Articles Tagged “Single Board Computer”
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Banana Pi BPI-AI2N Packs 15 TOPS Into a Vision SoM
Banana Pi's $266 BPI-AI2N pairs a Renesas RZ/V2N with a 15 TOPS DRP-AI accelerator, 8GB of LPDDR4X, 32GB eMMC and dual MIPI CSI camera inputs.
ESP32-S31 Linux BSP Boots Real Linux on 16MB PSRAM
Espressif released a Linux 6.18 BSP developer preview for the ESP32-S31, fitting a bootable image into roughly 13.7MB of flash on a $10-class chip.
M5Stack Paper Mono Packs LoRa and NFC Into $65 E-Paper
M5Stack's $65 Paper Mono pairs a 3.97-inch e-paper touchscreen with LoRa, NFC, and an ESP32-S3, plus a 1,150 mAh battery in a shell just 8mm thick.
AAEON uCOM-Q6490 Puts 12 TOPS on a SMARC 2.1 Module
AAEON's uCOM-Q6490 packs a Qualcomm Dragonwing QCS6490, 12 TOPS of AI, and up to 16GB LPDDR5 onto an 82x50mm SMARC 2.1 module that weighs just 20 grams.
Linux 7.2 Powers Down the Raspberry Pi GPU When Idle
Linux 7.2 brings runtime power management to the Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 V3D GPU, cutting idle desktop draw about 3.3%, plus Pi 3 GPU hang fixes.
Raspberry Pi CM5 Jig Flashes Modules With No Carrier
The official $600 Raspberry Pi CM5 programming jig flashes Compute Modules with secure boot and disk encryption without needing a carrier board.
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.
Google Chrome on Raspberry Pi 5: What It Adds Over Chromium
Google Chrome now ships an official arm64 Linux build. On a Raspberry Pi 5 it matches Chromium at 30 FPS in WebGL but adds sync and Widevine DRM.
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.
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.
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.
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.
VIEWE 7.6-Inch Square HDMI Touch Displays Start at $85
VIEWE's 7.6-inch square HDMI panels reach 1200x1200 at 1,000 nits and plug into a Raspberry Pi or Jetson over mini HDMI, starting at $85.29.
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.
Edge AI SBCs From InHand Pack 2 or 8 TOPS on TI
InHand's credit card-sized Mo 62A and Mo 68A edge AI SBCs pair TI AM62A and AM68A silicon with 2 or 8 TOPS, Debian 13.2, and a 40-pin GPIO header.
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.
Orange Pi 5B Ubuntu Images Fix an 8-Year Bluetooth Bug
New Pi Desktop and Pi Studio images for the Orange Pi 5B finally land the AP6275P Bluetooth fix Cypress published back in 2018, plus 4K 120Hz.
CirkitScape Top HAT Combines Four Pi Add-Ons in One
The $45 CirkitScape Top HAT adds 16 GPIOs, a 3-channel ADC, RS-485, and four USB ports to a Raspberry Pi using only standard Python libraries.
Globalscale Case8 Cyberdeck Snaps Into Four Editions
The Globalscale Case8 is a modular MediaTek Genio cyberdeck with up to a 10 TOPS NPU, sold in gaming, home, education, and hacker editions from $299.
AMD Ryzen AI X100 Brings Big Compute to Robots
AMD's Ryzen AI Embedded X100 packs 16 Zen 5 cores and an NPU into robots, while its open Kria dev platform makes 8,000 control decisions every second.
Arduino UNO Q Arcade Bundle Builds a $90 Retro Console
Arduino's UNO Q Arcade bundle pairs the 4GB UNO Q SBC with snap-together Modulino controls to build a DIY RetroArch console for about $90 at launch.
ART-Pi II Pairs a 600 MHz Cortex-M7 With a 2.5D GPU
The $45 ART-Pi II runs a 600 MHz STM32H7R7 with a NeoChrom 2.5D GPU, 32MB HyperRAM, Wi-Fi 4 and a Raspberry Pi-compatible 40-pin header.
