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Mini Computers

Lenovo AI Host Packs an Arm Chip and 45 TOPS Into a Tiny Edge AI PC

Lenovo's AI Host is a compact Arm mini PC built on the 12-core Cix CD8180 with 45 TOPS of AI performance, designed for always-on edge AI inference.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 14, 20265 min read
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Armbian Imager 2.0 Flashes 338 SBCs With One-Click Custom Profiles

Armbian Imager 2.0 supports 338 single-board computers from 64 vendors and pre-bakes Wi-Fi, SSH, and user settings so your SBC boots ready to use.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 14, 20264 min read
Mini Computers

Seeed's $7.99 Wio-S3 Packs ESP32-S3, LoRa, and Wi-Fi in One Module

Seeed Studio's Wio-S3 is a $7.99 wireless module pairing an ESP32-S3 with long-range LoRa and Wi-Fi, giving makers cheap dual-radio connectivity for IoT projects.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 13, 20265 min read
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Espressif's ESP32-E22 Brings Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6E to a RISC-V Module

Espressif's ESP32-E22 module adds tri-band Wi-Fi 6E and a dual-core RISC-V core, with open-source Linux drivers, pushing high-bandwidth wireless into compact IoT designs.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 13, 20265 min read
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piBrick PocketCM5 Turns the Raspberry Pi CM5 Into a Pocket Linux PC

The open-source piBrick PocketCM5 kit wraps a Raspberry Pi CM5 in a 3.92-inch AMOLED handheld with a BlackBerry QWERTY keyboard and NVMe — for $240 on Tindie.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 13, 20265 min read
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GPD Box Is a Tiny Panther Lake Mini PC With a PCIe 5.0 eGPU Port

The 0.926-liter GPD Box pairs Intel Panther Lake with an MCIO 8i connector delivering PCIe 5.0 x8 bandwidth to an external GPU — crowdfunding from $1,452.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 13, 20265 min read
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Avalue's Fanless EPC-WCL Mini PC Hits 40 TOPS With Intel Wildcat Lake

Avalue's fanless EPC-WCL edge AI mini PC pairs Intel Core Series 3 'Wildcat Lake' with up to 40 TOPS, 48GB DDR5, and dual 2.5GbE for rugged factory vision.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 11, 20264 min read
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Juno Tab 4 Is a Full Linux Tablet With Intel Core Ultra and a Keyboard

The Juno Tab 4 is a Linux tablet line with Intel Core i3-N300 and Core Ultra 5 options, detachable backlit keyboards, and a full desktop Linux PC in a slate.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 11, 20264 min read
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Forlinx Debuts a Rockchip RK3572 System-on-Module With a 4 TOPS NPU

Forlinx launched the first Rockchip RK3572 system-on-module and dev board — a 4 TOPS NPU, Linux 6.12 BSP, and a tidy platform for edge AI and HMI projects.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 10, 20265 min read
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NanoPi M6V2 Adds Dual-Mic Input, Making This RK3588S SBC a Voice-AI Pick

FriendlyELEC's NanoPi M6V2 gains dual analog microphone input on its RK3588S board — a small, smart upgrade for voice assistants and on-device audio AI projects.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 10, 20264 min read
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GEEKOM A7 2026 Edition Packs a Ryzen 5 7545U and USB4 Into a Tiny Desktop

The GEEKOM A7 2026 Edition mini PC pairs an AMD Ryzen 5 7545U, DDR5, USB4, and dual HDMI in a compact, upgradable box starting at $599.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 9, 20264 min read
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AweSun's $69 Cloud KVM Q1 Brings BIOS-Level Remote Access to Any PC

The $69 AweSun Cloud KVM Q1 is a pocket-sized KVM-over-IP that gives you BIOS-level remote access to a headless PC or home server from anywhere.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 9, 20264 min read
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ASUS Ascent QN10 — First Snapdragon X2 Elite Mini PC Hits 80 TOPS

ASUS unveiled the Ascent QN10, the first mini PC built on Qualcomm's 18-core Snapdragon X2 Elite — 80 TOPS of on-device AI, up to 32GB LPDDR5, and four-display output.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitJun 9, 20264 min read
Mini Computers

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Mini Computers

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
Mini Computers

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