Raspberry Pi: Combine a Raspberry Pi with up to 4 Raspberry Pi Zeros for less than US$50 with the Cluster HAT
Combine 4 Raspberry Pi Zeros with a standard Raspberry Pi using the Cluster HAT v2.3. (Image source: Pimoroni)
The Cluster HAT v2.3 does what it says on the tin. It allows you to combine a Raspberry Pi A+/B+/2/3 with up to 4 Raspberry Pi Zeros. The latter connect via a Controller Pi GPIO and are configured to use USB Gadget mode, making it easy to simulate or test small-scale cluster computing. The Cluster HAT v2.3 is designed by Pimoroni and is available to order from SB-Components for US$49.22.
Nordic partners with one of world’s largest international cellular data carriers, iBASIS, to offer ultra-easy global connectivity for its nRF9160 cellular IoT module https://www.nordicsemi.com/?sc_itemid={1FD23B09-9C30-48D1-95A1-CAEBEAF3D8D3}
Austrian-based Demmel has released a Java on Chip (JoC) programmable module and reference board that aims to minimize programming and development time for smart applications. The company states that their module simplifies PCB design efforts and provides a fast way to configure and program the JoC without having to deal with low-level functions.
SparkFun Electronics’ Qwiic Connect System is designed to simplify that wiring by using chainable I2C modules that require just four wires. Now a new set of adapters is being launched on Crowd Supply that will let you connect your favorite development boards to Qwiic modules.
Last year, Microsoft unveiled Azure Sphere — an end-to-end solution for securing microcontroller based smart things. Alongside the announcement was hardware support for boards built around the MediaTek MT3620 microcontroller.
Introduced earlier in the year at CES in Las Vegas, the Azure Sphere Starter Kit is based around the Avnet Azure Sphere MT3620 Module
The Azure Sphere Starter Kit costs $75 plus $8 for ground shipping, or $12 for two-day air delivery. However, if you register to take part in the Secure Everything with Azure challenge, you can pick up one of 20,000 available starter kits for free.
Known as Elk, the board allows you to take your projects and interface them with Swarm, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Whisper, Status IM, and a host of other decentralized technologies.
On the hardware side, Elk packs an Allwinner H3 dual-core 32-bit SoC with 512Mb RAM/4Gb storage) with the OS preloaded. It also sports an STM32F411 32-bit microcontroller
for creating blockchain-connected devices. The SDK is also plug-and-play, and the team states, “With only a few lines of code, you’ll be able to build blockchain-connected devices to do things you never thought possible.”
Potential applications for the Elk include building platforms that enable you to send and accept cryptocurrencies, such as a homebrew ATM or even vending machines, design privatized communications systems, or create IoT devices that let you upload sensor data to Swarm or IPFS.
Past projects we’ve built include an electric socket that can be rented with Ethereum, a treadmill that accepts Bitcoin deposits that you can only get back when you work out, and serverless home automation systems
The team is currently crowdfunding the Elk development board on Kickstarter
There are several great audio boards on the market that make use of the popular ESP32 SoC, such as Seeed’s Ai Thinker A1S Wi-Fi+BT Audio Development Kit, Lilygo’s TTGO TAudio, and Espressif’s ESP32-LyraTD-MSC. We can now add Olimex’s ESP32-ADF audio development board to that list
Espressif’s Audio Development Framework. The framework enables users to build any number of audio projects — including an Alexa speaker, Internet radio receiver/streaming device, SIP VoIP phone, Wi-Fi-based walkie-talkies, and more.
Olimex has uploaded the KiCAD schematics, Gerber files, PCB layout, and BoM to their GitHub repo
the open source hardware carries a CERN OHL v1.2 license, while the software will be under a GPL3
The Swedish furniture company is betting big on smart homes, and its highly anticipated collaboration with Sonos is finally ready. Was it worth the wait?
on August 1, Ikea will finally release the first two products from the collaboration. Dubbed Symfonsik, the collection includes a floating speaker that doubles as a shelf ($100), and another speaker that is part of a lamp ($180).
setting up the Symfonsik is more difficult than it should be. To get started, you need to download the Sonos app and create an account. What I didn’t expect, after placing the lamp upon its perch in my bedroom, was that I’d need to literally plug it into my router with an ethernet cable for its initial setup. What year is this?