Edge AI Dev Boards With NPUs: A 2026 Buyer's Guide
Compare five edge AI dev boards from 4 to 67 TOPS and $70 to $249, and see why NPU toolchain maturity, not the TOPS number, decides what runs.
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.
BornHack's Cyber Aegg Badge Runs LoRa Mesh Networking
The BornHack 2026 Cyber Aegg badge pairs an nRF52840 with an SX1262 LoRa radio and a 1.54-inch e-paper display, and it lasts the whole camp on one charge.
reCamera Pro Runs LLMs and Vision on a $300 AI Camera
Seeed Studio's reCamera Pro packs a 3 TOPS NPU to run vision, LLMs, speech-to-text, and TTS fully on-device with no cloud, from $299.90.
RK3576 NPU Support Lands in Mainline Linux Via Rocket
A developer reverse-engineered the RK3576's hidden NPU registers to bring open-source acceleration to mainline Linux — and documented what still fails.
Raspberry Pi Single Pair Ethernet HAT Adds T1S/T1L
Brechel Electronic's new Raspberry Pi HAT+ boards add 10BASE-T1S and 10BASE-T1L Single Pair Ethernet from €95, with a one-click Linux driver installer.
Calixto AM62L STAMP SOM Puts Linux on a Postage Stamp
The Calixto AM62L STAMP SOM fits dual Cortex-A53 cores at 1.25 GHz onto a 40x40 mm module for industrial automation, HMIs, and EV chargers alike.
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.
Raspberry Pi 5 Becomes an 8-Channel USB Sound Card With Optical Out
A clever open-source project turns a Raspberry Pi 5 into an 8-channel USB sound card with real TOSLINK optical output generated from a single blinking GPIO pin.
DEBIX T62P-01: A Pi-Sized Industrial SBC on TI Sitara AM62P
The DEBIX T62P-01 industrial SBC pairs a TI Sitara AM62P SoC with dual GbE TSN, Wi-Fi 6, and real-time R5F cores in an 88x59 mm board for robotics and edge IoT.
Sixfab AI HAT+ Brings a DEEPX NPU and Local Edge AI to the Raspberry Pi 5
Sixfab and DEEPX launched an AI HAT+ on June 26, 2026 that drops a DX-M1 NPU onto the Raspberry Pi 5 — up to 25 TOPS of local vision AI from $63.
DEBIX T62P-01 Is a Pi-Sized Industrial SBC With Dual TSN Ethernet
Polyhex's DEBIX T62P-01, detailed June 29, 2026, packs a TI AM62P SoC, dual GbE with TSN, and wide-temp ruggedness into an 85mm Raspberry Pi-style board.
Orange Pi 6 Packs a 12-Core CIX Chip and 45 TOPS Into a 90mm SBC
The Orange Pi 6 single-board computer launched June 25, 2026 with a 12-core CIX P1, up to 45 TOPS of AI, dual NVMe, and 2.5GbE networking — starting at $239.
Graperain GR1126MB Packs a 3 TOPS Rockchip NPU for Edge AI Vision
Graperain's GR1126MB dev board, detailed June 24, 2026, pairs a solder-on Rockchip RV1126B module with a 3 TOPS NPU for affordable edge AI vision projects.
Amlogic A311Y3 Packs an 8 TOPS NPU Into a Sleek Octa-Core Edge AI SoC
Amlogic's new A311Y3 is a 6nm octa-core edge AI SoC with an 8 TOPS NPU, LPDDR5 support, and a 9tripod dev board — a capable, efficient platform for makers building local AI projects.
UP WCL Is a Credit-Card-Sized Wildcat Lake SBC With Up to 24GB RAM
The new UP WCL is a credit-card-sized single board computer built on Intel Wildcat Lake, offering up to 24GB LPDDR5, 256GB UFS, an NPU, and 2.5GbE — a tiny x86 board ready for edge AI.
Zhihe A210 Brings an Octa-Core RISC-V SoC With a 12 TOPS NPU to Makers
The new Zhihe A210 is an octa-core RISC-V SoC with a 12 TOPS NPU that runs small LLMs locally — and its SODIMM-style dev kit puts capable open-architecture AI hardware in makers' hands.
