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Easy Raspberry Pi IoT Server
This is the written guide corresponding to our video tutorial showing you how to set up a Raspberry Pi IoT server using MQTT, Node-RED, InfluxDB and Grafana. These applications will be run inside docker containers so they are a perfect introduction if you haven’t tried containerising your applications before! We are using a Raspberry Pi… Continue reading Easy Raspberry Pi IoT Server
Long range GPS asset tracker using the Cicerone board
Please note this article is a work in progress and will change over the coming days In this guide we detail how to make a long range (10km+) GPS asset tracker using the Cicerone board and LoRaWAN. This is the written version of the project featured in this video: Build list To make this project… Continue reading Long range GPS asset tracker using the Cicerone board
Solar-powered Weather Station using the Cicerone board
Please note this article is a work in progress and will change over the coming days In this guide we detail how to make a solar powered weather station using the Cicerone board and LoRaWAN. This is the written version of the project featured in this video: Build list To make this project we need… Continue reading Solar-powered Weather Station using the Cicerone board
MangoPi MQ Quad features quad-core Allwinner H616 in a Pi Zero form-factor
MangoPi has just released the MQ-Quad, a Raspberry Pi Zero sized board featuring a quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor. Supported by 1GB of DDR3 RAM, WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities this board is shaping up to be quite a well featured Pi Zero “clone”. In terms of pricing, the MQ-Quad is currently listed on Aliexpress for around… Continue reading MangoPi MQ Quad features quad-core Allwinner H616 in a Pi Zero form-factor
Raspberry Pi 400 “clone” features a 6-core CPU and 4GB RAM
The Raspberry Pi 400’s first clone comes in the form if the Orange Pi 800. This computer and keyboard combo features a Rockchip RK3399 SoC (system on chip), a 6-core 64-bit ARM processor. This SoC utilises the “big/little” architecture and consists of 2x Cortex-A72 high performance cores and 4x Cortex-A53 efficiency cores. Also present on… Continue reading Raspberry Pi 400 “clone” features a 6-core CPU and 4GB RAM
Upcoming Banana Pi BPI-CM4 offers drop-in replacement for Raspberry Pi CM4
Banana Pi have unveiled a work in progress compute module in the same form factor as the Raspberry Pi CM4 but it packs a bigger punch. This new board is called the Banana Pi BPI-CM4 and features an Amlogic A311D SoC, 2 or 4GB RAM and 16GB of storage. The board will also support optional… Continue reading Upcoming Banana Pi BPI-CM4 offers drop-in replacement for Raspberry Pi CM4
Arm’s Smallest MCU now available on $9 LilyGO development board
Arm HC32L110 MCU The Arm HC32L110 microcontroller packs a single Cortex M0+ core into a tiny 1.56 x 1.44mm package. For context, the Raspberry Pi RP2040 uses two M0+ cores in a 7 x 7mm package. The chip is available for around 60 pence a piece! The chip comes in a compact CSP-16 package (0.35mm… Continue reading Arm’s Smallest MCU now available on $9 LilyGO development board
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS now supported on 2GB Raspberry Pi 4 models
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS was released on the 22nd April 2022 and whilst Ubuntu has been installable on Raspberry Pi 4 models with at least 4gb RAM, only now is Ubuntu officially supported on Pi 4 models with 2GB of RAM. This is due to zswap being enabled by default in Ubuntu 22.04. Zswap is essentially… Continue reading Ubuntu 22.04 LTS now supported on 2GB Raspberry Pi 4 models
HLK-W806 Microcontroller Board Tools
GitHub SDK (Including command line instructions) Available here Packages you may need: Translated Datasheets etc Disabling restrictions on ttyUSB Run: And add this in the file: Save, exit and unplug and replug the board into your USB port.