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OpenTrailPaper Turns a $90 E-Paper Devkit Into Bike GPS
OpenTrailPaper is open-source firmware turning a $90 LILYGO ESP32-S3 devkit into a 4.7-inch offline GPS bike computer with LoRa and .FIT recording.
Minisforum MS-S1 MAX-P495 Turns 160GB Into AI VRAM
Minisforum's IFA 2026 duo pairs AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 with 192GB of LPDDR5X-8533, allocating up to 160GB as graphics memory for 131 TOPS.
How Much RAM Do You Need to Run a Local LLM in 2026?
A practical sizing guide: 8GB runs an 8B model at 4-bit, 24GB handles a 27B, and 240GB is the floor for a trillion-parameter model at 1-bit.
Petoi Quaddle Is a $99 ESP32 Robot Dog for Physical AI
The Petoi Quaddle packs an ESP32-S3 motion core, four servos and full ROS support into a 170g robot dog starting at $99, shipping December 2026.
ArduinoCore-Zephyr 1.0 Adds VENTUNO Q and 11 Boards
ArduinoCore-Zephyr 1.0.0 leaves beta with Zephyr 4.4.1, VENTUNO Q support, Nicla Vision camera capture and 40+ fixes across eleven Arduino boards.
Boardcon CM311Y3 Packs 8 TOPS Into a 52x45mm Module
The Boardcon CM311Y3 system-on-module pairs an Amlogic A311Y3 with an 8 TOPS NPU, up to 16GB LPDDR5 and 256GB eMMC on a tiny 52 x 45 mm board.
ESP32-P4 Weather Station Adds LoRa Air Quality Nodes
A DIY ESP32-P4 weather station drives a 10.1-inch touchscreen, LoRa sensor nodes and a SEN66 air quality sensor for roughly $185 in main-unit parts.
Acer Veriton RI110 Runs 120B AI Models in 0.63kg
Acer's Veriton RI110 pairs Intel Core Ultra X7 358H with 96GB LPDDR5X and OCuLink at 64Gbps, and Acer says it handles AI models up to 120B parameters.
Circuit Valley CHC5 Hits 2000 FPS on an FPGA Camera
The CHC5 modular camera pairs a Zynq-7020 FPGA with swappable sensors and lens mounts, reaching 2000 FPS at 640x480 with a $684 base configuration.
Qualcomm Dragonwing Q-2390 Brings 1.1 TOPS to AIoT
Qualcomm's new Dragonwing Q-2390 and IQ-2390 pair a quad-core Arm CPU with a 1.1 TOPS NPU, dual Gigabit Ethernet and device longevity through 2036.
ArmSoM Sige6 Solders 128GB of eMMC Onto a $119 SBC
The ArmSoM Sige6 pairs an Allwinner A733 with up to 128GB of soldered eMMC, 16GB of LPDDR5 and an M.2 NVMe slot, with pre-orders starting at $119.
D-Robotics RDK S100P Packs 128 TOPS Into a Robot Kit
The RDK S100P pairs a 128 TOPS BPU with six Cortex-A78AE cores and 24GB LPDDR5 for $899, aiming squarely at the Jetson Orin NX 16GB bracket.
ARK Just A Pi Packs a Pi CM5 Carrier Into 19.5 Grams
ARK Electronics' Just A Pi carrier squeezes dual Ethernet, PCIe and two camera lanes for a Raspberry Pi CM5 into 55 x 40 mm and 19.5 grams, from $335.
Radxa Linkr Packs a Full IP KVM Into a USB Stick
The $59 Radxa Linkr is a 70mm IP KVM with 2K HDMI capture, Wi-Fi 6, Tailscale support and a 1 TOPS NPU — remote BIOS access in a thumb-drive body.
Offline Wikipedia Now Runs on a Cheap ESP32 Display
Alun Morris reformatted Kiwix offline Wikipedia builds for the ESP32 Cheap Yellow Display, putting Simple English articles and images on an SD card.
Orange Pi Zero 4 Packs 3 TOPS and 16GB Into 21 Grams
The Orange Pi Zero 4 pairs an octa-core Allwinner A733 with a 3 TOPS NPU, Wi-Fi 6 and PCIe 3.0 on a 50 x 55 mm board weighing just 21 grams.
Jetson Orin Nano 2 Hits 78 TOPS on 40% Less Power
Nvidia's Jetson Orin Nano 2 delivers 78 TOPS and double the inference throughput of the Orin Nano Super, or matches it using about 40% less power.
IBASE AA400-N Packs 256GB DDR5 in a Fanless Box
The fanless IBASE AA400-N pairs AMD Ryzen Embedded 8840U with up to 256GB of DDR5-5600 and 39 TOPS — a rare memory ceiling for silent edge AI boxes.
USB-C Deskradar Turns an ESP32-C3 Into Flight Radar
A 1.28-inch round display and an ESP32-C3 make a live ADS-B flight tracker for about $27 — or under $10 if you build it from parts yourself.
Microduck Is a $399 Open Source Robot You Can Retrain
Hugging Face and Pollen Robotics launched Microduck, a 25cm biped with 15 motors, LiDAR and an Apache 2.0 reinforcement learning stack, for $399.
Opener Brings an Open Source DECT NR+ Stack to Zephyr
Opener is an Apache 2.0 DECT NR+ stack for Zephyr, targeting a standard rated for one million devices per square kilometre on Nordic nRF91 hardware.
Mac mini M6 Speeds Local LLM Prompts by 4.8x for $899
Apple's new Mac mini starts at $899 with the M6 chip, 16GB of unified memory and a claimed 4.8x faster LLM prompt processing in LM Studio than M4.
HomeMaster MiniPLC Puts ESPHome on a 9-Module DIN Rail
The $324 HomeMaster MiniPLC is an ESP32 DIN-rail controller with 6 relays, RS-485 Modbus and ESPHome preinstalled for local Home Assistant control.
Banana Pi BPI-AI2N Packs 15 TOPS Into a Vision SoM
Banana Pi's $266 BPI-AI2N pairs a Renesas RZ/V2N with a 15 TOPS DRP-AI accelerator, 8GB of LPDDR4X, 32GB eMMC and dual MIPI CSI camera inputs.