The setup guide wasn’t designed with any sort of failsafe or continuation option if the user encounters an error.
It reminded me of when I’d attempted to do a review of Ikea’s smart lighting products a few years ago,
These new boards are an exciting addition to our product line — based on the powerful Nordic nRF52840 Bluetooth SoC, a Cortex-M4F Arm processor with advanced Bluetooth capabilities.
Together with the u-blox NINA B306 module, the BLE Sense in particular delivers a lot of value through its impressive array of onboard sensors: a 9-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU), temperature, pressure, humidity, light, color, and even gesture sensors, as well as a microphone, that are managed through our specialized libraries.
The ArduinoCore-nRF528x-mbedos that you will be able to add to your Arduino IDE in a few hours is based on the Arm Mbed OS Real-Time Operating System
Boards such as Adafruit Industries’ Feather M4 Express and others outfitted with the TinyUSB library will now have WebUSB support, allowing users to send and receive data over web-based browsers securely.
Back in May of this year, Adafruit released the TinyUSB stack for the Arduino IDE, which supports SAM D21, SAM D51, nRF52840, and STM324F-based development boards, such as Adafuit’s Feather M4 Express. The TinyUSB library allows those boards to appear as a USB drive, letting users drag-and-drop files directly to the board, much in the same fashion as a flash drive.
The release of WebUSB provides users with access to those storage options securely over the internet using compatible browsers.
the engineers at TechToys have managed to create an Arduino HDMI Shield capable of doing the trick. The board features two different circuits to accomplish this feat
On the hardware end, the Orange Pi Zero LTS is based on an Allwinner H2+ SoC with quad-core Cortex-A7 processor with 256Mb or 512Mb of DDR3–1866 SDRAM, SPI Flash, and Mali-400MP2 GPU. It packs a micro SD card slot, 10/100 Ethernet port with PoE (default off), Allwinner XR819 module with 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi with u.FL antenna connector and external antenna, USB 2.0 port, and micro USB port.
Expansion includes an unpopulated 26-pin GPIO header compatible with the Raspberry Pi and a 13-pin header with headphone, two USB 2.0, TV-out, microphone and IR receiver.
Here at Chirp HQ, we were extremely excited to hear the announcement that Arduino would be releasing a new board with a whole host of new features. These features include a wide range of sensors, a powerful processor and most importantly – an on board microphone! The good people at Arduino sent us over a pre-release of the new Nano 33 Sense board, which is fully compatible with Chirp, allowing the maker community to send and receive data using sound.
While the Nano Every and the Nano 33 IoT were built around the Microchip ATmega4809 and SAM D21 respectively, the Nano 33 BLE and Nano 33 BLE Sense were based on the Nordic nRF52840. Which poses a bit of a problem as, unlike the Microchip processors of the two other new Nanos, there wasn’t an existing official Arduino core for the Nordic chip.
The solution? Build the Arduino core on top of Arm’s Mbed OS.
The ESPcopter, however, takes these tiny quadcopters to a new level control-wise, as a 35-gram flier that features a powerful ESP8266–12S module onboard.
Thingy:91 is based on the nRF9160 SiP, with LTE-M, NB-IoT, and GPS connectivity, which Nordic says is ideal for creating proof-of-concept (PoC) projects, demos, and initial prototypes in the cIoT development phase. In fact, it comes preloaded with an asset-tracking application to get started with those applications
A change of direction for SparkFun Electronics, Inc.
We sat down with Nathan Seidle to talk about what the Artemis’ FCC/CE certification means for the company and how he sees the module fitting into the maker and wider MCU marketplace.
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Tomi Engdahl says:
Raspberry Pi: Combine a Raspberry Pi with up to 4 Raspberry Pi Zeros for less than US$50 with the Cluster HAT
Combine 4 Raspberry Pi Zeros with a standard Raspberry Pi using the Cluster HAT v2.3. (Image source: Pimoroni)
The Cluster HAT v2.3 does what it says on the tin. It allows you to combine a Raspberry Pi A+/B+/2/3 with up to 4 Raspberry Pi Zeros. The latter connect via a Controller Pi GPIO and are configured to use USB Gadget mode, making it easy to simulate or test small-scale cluster computing. The Cluster HAT v2.3 is designed by Pimoroni and is available to order from SB-Components for US$49.22.
