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Aliensense NXS Sends Robot Camera Data 15m on One Cable
The $199 Aliensense NXS carries camera video, power and CAN-FD control over a single GMSL2/3 coax up to 15 meters, with a mikroBUS socket for expansion.
AI Accelerator Sticks Compared: Hailo, Coral, Jetson
A practical guide to bolting AI acceleration onto hardware you already own — Hailo-8L at $70, Coral USB at 4 TOPS, and when a Jetson is the better buy.
Thingino Open Firmware Now Supports 166 IP Cameras
Thingino replaces the stock firmware on Ingenic-based IP cameras with open-source Linux, adding RTSP, MQTT, VPN and Home Assistant on 166 supported models.
Luxonis M8 Controller Box Adds Relays and CAN to OAK4
The $249 Luxonis M8 Controller Box gives OAK4 edge AI cameras 16 GPIOs, four 16A relays, CAN 2.0 and RS232 so vision systems can drive machinery directly.
TongDou Desktop Robot Sees You Coming With 24GHz Radar
TongDou is an open-source desktop companion robot built on an ESP32-S3 with a brass chassis, OLED face, IMU and 24 GHz radar for presence detection.
NanoPi R28S Puts Dual GbE and Wi-Fi 6 in a $20 SBC
FriendlyELEC's NanoPi R28S is a 49.5mm dual gigabit Ethernet router SBC with Wi-Fi 6, RK3528A silicon, and the company's first USB-C console port, from $20.
reTerminal Sticky ePaper Runs Four Open Firmwares
Seeed's $49.90 reTerminal Sticky pairs a 3.97-inch touch ePaper panel with an ESP32-S3 and four open-source firmware options, from e-reader to dashboard.
ESP32-C5 Relay Board Adds RS-485 and Wi-Fi 6 for $21
The Maker Go ESP32-C5-EVB pairs four 10A relays and four opto-isolated inputs with RS-485, dual-band Wi-Fi 6, Zigbee, and Thread, starting around $15.
NightRun Boots a Local LLM on a Pi 5 With No OS
NightRun is a Rust UEFI application that boots straight into a local LLM on Raspberry Pi 5 and x86 PCs, skipping the operating system entirely.
ESP-KVM Turns an ESP32-P4 Board Into a $45 IP KVM
ESP-KVM is an open-source IP KVM built from a $20 ESP32-P4 board and an HDMI capture adapter, delivering 20 fps MJPEG remote control for about $45.
Edge AI SBCs From InHand Pack 2 or 8 TOPS on TI
InHand's credit card-sized Mo 62A and Mo 68A edge AI SBCs pair TI AM62A and AM68A silicon with 2 or 8 TOPS, Debian 13.2, and a 40-pin GPIO header.
NXP RW610FML Module Packs Wi-Fi 6 and BLE 5.4 in 25mm
NXP's RW610FML packs Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth LE 5.4 and a 260 MHz Cortex-M33 into a 25.5 x 18 mm module rated for -40C to 85C industrial operation.
SensWear Open-Source Wearable Kit Ships With 4 Sensors
SensWear is an open-source nRF54L15 wearable platform with four swappable sensor boards, MIT-licensed firmware, and a EUR 849.99 full bundle.
ESP32 Web Browser Loads Real Web Pages in Text Mode
Alun Morris built babe32, an open-source text-mode web browser that fetches and renders real web pages on an inexpensive ESP32 display board.
DFI X6X-ORN Packs 157 TOPS Into an IP67 Edge AI Box
DFI's fanless X6X-ORN pairs an NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX with IP67 sealing, up to 157 TOPS, GMSL2 cameras, four M12 ports and a -20°C to 60°C range.
Waveshare RP2350 Board Adds Ethernet and PoE for $14
Waveshare's RP2350-POE-ETH puts hardwired Ethernet and optional 802.3af PoE on a 63mm Raspberry Pi RP2350 board with 20 GPIO, starting at $13.99.
LILYGO T-Display C5 Adds Wi-Fi 6 and Battery for $12
LILYGO's T-Display C5 pairs an ESP32-C5 with dual-band Wi-Fi 6, a 1.9-inch IPS screen, lithium battery management and two Qwiic ports from $11.83.
Raspberry Pi Storage Guide: microSD vs eMMC vs NVMe
A practical 2026 guide to SBC storage: NVMe hits 800+ MB/s random reads versus 42 MB/s on microSD. Pick the right one for your Raspberry Pi build.
Open RC Spotter Logs RC Car Telemetry at 100 Hz on ESP32
An open-source ESP32 data logger fuses GPS and IMU with a 10-state Kalman filter, logging RC car telemetry at 100 Hz to microSD. $169 assembled.
Orange Pi 5B Ubuntu Images Fix an 8-Year Bluetooth Bug
New Pi Desktop and Pi Studio images for the Orange Pi 5B finally land the AP6275P Bluetooth fix Cypress published back in 2018, plus 4K 120Hz.
Jetway SMC-ARK1 Module Puts 6 TOPS RK3588 on SMARC 2.1
Jetway's SMC-ARK1 packs an octa-core RK3588, a 6 TOPS NPU, and up to 16GB LPDDR4x into an 82x50mm SMARC 2.1 module built for edge AI vision.
Low-Power Wireless MCU Guide: nRF54L, ESP32, RP2350
Compare nRF54L15, ESP32-C6, and RP2350 for battery-powered projects: radios, sleep current, memory, price, and which to pick for each build.
nRF54L15 Discovery Board Snaps Into Two Usable Boards
Icy Electronics' $27.19 nRF54L15 Discovery packs a Cortex-M33, a RISC-V coprocessor, and a snap-off CMSIS-DAP debugger you can reuse separately.
Beelink ME Pro 2 Hybrid NAS Adds 10GbE and Thunderbolt
Beelink's $619 ME Pro 2 pairs Intel's Wildcat Lake Core 3 304 with 10GbE, dual Thunderbolt 4, and 24 TOPS of on-board AI compute, shipping in August.