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Raspberry Pi Power Guide: PSU, PoE, and UPS Options
A practical Raspberry Pi power guide covering the 27W USB-C PD supply, the 600mA USB limit, PoE+ HATs, battery UPS boards, and solar deployments.
Raspberry Pi CM5 Mini PC Runs OpenClaw Agents Locally
EDATEC's ED-CLAWBOX packs a Raspberry Pi CM5 into a 100mm passively cooled aluminum box for $267.19, running local OpenClaw AI agents on just 12W.
Wi-Fi Sensing Turns an ESP32 and Pi Into a Motion Radar
WifiSense-Pi pairs an ESP32-S3 sampling 100 times a second with a Raspberry Pi 4 to detect people through walls — and the code is now open source.
Luckfox Lyra PLC Runs Linux on an $84 Industrial Board
The Luckfox Lyra PLC pairs a Rockchip RK3506B with 10A relays, RS485, CAN and dual Ethernet for $83.99, running Linux, Node-RED and OpenPLC.
GEEKOM IT13 Max Linux Benchmarks on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
The Core Ultra 9 185H mini PC posts 14,980 Geekbench multi-core on Ubuntu 26.04, with working USB4, dual 2.5GbE, and 8.6W idle draw at $735.
Giada DK320 Packs Wildcat Lake Into a 25mm Signage PC
The DK320 digital signage player pairs Intel Wildcat Lake with 15 TOPS of NPU, up to 48GB DDR5-6400, and dual 4K HDMI in a 25.4mm-thin case.
ESP32-S3 Music Sequencer Doubles as a Slap Bracelet
Maker 3DSage built a wearable ESP32-S3 sequencer with brass-rod note input, a translucent PETG case, and a measuring-tape slap bracelet band.
Which ESP32 Variant to Choose: A 2026 Buyer's Guide
Nine ESP32 variants, one decision. Compare S3, C3, C5, C6, H2, and P4 by cores, RAM, radios, and price to pick the right chip for your project.
Gemma Translator: Offline AI Translation on a Pi 5
A Raspberry Pi 5 runs a full speech-to-speech interpreter offline using Gemma 4 E2B and LiteRT, at 9 tokens per second and 1,432 MB peak memory.
EITWatch Reads Hand Gestures With an ESP32-S3 Watch
Northwestern's open-source EITWatch fits eight electrodes on a watch back and hits 92.5% macro-gesture accuracy from a XIAO ESP32-S3 at 48 Hz.
Snapdragon C Runs 67% Faster on Battery Than Intel N250
Qualcomm's Snapdragon C beat Intel's N250 by up to 67% in unplugged Cinebench multi-core tests, with up to 2.1x better battery power efficiency.
RISC-V MCU Adds Built-In Ethernet PHY and 8MB PSRAM
WCH's CH32V467 packs a 200 MHz RISC-V core, built-in Fast Ethernet PHY, 480 Mbps USB, and up to 8MB PSRAM at roughly $2.40 to $2.90 per chip.
AAEON PICO-ADN2 Fits 2.5GbE Into an 80-Gram Pico-ITX SBC
The AAEON PICO-ADN2 pairs Intel N97 or Core i3-N305 silicon with 2.5GbE, 16GB LPDDR5, and TPM 2.0 on a 100x72mm Pico-ITX board weighing 80 grams.
NXP i.MX 95 Dev Board Adds 10GbE and Dual M.2 Slots
The $300 FRDM-IMX95-PRO pairs a 6-core i.MX 95, 16GB of LPDDR5-6400, an 8 TOPS NPU, and 10GbE networking with two PCIe Gen3 M.2 slots for edge AI.
PewCB One Etches Circuit Boards With a Desktop Laser
PewCB One is a 20W laser PCB fab that ablates 0.1mm traces in under an hour with no chemicals, priced at $5,000 with production from September 1.
PiShot Makes a Pocket Camera From a Raspberry Pi Zero
PiShot is an open-source 3D-printed camera built on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, Camera Module 3, an ST7789 rear display, and a single 18650 cell.
ESPHome Starter Kit Puts Four Sensors on One $40 Board
The official $40 ESPHome Starter Kit pairs an ESP32-C6 board with four snap-on FPC sensor modules and needs no YAML editing to get an automation running.
Nomad Terminal Packs LoRa and GPS Into a $60 Handheld
Makerfabs' $59.80 Nomad Terminal pairs an ESP32-S3 with an LR1121 LoRa radio, GNSS, a 3.5-inch touchscreen, and a 5,000mAh cell rated for 40-60 days.
MINISFORUM M2 Air-304 Is a $263 Barebone Wildcat Lake PC
The Elite Mini M2 Air-304 is the first barebone Wildcat Lake mini PC at $263, with a 15 TOPS NPU, USB4, dual 2.5GbE, and a 64GB DDR5 SO-DIMM slot.
Comu Is a $6 RISC-V Board That Hides in a USB Port
Icy Electronics' Comu packs a 144MHz CH32V203 RISC-V MCU, four touch buttons, and six GPIOs into a 13 x 9.4mm open-source board costing $5.99.
PyBLE Programs MicroPython Boards Over Bluetooth LE
PyBLE is an MIT-licensed MicroPython IDE for iPad and Android tablets that edits, runs, and debugs ESP32 boards wirelessly over Bluetooth Low Energy.
RAK7392 Turns a Raspberry Pi CM5 Into an Edge Router
RAKwireless' $535 WisGate Connect Router RAK7392 pairs a Raspberry Pi CM4 or CM5 with four Ethernet ports and over 4Gbps combined throughput.
Raspberry Pi vs Mini PC: Picking a 2026 Home Server
Memory prices reshaped this choice in 2026. Here is how a Raspberry Pi 5 and a 6W mini PC compare on cost, power, and what they can actually run.
Antmicro Open-Sources a Thunderbolt Dual 10GbE Card
Antmicro released the full KiCad files for a Thunderbolt 3 to dual 10GbE adapter under Apache 2.0, measured at 9.4 Gbps while drawing under 9 watts.