Orange Pi 6 Debuts With a 12-Core CIX P1 SoC and 45 TOPS of AI Muscle
The new Orange Pi 6 packs a 12-core Arm CIX P1 SoC, up to 45 TOPS of total AI performance, dual 2.5GbE, and twin NVMe slots — a high-end Raspberry Pi alternative built for edge AI and self-hosting.
SpacemiT K3 Pico-ITX Makes RISC-V Feel Like a Real Desktop
CNX Software's hands-on review of the 16-core SpacemiT K3 Pico-ITX shows a 60-TOPS, RVA23-compliant RISC-V mini PC running Bianbu OS as a usable everyday desktop.
Raspberry Pi OS Moves to the Linux 6.18 LTS Kernel With a Fresher Desktop
The June 18 Raspberry Pi OS update jumps to the Linux 6.18 LTS kernel and LabWC 0.9.7, adding new drivers, refreshed icons, and the latest Pi firmware.
AAEON UP WCL: A Credit-Card-Sized Wildcat Lake SBC with 24GB LPDDR5
AAEON's UP WCL packs Intel Wildcat Lake Core Series 3, up to 24GB LPDDR5, 256GB UFS, and a 17 TOPS NPU into an 85x56mm single-board computer.
Zhihe A210 Brings an Octa-Core RISC-V SoC and 12-TOPS NPU to an Affordable Dev Board
Sipeed's Zhihe A210 is an octa-core RISC-V SoC with a 12-TOPS NPU and up to 16GB RAM, offered on a SODIMM-style dev board starting around $334 for edge-AI makers.
FriendlyELEC's NanoPi M6V2 Adds Dual Mic Input to a Capable RK3588S SBC
FriendlyELEC's NanoPi M6V2 refreshes its RK3588S single board computer with dual analog microphone input and a simplified 8GB build for voice and edge AI projects.
Gateworks Catalina GW9200 Pairs an NXP i.MX 95 With Swappable Sockets
Gateworks launched the Catalina GW9200, an industrial NXP i.MX 95 edge AI SBC whose Flexible Socket Adapter accepts either M.2 or mPCIe expansion modules.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Zotac's CM5-PICO Is the Smallest, Most Feature-Dense Raspberry Pi CM5 Mini PC Yet — ISE 2026 Debut
Zotac will unveil the CM5-PICO at ISE 2026 — a 114.8x76x31 mm passively cooled Raspberry Pi CM5 mini PC with dual 4K HDMI, USB-C, NVMe, an NPU slot, and the full HAT header inside an aluminum chassis.
Pi Slate Cyberdeck Lands — A Raspberry Pi 5 Handheld With a Touchscreen, RGB Keyboard, and Modular HATs
Carbon Computers' Pi Slate brings the Raspberry Pi 5 into a compact handheld cyberdeck on May 11, 2026 — a 5-inch touchscreen, backlit keyboard, modular HAT support, and a 10,000 mAh battery.
SpacemiT's K3 Pico-ITX SBC Goes Official — RVA23-Compliant RISC-V With 60 TOPS for Edge AI Builds
SpacemiT officially launched the K3 Pico-ITX SBC and K3-CoM260 SoM on May 11, 2026 — RVA23-compliant RISC-V boards with up to 60 TOPS of AI performance, 32GB LPDDR5, and 256GB UFS.
DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard III Brings 60 TOPS of SpacemiT K3 to the Framework Laptop 13
Deep Computing released the DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard III on May 13, 2026 — a Framework Laptop 13 swap board with an octa-core SpacemiT K3, up to 60 TOPS sparse AI performance, 32GB RAM, and 1TB NVMe.
Banana Pi BPI-SM10 Ships May 11 — A 60 TOPS RISC-V SBC That Runs 30B Local LLMs
Banana Pi's BPI-SM10 RISC-V SBC ships globally May 11, 2026 with the SpacemiT K3 chip, 60 TOPS of AI compute, and the headroom to run 30-billion parameter LLMs on-device.
