The BeagleBone Black is an inexpensive computer-on-a-module that’s kind of like a cross between a Raspberry Pi and a Arduino board. You can use it as the brains of a low-power computer, or as the heart of a robot, home automation system, or other hardware project. The first version of the BeagleBone Black launched about […]
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Lilbits (12-30-2013): Next-gen Samsung Chromebook?
Samsung has been a key player in the Chrome OS space since the beginning. The company was one of the first to release a Chromebook. Samsung was the first company to launch a model with an ARM-based processor. And… that’s about it for now. Samsung’s last new Chromebook was launched in late 2012Â and the hardware […]
Lilbits (6-26-2013): Chromebooks with Haswell chips on the way?
When the first Chromebooks hit the market, they were powered by Intel Atom chips designed to keep prices relatively low, battery life relatively long, and performance relatively poor. OK, that last bit might have been the unintended consequence of going with Atom rather than a goal. But Google recently showed that Chromebooks don’t have to […]
BeagleBone Black is a $45 Android, Linux computer and hardware prototyping board
There’s a new player in the low-cost, ARM-based, mini-computer space. The BeagleBone Black is a $45 device which can run Linux or Android software and which can be used as a barebones computer or as the brains of a hardware project such as a robot, a home automation system, or more. It’s sort of what […]