Mini Computers — Page 5
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Beelink Brings Intel Wildcat Lake to Three New Mini PC Families — The EQ Mini, EQi, and ME Pro Get the Core 3 304 Treatment
Beelink unveiled three Intel Wildcat Lake-powered mini PCs on May 27, 2026 — the EQ Mini, EQi, and ME Pro families now ship with the Intel Core 3 304 processor for low-power desktop computing.
AAEON's MIX-PTLWV1 Brings Panther Lake to Industrial Mini-ITX — Quad DisplayPort, Dual 10GbE, and 128GB DDR5
AAEON announced the MIX-PTLWV1 on May 28, 2026 — an industrial mini-ITX motherboard built on Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Panther Lake, with four 4K DisplayPort outputs, dual 10GbE plus dual 2.5GbE, and up to 128GB DDR5.
Modos Flow Launches on Crowd Supply — A 13.3-Inch FPGA-Driven Color E-Paper Touchscreen Monitor for $619
Modos launched the Flow on Crowd Supply on May 27, 2026 — a fully open-source 13.3-inch USB-C color e-paper touchscreen monitor with FPGA-driven partial refresh hitting 60 Hz, priced at $619 monochrome and $719 color.
Khadas Mind Graphics 2 Reviewed — An RTX 5060 Ti eGPU That Snaps Onto a Mini PC and Hits High-End Tower Speeds
CNX Software's May 25, 2026 review of the Khadas Mind Graphics 2 confirms a 4-to-6x graphics speed-up over the Mind 2 mini PC's iGPU via a magnetic PCIe 4.0 x8 Mind Link connector.
SpacemiT K3 Pico‑ITX Chassis Kit Hits the Bench — A 16‑Core RISC‑V Mini PC With Real Desktop Ambitions
CNX Software opened its SpacemiT K3 Pico-ITX Chassis Kit review on May 23, 2026 — putting the 16-core RVA23 RISC-V mini PC with 16GB RAM, 10GbE, and Wi-Fi 6E through its first boot.
M5Stack Unveils CardputerZero — A Raspberry Pi CM0 Pocket Linux Lab With a 46‑Key Keyboard and HDMI Out
M5Stack revealed the CardputerZero on May 25, 2026 — the first Cardputer powered by the Raspberry Pi Compute Module Zero, with a 46-key keyboard, HDMI, Fast Ethernet, and Kickstarter pricing from $59.
Flipper One Lands — A Rockchip RK3576 + RP2350 Open-Hardware Arm Linux Multitool With Mainline Kernel, Wi-Fi 6E, and 10GbE Emulation
Flipper Devices officially unveiled the Flipper One on May 21, 2026 — a Rockchip RK3576 portable Arm Linux multi-tool with an RP2350 sidecar, mainline kernel support via Collabora, and a sub-$350 target price.
Espressif's ESP32-S31 Brings Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6, and 802.15.4 to a Dual-Core RISC-V Microcontroller
Espressif documented two ESP32-S31 development boards on May 22, 2026 — the most feature-rich ESP32 to date, with dual RISC-V cores, gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth, and 802.15.4 connectivity.
Seeed Studio's reComputer RK3576 and RK3588 Edge AI Boxes Get One-Click LLM Deployment via AI Lab
Seeed Studio launched the reComputer RK3576 and RK3588 Edge AI computers on May 21, 2026 — Rockchip NPUs, triple display output, and one-click deployment of vision, speech, and local LLM models through the reComputer AI Lab platform.
Hardkernel's ODROID-H5 Lands With 10GbE, Four M.2 Slots, and an Intel Core i3-N300 — A Homelab SBC for $250
Hardkernel introduced the ODROID-H5 on May 20, 2026 — a $250 x86 single-board computer with an eight-core Intel Core i3-N300, a 10GbE RJ45 port, four M.2 PCIe slots, and DDR5 support up to 64GB.
The ONEXStation Mini AI PC Hits Pre-Order — Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128GB Unified Memory, $2,999
ONEXPLAYER opened pre-orders for the ONEXStation Mini AI PC on May 18, 2026 — Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128GB LPDDR5x unified memory, and 100B-parameter local AI workload support for $2,999.