Renesas RZ/V2H Robotics Dev Kit Packs 80 TOPS of Edge AI on a Single Pi-Style Board
Renesas launched its RZ/V2H Robotics Development Kit on May 5, 2026 — combining quad Cortex-A55 cores, dual real-time R8 cores, and an 80 TOPS DRP-AI3 accelerator on a single Raspberry Pi-style board for autonomous robotics.
Boardcon EM3326S Brings a $25-Class Cortex-A35 SBC to Smart Audio Builds
Boardcon Embedded launched the EM3326S on April 29, 2026 — a 110×85 mm Rockchip RK3326-S quad-core Cortex-A35 single board computer engineered specifically for cost-sensitive smart audio devices, edge HMI, and industrial gateways.
Orange Pi Zero 3W: 16GB RAM and PCIe 3.0 in a Raspberry Pi Zero Footprint
The Orange Pi Zero 3W packs an Allwinner A733 octa-core SoC, up to 16GB LPDDR5, PCIe 3.0, 3 TOPS AI, and WiFi 6 into a 65×32mm board — reviewed April 15, 2026.
Waveshare PocketTerm35: Full-Keyboard Linux Terminal Powered by Raspberry Pi 4/5
Waveshare's PocketTerm35 fits Raspberry Pi 4 or 5 into a palm-sized terminal with a 67-key keyboard, 3.5-inch touchscreen, gaming controls, and a 5,000 mAh battery pack.
Orange Pi Zero 3W Packs WiFi 6 and a 3 TOPS AI Engine Into a Raspberry Pi Zero Footprint
The Orange Pi Zero 3W measures just 65×30mm but delivers an octa-core Allwinner A733, 3 TOPS NPU, WiFi 6, and up to 16GB LPDDR5 — serious compute in a tiny single-board computer package.
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.
Orange Pi AI Station Brings 176 TOPS and 96GB RAM to the DIY AI Workbench
Orange Pi's new AI Station packs a Huawei Ascend 310 SoC with 176 TOPS of AI performance and up to 96GB LPDDR4X RAM into a maker-friendly mini PC.
Orange Pi's AI Station Packs a Huawei Ascend 310 With 96GB RAM and 176 TOPS Into a Single Board Computer
The Orange Pi AI Station pairs 10 dedicated AI cores with 16 CPU cores, up to 96GB LPDDR4X, and 256GB eMMC — delivering data-center-class AI inference on a 130mm board.
Orange Pi's AI Station Packs 176 TOPS of Edge AI Power Into a Single Board With Up to 96GB RAM
Built around a Huawei Ascend 310 SoC with 10 AI cores, the Orange Pi AI Station delivers over 13x the AI performance of a Raspberry Pi 5 with Hailo — on a single board.
FriendlyELEC Launches the NanoPi NEO3 Plus — A Tiny Headless SBC With Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.2
The NanoPi NEO3 Plus packs a Rockchip RK3528A quad-core SoC, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.2, and 26-pin GPIO into a palm-sized board running mainline Linux.
Rockchip RK3588 and RK3576 Video Decoders Land in Mainline Linux — A Milestone for SBC Media
Collabora merges H.264 and H.265 hardware video decoding for Rockchip's top SoCs into the upstream Linux kernel, benefiting dozens of popular boards.
The PocketBeagle 2 Industrial Packs 1GB RAM and 64GB eMMC Into a Rugged $50 SBC
BeagleBoard releases the PocketBeagle 2 Industrial single board computer with 1GB DDR4 RAM, 64GB eMMC, and industrial-grade temperature rating in a 12.7-gram form factor for $50.
The $25 Olimex ESP32-P4-PC Is Now Shipping — A RISC-V Board With HDMI, Ethernet, and 4 USB Ports
Olimex ships the ESP32-P4-PC open-source RISC-V single board computer with HDMI output, Ethernet, four USB ports, and camera support for under $25.
The DshanPi-A1 Is a $70 AI Education Board With a Rare HDMI Input Port
This Rockchip RK3576-powered SBC packs a 6 TOPS NPU, dual cameras, and both HDMI input and output — perfect for computer vision projects.