Mini Computers — Page 14
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Clintech Pico Unlocks All 48 GPIOs on Raspberry Pi's RP2354B for Just $20
Clintech's $20 Pico-compatible board is the first to use the RP2354B chip variant, exposing all 48 GPIO pins alongside dual ARM and RISC-V cores for embedded developers.
Espressif Announces ESP32-S31: Its Most Powerful Wireless MCU Yet
Espressif unveils the ESP32-S31, a dual-core RISC-V MCU with Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi, BT, Zigbee, Thread, Matter, USB 2.0 High Speed, and MIPI-CSI camera.
Ryzen AI Max+ 395 Mini PCs With 128GB RAM Flood the Market
At least nine Ryzen AI Max+ 395 mini PCs with 128GB unified memory are now shipping, bringing desktop AI workstation power to compact form factors from $2,399.
Arctic Senza AI 370: A Completely Fanless Mini PC That Mounts Under Your Desk
Arctic releases the Senza AI 370, a fanless mini PC with Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, 32GB LPDDR5X, Radeon 890M, and a radiator-style chassis that claims 50C under gaming load.
Radxa AICore DX-M1M Delivers 25 TOPS of Edge AI in an M.2 Module That Sips Just 3 Watts
Radxa and DEEPX release a tiny M.2 2242 AI accelerator with 25 TOPS INT8 performance at 3W, compatible with Raspberry Pi 5 and x86 hosts, starting at $85.
DRAM Surge Pushes Raspberry Pi and Mini PC Prices to Parity — Used Hardware Becomes 2026's Best Homelab Strategy
A 171% DRAM price spike erases the Pi's cost advantage over Intel N100 mini PCs, with Jeff Geerling and homelab experts recommending used corporate hardware as the smart play.
NVIDIA Open-Sources Cosmos World Models and Isaac GR00T N1 — Giving Robotics Developers a Free Physics Engine for AI
The Cosmos world foundation models and GR00T N1 humanoid robot model are now available on GitHub, enabling simulation-to-reality robotics development on Jetson edge hardware.
NVIDIA IGX Thor Hits General Availability — Bringing Real-Time Physical AI to Factory Floors and Industrial Edge
The industrial-grade edge AI platform delivers high-speed sensor processing with enterprise reliability and functional safety certifications for manufacturing and robotics deployments.
Arduino Turns 21 With the Ventuno Q — A Dual-Brain SBC That Pairs Qualcomm AI With STM32 Motor Control for Robotics
Arduino's birthday board combines a Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ8 running 40 TOPS of AI inference with a dedicated STM32H5 microcontroller for real-time actuation in a single platform.
Orange Pi's AI Station Packs a Huawei Ascend 310 With 96GB RAM and 176 TOPS Into a Single Board Computer
The Orange Pi AI Station pairs 10 dedicated AI cores with 16 CPU cores, up to 96GB LPDDR4X, and 256GB eMMC — delivering data-center-class AI inference on a 130mm board.
Sapphire's Strix Halo Mini PC Packs a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 With 128GB RAM and RTX 4070-Class Graphics Into a Tiny Box
Demoed at Embedded World 2026, the Sapphire Edge AI Max+ 395 runs 16 Zen 5 cores at 5.1 GHz, a Radeon 8060S iGPU, and can link two units via USB-C for pooled LLM inference.
FriendlyELEC's NanoPi NEO3 Plus Packs Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.0 Into a 48mm SBC for Just $24
The new NEO3 Plus upgrades to a Rockchip RK3528A at 2.0 GHz, adds eMMC support and RTC battery, and runs Debian 13, Ubuntu 24.04, and Proxmox VE out of the box.
ASUS Launches the NUC 16 Pro — An Intel Panther Lake Mini PC With 180 Platform TOPS in a 0.7-Liter Chassis
The latest NUC packs Intel Core Ultra 9 Series 3 with Arc B390 graphics, a 50 TOPS NPU, WiFi 7, and dual 2.5G LAN into a chassis smaller than a coffee mug.
Waveshare's IPCBOX-CM5 Turns a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 Into a Rugged Industrial Mini PC
This industrial-grade enclosure adds RS485, RS232, CAN Bus, dual Ethernet, NVMe, and optional 5G cellular to the CM5 — targeting factory floors and edge deployments.
Orange Pi's AI Station Packs 176 TOPS of Edge AI Power Into a Single Board With Up to 96GB RAM
Built around a Huawei Ascend 310 SoC with 10 AI cores, the Orange Pi AI Station delivers over 13x the AI performance of a Raspberry Pi 5 with Hailo — on a single board.
The Pironman 5 Pro Max Transforms a Raspberry Pi 5 Into a Full Tower PC With a Touchscreen, Camera, and AI Accelerator Slot
SunFounder's $146 enclosure adds a 4.3-inch touchscreen, 5MP camera, dual speakers, dual NVMe RAID slots, and Hailo AI accelerator support to the Raspberry Pi 5.
Raspberry Pi Prices Are Closing In on Mini PCs as the Global DRAM Shortage Squeezes the Market
A worldwide memory shortage is pushing Raspberry Pi kit prices uncomfortably close to budget mini PCs, forcing hobbyists to rethink their build strategies.
The Morefine Nexus N1 Is a Compact NAS That Doubles as an AI Workstation — Complete With a Desktop GPU Slot
Morefine's Nexus N1 pairs an AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS with four hot-swap drive bays, triple NVMe, and a full-length PCIe x16 slot for desktop GPUs.
Waveshare Launches the IPCBOX-CM5 — A Rugged Industrial Computer Built Around the Raspberry Pi CM5
The IPCBOX-CM5 packs RS485, RS232, CAN Bus, dual Ethernet, and an M.2 slot into a palm-sized aluminum enclosure starting at just $100.
Flip-Screen Mini PCs Are Here — AYANEO's AM01S Leads a Charming New Hardware Category
A wave of mini PCs with built-in flip-up touchscreens is redefining what a desktop computer can look like in 2026, blending retro aesthetics with modern AI silicon.
FriendlyELEC Launches the NanoPi NEO3 Plus — A Tiny Headless SBC With Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.2
The NanoPi NEO3 Plus packs a Rockchip RK3528A quad-core SoC, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.2, and 26-pin GPIO into a palm-sized board running mainline Linux.
Beelink's SER10 MAX Ships With AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 — Bringing Serious AI Compute to Your Desk
The Beelink SER10 MAX pairs AMD's latest Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 processor with a compact desktop form factor, targeting local AI inference and creative workloads.
A Maker Built a Stunning 1970s Terminal Replica With a Raspberry Pi and a 3D Printer
David Green's ADM-3A terminal replica pairs a 3D-printed vintage enclosure with a Raspberry Pi 3 to recreate the dawn of interactive computing for under $100.
This Arduino and Raspberry Pi Duo Powers a Two-Factor Entry System for a Community Hackerspace
A maker built a reliable two-factor access control system pairing an Arduino Nano for hardware control with a Raspberry Pi authentication backend.