https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/cluster-hat
Tomi Engdahl says:
ModBerry’s M500 Industrial IoT Computer Gets an Upgrade with the Raspberry Pi 4
https://blog.hackster.io/modberrys-m500-industrial-iot-computer-gets-an-upgrade-with-the-raspberry-pi-4-a43a114ef2e2
Tomi Engdahl says:
GE Appliances Unveils WiFi-enabled Window AC
https://www.rttnews.com/3011507/ge-appliances-unveils-wifi-enabled-window-ac.aspx
Tomi Engdahl says:
Seeed Releases New 3D Gesture and Tracking Shield for the Raspberry Pi
https://blog.hackster.io/seeed-releases-new-3d-gesture-and-tracking-shield-for-the-raspberry-pi-3db619b6fdd4
Tomi Engdahl says:
Blink: Security cameras with a power- and bandwidth-stingy uplink
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/brians-brain/4462068/Blink–Security-cameras-with-a-power–and-bandwidth-stingy-uplink
Tomi Engdahl says:
Philips Hue bulbs now come with Bluetooth, so you don’t need a hub
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/27/18715370/philips-hue-bluetooth-smart-bulbs-no-hub
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Odinub Is an IoT Development SBC Designed Around Octavo Systems’ OSD3358 SiP
https://blog.hackster.io/the-odinub-is-an-iot-development-sbc-designed-around-octavo-systems-osd3358-sip-3b9b700e9171
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/axiom-smart-mirror
Tomi Engdahl says:
Nordic partners with one of world’s largest international cellular data carriers, iBASIS, to offer ultra-easy global connectivity for its nRF9160 cellular IoT module
https://www.nordicsemi.com/?sc_itemid={1FD23B09-9C30-48D1-95A1-CAEBEAF3D8D3}
Tomi Engdahl says:
1551V Series Snap-Fit Enclosures
Hammond’s sensor enclosures are designed for the IoT
https://www.digikey.fi/en/product-highlight/h/hammond/1551v-series-snap-fit-enclosures
Tomi Engdahl says:
This Mini-ITX-sized cluster platform supports seven Raspberry Pi Compute Modules for private cloud applications.
Turing Pi Clusterboard Can Handle Seven Raspberry Pi Compute Modules in a Compact Format
https://blog.hackster.io/turing-pi-clusterboard-can-handle-seven-raspberry-pi-compute-modules-in-a-compact-format-2f8a37518d00
Tomi Engdahl says:
Demmel Releases Java-Based Javaino JoC Reference Board and Module
https://blog.hackster.io/demmel-releases-java-based-javaino-joc-reference-board-and-module-ea6d84ae4285
Austrian-based Demmel has released a Java on Chip (JoC) programmable module and reference board that aims to minimize programming and development time for smart applications. The company states that their module simplifies PCB design efforts and provides a fast way to configure and program the JoC without having to deal with low-level functions.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://i2cdriver.com/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Now You Can Use the Qwiic Connect System with Your Favorite Development Boards
https://blog.hackster.io/now-you-can-use-the-qwiic-connect-system-with-your-favorite-development-boards-11ff64372d25
SparkFun Electronics’ Qwiic Connect System is designed to simplify that wiring by using chainable I2C modules that require just four wires. Now a new set of adapters is being launched on Crowd Supply that will let you connect your favorite development boards to Qwiic modules.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Malware Researcher + Threat Analyst: two perspectives on the MITRE ATT&CK™ knowledge base
https://blog.hackster.io/smartians-let-you-add-iot-motor-control-to-anything-237d3c49ad6f
Tomi Engdahl says:
Smartians Let You Add IoT Motor Control to Anything
https://blog.hackster.io/smartians-let-you-add-iot-motor-control-to-anything-237d3c49ad6f
it is possible to add IoT capabilities to existing devices, and Smartians is a system for doing so with motors.
https://www.frolicstudio.com/portfolio/smartians
Tomi Engdahl says:
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9682-energiatehokas-iot-toteutuu-modulaarisilla-alustoilla
Tomi Engdahl says:
Renesas RL78 Quick Solutions for the IoT Edge
https://info.renesas.com/en-rl78-quicksolutions-whitepaper#?cid=snsfb_Jul19
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Azure Sphere Starter Kit
20,000 free Microsoft Azure Sphere Kits and $35,000 in prizes
https://blog.hackster.io/the-azure-sphere-starter-kit-fa2dc546eac7
Last year, Microsoft unveiled Azure Sphere — an end-to-end solution for securing microcontroller based smart things. Alongside the announcement was hardware support for boards built around the MediaTek MT3620 microcontroller.
