Author: MarkS

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

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 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 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

The M5Stamp C3U is a refreshed version of the M5Stamp C3 which removes the CH9102 USB to UART converter, instead relying on the ESP32-C3’s onboard USB functionality. The rest of the M5Stamp C3U features the same functionality and components as the original M5Stamp C3. The specifications of the M5 Stamp C3U are as follows: ESP32-C3FH4… Continue reading M5Stack refreshes the M5Stamp C3 RISC-V microcontroller