Articles Tagged “IOT”
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Nordic nRF93M1 Dev Kit Brings LTE Cat 1 bis for $60
Nordic's nRF93M1 development kit pairs a 10 Mbps LTE Cat 1 bis modem with an nRF54L15 host MCU, and prices start at $60 with a trial SIM card.
Quectel Android 16 Modules Bring 5G to IoT Devices
Quectel's SH602FA and SE505FE put production-ready Android 16 on MediaTek silicon, with 5G downlinks up to 3.27 Gbps and 32MP camera support.
NXP MCX C15 MCUs Pack 16-Bit Analog Under 60 Cents
NXP's MCX C15 and C16 Cortex-M23 MCUs start under 60 cents, pair a 16-bit ADC with an on-chip op-amp, and idle at 320 nA in deep power down.
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.
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.
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.
Meshtastic vs MeshCore vs LoRaWAN Explained for 2026
A plain-English guide to the three LoRa networking options: which one suits hikers, which scales to a city, and which needs gateway infrastructure.
ESP RainMaker Neo Open Sources the Full IoT Stack
Espressif released ESP RainMaker Neo under Apache 2.0, handing makers the cloud backend, firmware SDK, and phone app to self-host on their own AWS account.
LoRaWAN QR Codes Replace Manual Key Entry at Scale
Three new LoRa Alliance specs turn LoRaWAN device onboarding into a QR scan and add relay guidance for coverage underground and behind thick walls.
Espressif ESP32-C61-MINI Puts Wi-Fi 6 in a $2 Module
Espressif's ESP32-C61-MINI-1 brings 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE 5.3 to a RISC-V module costing about $2 each in five-packs, with a $9 dev board.
Silicon Labs BG2B Sleeps at 1.1uA on Bluetooth 6
Silicon Labs' BG2B is its lowest-power Bluetooth LE part yet, holding 1.1uA deep sleep with RAM retention and cutting active MCU current by around 15%.
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.
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.
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.
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.
M5Stack Stamp-C5 Puts Wi-Fi 6 in a $6.50 Module
The tiny M5Stack Stamp-C5 packs dual-band Wi-Fi 6, BLE 5, and Thread into a 19mm ESP32-C5 module with up to 19 GPIO and USB-C — all for just $6.50.
Norik Dongle Brings DECT NR+ 5G to a USB Port
Norik Systems' nRF9151 USB dongle brings DECT NR+, the carrier-free 5G mesh standard, to developers with Zephyr samples and no debug probe.
ESP32-C5-LCD-1.47: A Thumb-Sized Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 IoT Board
Espressif's ESP32-C5 dev board packs dual-band Wi-Fi 6, Thread, Zigbee, and Matter with a 1.47-inch color LCD in a thumb-sized RISC-V package.
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.
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.
Waveshare Launches the IPCBOX-CM5 — A Rugged Industrial Computer Built Around the Raspberry Pi CM5
The IPCBOX-CM5 packs RS485, RS232, CAN Bus, dual Ethernet, and an M.2 slot into a palm-sized aluminum enclosure starting at just $100.