Introduced earlier in the year at CES in Las Vegas, the Azure Sphere Starter Kit is based around the Avnet Azure Sphere MT3620 Module
The Azure Sphere Starter Kit costs $75 plus $8 for ground shipping, or $12 for two-day air delivery. However, if you register to take part in the Secure Everything with Azure challenge, you can pick up one of 20,000 available starter kits for free.
https://www.avnet.com/shop/us/products/avnet-engineering-services/aes-ms-mt3620-m-g-3074457345636825675/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Announcing the new Arduino Create Maker plan!
https://blog.arduino.cc/2019/07/18/announcing-the-new-arduino-create-maker-plan/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Arm Flexible Access gives chip designers the freedom to experiment and test before they invest
https://www.arm.com/company/news/2019/07/arm-flexible-access
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://blog.adafruit.com/2019/07/17/coming-soon-circuit-playground-bluefruit-bluetooth-low-energy
Tomi Engdahl says:
Elk is a dev board that combines the simplicity of Arduino with native support for decentralized networks.
Elk Is a Development Board for the Blockchain and Decentralized Web
https://blog.hackster.io/elk-is-a-development-board-for-the-blockchain-and-the-decentralized-web-f42c857dfed9
Known as Elk, the board allows you to take your projects and interface them with Swarm, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Whisper, Status IM, and a host of other decentralized technologies.
On the hardware side, Elk packs an Allwinner H3 dual-core 32-bit SoC with 512Mb RAM/4Gb storage) with the OS preloaded. It also sports an STM32F411 32-bit microcontroller
for creating blockchain-connected devices. The SDK is also plug-and-play, and the team states, “With only a few lines of code, you’ll be able to build blockchain-connected devices to do things you never thought possible.”
Potential applications for the Elk include building platforms that enable you to send and accept cryptocurrencies, such as a homebrew ATM or even vending machines, design privatized communications systems, or create IoT devices that let you upload sensor data to Swarm or IPFS.
Past projects we’ve built include an electric socket that can be rented with Ethereum, a treadmill that accepts Bitcoin deposits that you can only get back when you work out, and serverless home automation systems
The team is currently crowdfunding the Elk development board on Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/233173198/elk-the-dev-board-for-the-decentralized-world?source=post_page—————————
Tomi Engdahl says:
Olimex Drops ESP32-ADF Board for Audio Applications
https://blog.hackster.io/olimex-drops-esp32-adf-board-for-audio-applications-3e2e99e50771
There are several great audio boards on the market that make use of the popular ESP32 SoC, such as Seeed’s Ai Thinker A1S Wi-Fi+BT Audio Development Kit, Lilygo’s TTGO TAudio, and Espressif’s ESP32-LyraTD-MSC. We can now add Olimex’s ESP32-ADF audio development board to that list
Espressif’s Audio Development Framework. The framework enables users to build any number of audio projects — including an Alexa speaker, Internet radio receiver/streaming device, SIP VoIP phone, Wi-Fi-based walkie-talkies, and more.
Olimex has uploaded the KiCAD schematics, Gerber files, PCB layout, and BoM to their GitHub repo
the open source hardware carries a CERN OHL v1.2 license, while the software will be under a GPL3
Tomi Engdahl says:
Ikea spent years developing its first smart speaker. Here’s what it’s like to use it
https://www.fastcompany.com/90380627/ikea-spent-years-developing-its-first-smart-speaker-heres-what-its-like-to-use-it
The Swedish furniture company is betting big on smart homes, and its highly anticipated collaboration with Sonos is finally ready. Was it worth the wait?
on August 1, Ikea will finally release the first two products from the collaboration. Dubbed Symfonsik, the collection includes a floating speaker that doubles as a shelf ($100), and another speaker that is part of a lamp ($180).
setting up the Symfonsik is more difficult than it should be. To get started, you need to download the Sonos app and create an account. What I didn’t expect, after placing the lamp upon its perch in my bedroom, was that I’d need to literally plug it into my router with an ethernet cable for its initial setup. What year is this?
