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BeaglePlay is a $99 single-board PC and dev platform with plenty of I/O

The BeagleBoard Foundation has released a number of single-board computers in recent years that are aimed at developers, educators, and hardware hackers interested in open source hardware and software. Now the organization has introduced what it’s calling the “most adaptable open source performance platform available.” The new BeaglePlay is a small, low-power development board with […]

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SiFive HiFive Pro P550 dev board coming this summer with Intel “Horse Creek” RISC-V chip

Intel is best known for its x86 processors, but last year the company announced it was teaming up with RISC-V chip designed SiFive to release a “Horse Creek” development board powered by a SiFive processor. Now the two companies have provided more details, including the official name and release time frame: the HiFive Pro P550 development […]

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UP Xtreme i12 is a single-board PC with Intel Alder Lake-P, up to 32GB RAM, and a 40-pin expansion header

AAEON’s latest entry in the UP Board line of single-board computers is a compact board with support for up to a 12-core, 16-thread Intel Alder Lake-P processor, up to 32GB of RAM, and support for up to two PCIe Gen 4 SSDs, and plenty of networking and connectivity options. But while it’d be easy to […]

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Sipeed M1s DOCK is a tiny RISC-V dev board for $11

The Sipeed M1s DOCK is a tiny single-board computer with two USB Type-C ports, a microSD card reader, camera and display connectors, support for WiFi 4, Bluetooth 5 and Zigbee wireless communications, and a set of UART/I2C/SPI/and other pins for expansion. Available from AliExpress for less than $11 (plus $7 to ship to the United States), the […]

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Lilbits: Sony PS VR2 coming in Feb for $550, when Ryzen 9 isn’t faster than Ryzen 7, and goodbye Google Hangouts (again)

It’s been six years since Sony released the PlayStation VR accessory, bringing support for virtual reality games to PlayStation game consoles. At the time its $399 price tag was very competitive, and its specs weren’t too bad by 2016 standards. Now Sony is getting ready to launch a 2nd-gen model featuring a higher-quality display and […]

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StarFive VisionFive 2 single-board PC with a quad-core RISC-V chip coming in November

Last year Chinese company StarFive launched a compact single-board computer called the VisionFive v1 that’s powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core RISC-V processor. Now the company has unveiled version two and it’s an upgrade in almost every way. The VisionFive 2 features a 1.5 GHz quad-core RISC-V processor, support for up to 8GB of RAM, and […]

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Banana Pi BPI-W3 is an RK3588-based single-board computer designed for use as a router

The Banana Pi BPI-W3 is a single-board computer featuring a Rockchip RK3588 processor, 8GB of RAM, and 32GB of eMMC flash storage. Designed as a board for developing routers or other applications, the board also has two Gigabit Ethernet ports and three HDMI ports (two outputs and one input). It’s the latest in a line of […]

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Lilbits: Say goodbye to Google Hangouts, hello to a bunch of new Apple gear (and increased Steam Deck shipments)

The Valve Steam Deck is one of the most popular handheld gaming PCs to date, and certainly the highest profile model thanks to an affordable price tag, robust software ecosystem, and the fact that it comes from the company behind the popular Steam game client (plus popular games like Portal, Dota, and Half-Life). One problem? It’s […]

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Quartz64 Model B single-board PC with Rockchip RK3566 now available

The Quartz64 Model B is a credit card-sized single-board computer powered by a Rockchip RK3566 processor and featuring Gigabit Ethernet, HDMI, audio, and USB ports plus a 40-pin Raspberry Pi-compatible GPIO header. First announced over a year ago, the board is finally available for purchase from the Pine Store: a model with 4GB of LPDDR […]

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QuartzPro64 is a single-board computer with RK3588 processor and 16GB RAM

Pine64 is introducing a new single-board computer (SBC) with a Rockchip RK3588 processor, 16GB of RAM, and 64GB of eMMC storage plus a lot of input/output options. The QuartzPro64 is Pine64’s most powerful SBC to date, but it’s also one of the largest at 180 x 180mm (about 7.1″ x 7.1″) and one of the […]