Articles Tagged “Homelab”
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Openterface KeyMod Turns Your Phone Into a Keyboard
The $42 Openterface KeyMod turns a phone into a USB keyboard, mouse, gamepad, or SSH terminal for any PC, server, or Raspberry Pi board, even at the BIOS.
USBridge-KVM 2.0 Brings BIOS Access Over SSH
The $219 USBridge-KVM 2.0 is an open-source IP-KVM built on a Radxa Zero 3W that turns graphical BIOS screens into text you can read over SSH.
Waveshare PiRack-M6F Racks Six Raspberry Pis in 2U
Waveshare's PiRack-M6F holds six Raspberry Pi 4 or 5 boards in a 10-inch 2U rack and moves every port to the front, starting at $69.99 direct.
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.
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.
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.
PICOTTY Turns Pi Picos Into a Networked Serial Console
PICOTTY pairs a Pi Zero 2 W hub with Ethernet-connected Pico nodes to give four headless machines a browser-based serial console for under $100.
Proxmox VE 9.2 Brings Official Arm64 Virtualization
Proxmox VE 9.2 adds official 64-bit Arm builds, with full support for NVIDIA Grace and Vera platforms and best-effort support for UEFI Armv8-A hardware.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Raspberry Pi LoRa Boards: A Long-Range Radio Guide
A buyer's guide to Raspberry Pi LoRa boards and long-range 4G HATs, from a 19 USD Waveshare SX1262 node module to a 149 euros LoRaWAN concentrator.
OpenInfrared Point: An Open Local ESP32-S3 Remote Hub
The OpenInfrared Point pairs an ESP32-S3 with IR, NFC and audio streaming, running fully local. Kickstarter early-bird pricing starts at 149 USD.
Beelink EQi Brings 10GbE Networking to a $509 Mini PC
Beelink's EQi mini PC pairs Intel's new 5-core Wildcat Lake chip with 10GbE and dual Thunderbolt 4, starting at $509 — a first at this price.
MINISFORUM MS-03 Packs Panther Lake and a GPU Slot
The MINISFORUM MS-03 mini PC pairs Intel Panther Lake, 128GB DDR5, dual 10GbE SFP+, and a PCIe x16 slot for a low-profile GPU — a homelab dream box.
KKSB Rack Panels Tidy Your Raspberry Pi Cluster
KKSB's new 10-inch and 19-inch rack panels mount up to 10 Raspberry Pis per shelf, with room for HATs and active coolers in a homelab rack.
This Kubernetes Homelab Hides Modern Compute Inside Retro Linksys Cases
Justin Garrison retrofitted a modern Raspberry Pi and mini-PC Kubernetes cluster into vintage early-2000s Linksys router cases — a nostalgic, fully working homelab.
Sipeed NanoKVM-Go Is an AI-Native 4K USB-C KVM With MCP
The Sipeed NanoKVM-Go is a tiny 4K USB-C KVM built on the Axera AX630C with a 3.2 TOPS NPU, exposing every KVM function as an MCP server for AI agents. From $59.
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.
Radxa Taco V1.61 Turns the Raspberry Pi CM5 Into a Five-Drive NAS for Around $65
Radxa's updated Taco V1.61 carrier board for the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 packs five SATA ports, dual Ethernet, NVMe, and RAID support into a 114×85mm footprint.
Milk-V Jupiter 2 Is the World's First RVA23-Compliant RISC-V SBC With 60 TOPS AI Acceleration
Milk-V's Jupiter 2 opens pre-orders with RVA23 compliance, a SpacemiT K3 octa-core RISC-V CPU, 60 TOPS on-chip AI acceleration, 10GbE, and up to 32GB LPDDR5 from $199.
FriendlyELEC's NanoPi NEO3 Plus Packs Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.0 Into a 48mm SBC for Just $24
The new NEO3 Plus upgrades to a Rockchip RK3528A at 2.0 GHz, adds eMMC support and RTC battery, and runs Debian 13, Ubuntu 24.04, and Proxmox VE out of the box.
The Morefine Nexus N1 Is a Compact NAS That Doubles as an AI Workstation — Complete With a Desktop GPU Slot
Morefine's Nexus N1 pairs an AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS with four hot-swap drive bays, triple NVMe, and a full-length PCIe x16 slot for desktop GPUs.
The EXAVIZ Cruiser Turns a Raspberry Pi CM5 Into a 9-Port PoE Networking Powerhouse
This $139 mini-ITX carrier board for the Raspberry Pi CM5 packs nine Ethernet ports, dual SATA, NVMe, and Zigbee for serious homelab builds.