The setup guide wasn’t designed with any sort of failsafe or continuation option if the user encounters an error.
It reminded me of when I’d attempted to do a review of Ikea’s smart lighting products a few years ago,
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Arduino Nano 33 BLE and BLE Sense are officially available!
https://blog.arduino.cc/2019/07/31/the-arduino-nano-33-ble-and-ble-sense-are-officially-available/
These new boards are an exciting addition to our product line — based on the powerful Nordic nRF52840 Bluetooth SoC, a Cortex-M4F Arm processor with advanced Bluetooth capabilities.
Together with the u-blox NINA B306 module, the BLE Sense in particular delivers a lot of value through its impressive array of onboard sensors: a 9-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU), temperature, pressure, humidity, light, color, and even gesture sensors, as well as a microphone, that are managed through our specialized libraries.
The ArduinoCore-nRF528x-mbedos that you will be able to add to your Arduino IDE in a few hours is based on the Arm Mbed OS Real-Time Operating System
https://blog.arduino.cc/2019/07/31/why-we-chose-to-build-the-arduino-nano-33-ble-core-on-mbed-os/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Boards such as Adafruit Industries’ Feather M4 Express and others outfitted with the TinyUSB library will now have WebUSB support, allowing users to send and receive data over web-based browsers securely.
TinyUSB Finally Gets WebUSB Support
https://blog.hackster.io/tinyusb-finally-gets-webusb-support-143536112f78
Back in May of this year, Adafruit released the TinyUSB stack for the Arduino IDE, which supports SAM D21, SAM D51, nRF52840, and STM324F-based development boards, such as Adafuit’s Feather M4 Express. The TinyUSB library allows those boards to appear as a USB drive, letting users drag-and-drop files directly to the board, much in the same fashion as a flash drive.
The release of WebUSB provides users with access to those storage options securely over the internet using compatible browsers.
Tomi Engdahl says:
This Arduino shield provides HDMI support for modern MCUs, allowing them to pipe a 1080p signal to HDTVs.
Bring HDTV Capability to Small MCUs with TechToys’ HDMI Shield
https://blog.hackster.io/bring-hdtv-capability-to-small-mcus-with-techtoys-hdmi-shield-bf3694d4af41
the engineers at TechToys have managed to create an Arduino HDMI Shield capable of doing the trick. The board features two different circuits to accomplish this feat
Tomi Engdahl says:
Orange Pi has released their new $9 Pi Zero LTS SBC outfitted with an Allwinner H2+ SoC.
New Orange Pi Zero LTS Development Board Hits the Market for Cheap
https://blog.hackster.io/new-orange-pi-zero-lts-development-board-hits-the-market-for-cheap-d359c3eac503
On the hardware end, the Orange Pi Zero LTS is based on an Allwinner H2+ SoC with quad-core Cortex-A7 processor with 256Mb or 512Mb of DDR3–1866 SDRAM, SPI Flash, and Mali-400MP2 GPU. It packs a micro SD card slot, 10/100 Ethernet port with PoE (default off), Allwinner XR819 module with 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi with u.FL antenna connector and external antenna, USB 2.0 port, and micro USB port.
Expansion includes an unpopulated 26-pin GPIO header compatible with the Raspberry Pi and a 13-pin header with headphone, two USB 2.0, TV-out, microphone and IR receiver.
Tomi Engdahl says:
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9712-renesas-kutisti-iot-ohjaimen#ETNartikel
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://hackaday.com/2019/06/05/you-dont-need-that-bulky-crt-oscilloscope-anymore/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Femtoduino is developing an open source ESP32 board in the TOMU form factor, which fits in a USB Type-A port: bit.ly/2MfsypG
https://github.com/femtoduino/femu-hardware
Tomi Engdahl says:
Send Data with Sound © GPL3+
Control your Arduino using data-over-sound.
https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/ChirpDevs/send-data-with-sound-bf7024
Here at Chirp HQ, we were extremely excited to hear the announcement that Arduino would be releasing a new board with a whole host of new features. These features include a wide range of sensors, a powerful processor and most importantly – an on board microphone! The good people at Arduino sent us over a pre-release of the new Nano 33 Sense board, which is fully compatible with Chirp, allowing the maker community to send and receive data using sound.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Two of the New Arduino Nano Boards Run Arm’s Mbed OS Under the Hood
https://blog.hackster.io/new-arduino-nano-boards-run-arms-mbed-os-3777ccb89017
While the Nano Every and the Nano 33 IoT were built around the Microchip ATmega4809 and SAM D21 respectively, the Nano 33 BLE and Nano 33 BLE Sense were based on the Nordic nRF52840. Which poses a bit of a problem as, unlike the Microchip processors of the two other new Nanos, there wasn’t an existing official Arduino core for the Nordic chip.
