Arm chip family aimed at budget Windows laptops starting at $300, opening the Copilot+ PC tier to first-time buyers and education customers.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitMay 30, 20265 min read