The solution? Build the Arduino core on top of Arm’s Mbed OS.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/industry-white-papers/avnet-and-microsoft-azure-sphere-iot-security-in-hardware-software-and-at-t/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Nano 33 IoT + EC/pH/ORP + WebAPK © MIT
https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/uFire/nano-33-iot-ec-ph-orp-webapk-82ab54
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://blog.hackster.io/a-feather-board-from-seeed-studio-e7801c0fad16
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://blog.hackster.io/teensy-4-0-brings-600-mhz-cortex-m7-to-the-arduino-world-13d451477918
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://github.com/joshajohnson/iCE40-feather
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy40.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
ESPcopter Is a Programmable, ESP8266-Powered Mini Drone
https://blog.hackster.io/espcopter-is-a-programmable-esp8266-powered-mini-drone-8e028a48f836
The ESPcopter, however, takes these tiny quadcopters to a new level control-wise, as a 35-gram flier that features a powerful ESP8266–12S module onboard.
https://www.espressif.com/en/news/ESPcopter_ESP8266
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://blog.hackster.io/espcopter-is-a-programmable-esp8266-powered-mini-drone-8e028a48f836
Tomi Engdahl says:
SPHERO AND LITTLEBITS JOIN FORCES
TO BECOME THE EDTECH MARKET LEADER
AND ACCELERATE PLAY-BASED LEARNING FOR KIDS
https://www.sphero.com/about/sphero-and-littlebits-join-forces/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Riverdi IoT Display — The Missing Link in the IoT Ecosystem
https://blog.hackster.io/riverdi-iot-display-the-missing-link-in-the-iot-ecosystem-34a0160699
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2019/08/22/reunalaskentaa-oljy-ja-kaasuteollisuuteen/
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Nordic Semiconductor ASA Thingy:91 is designed around the nRF9160 SiP and is suited for cellular IoT applications that use LTE-M, NB-IoT, and GPS
Nordic Releases Thingy:91 Multi-Sensor IoT Prototyping SiP
https://blog.hackster.io/nordic-releases-thingy-91-multi-sensor-iot-prototyping-sip-f2befe86daeb
Thingy:91 is based on the nRF9160 SiP, with LTE-M, NB-IoT, and GPS connectivity, which Nordic says is ideal for creating proof-of-concept (PoC) projects, demos, and initial prototypes in the cIoT development phase. In fact, it comes preloaded with an asset-tracking application to get started with those applications
Tomi Engdahl says:
A change of direction for SparkFun Electronics, Inc.
We sat down with Nathan Seidle to talk about what the Artemis’ FCC/CE certification means for the company and how he sees the module fitting into the maker and wider MCU marketplace.
A Change of Direction for SparkFun?
…and a fully FCC/CE-certified version of their Artemis module
https://blog.hackster.io/a-change-of-direction-for-sparkfun-dc4cec137f47
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Adafruit Industries Feather form factor continues to fly!
Ingenuity Micro Launches New Kea STM32-Based Feather Board with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
https://blog.hackster.io/ingenuity-micro-launches-new-kea-stm32-based-feather-board-with-wi-fi-and-bluetooth-d99c4b643de0
Tomi Engdahl says:
Getting Started with the NVIDIA Jetson Nano Developer Kit
Getting Started with NVIDIA’s GPU-Based Hardware
https://blog.hackster.io/getting-started-with-the-nvidia-jetson-nano-developer-kit-43aa7c298797
Tomi Engdahl says:
It looks like the new EfficientNet-EdgeTPU could be a significant step to keep Google’s Edge TPU-based hardware ahead of the pack.”
Google Releases New EfficientNet-EdgeTPU Models for Coral Hardware
https://blog.hackster.io/google-releases-new-efficientnet-edgetpu-models-for-coral-hardware-39c3f3f734bf