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Flipper Zero’s $49 Video Game Module turns the hacker toy into game console

The Flipper Zero is a pocket-sized multi-tool designed for hardware and software hackers, security researchers, and folks looking to tinker with RFID, NFC, Bluetooth, and IR wireless protocols, among other things. It’s been in the news this week as the Canadian government considers banning the Flipper Zero which some folks say can be used to […]

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Lilbits: Raspberry Pi’s impending IPO, Mudita’s next phones, and Bullitt bites the bullet

The maker of the Raspberry Pi line of single-board computers is getting ready to launch an IPO in London. According to founder and CEO Eben Upton, the move would generate more money not only for the for-profit company that develops and sells Raspberry Pi devices, but also for the non-profit Raspberry Pi Foundation that’s currently […]

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Seeed Studio’s $120 water cooling kit for the Raspberry Pi is riduculous, but kind of cute

The Raspberry Pi 5 is the most powerful single-board computer from Raspberry Pi to date. But it can be even more powerful if you overclock the computer’s BCM2712 quad-core ARM Cortex-A76 processor to run higher than the 2.4 GHz frequency it officially supports. Of course, overclocking can increase the amount of heat generated, which can […]

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Add an M.2 NVMe drive to a Raspberry Pi 5 with Waveshare’s $9 adapter

The Raspberry Pi 5 is the first single-board computer from Raspberry Pi to feature a PCIe interface for high-speed connections to SSDs and other peripherals. And the Raspberry Pi team is working on an official HAT that will make it easy for users to connect a PCIe NVMe SSD to the little computer. But several […]

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Lilbits: Raspberry Pi’s new specs for add-ons, update on the MNT Pocket Reform, and GPU improvements for Google Pixel devices

The MNT Pocket Reform is the latest in a lien of open hardware products from MNT, the team that brought MNT Reform into the world a few years ago. As the name suggests, the new model is much smaller, but it still keeps the ethos of open source software and hardware and a modular, customizable […]

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Lilbits: Raspberry Pi CM5, Samsung’s mobile browser comes to Windows, and Huawei’s satellite-enabled tablet

First Apple added emergency satellite communication to the iPhone. Then Qualcomm tried (and failed) to get its own satellite platform for smartphones off the ground. Now Chinese device maker Huawei has made the jump to satellite-enabled… tablets. The new Huawei MatePad Pro 11 (2024) is the first consumer tablet to support 2-way satellite communications… but […]

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Pineberry Pi HatDrive! lets you add an M.2 SSD to your Raspberry Pi

When the Raspberry Pi 5 launched this fall, it was the first member of the Raspberry Pi Model B series to feature a PCIe interface, allowing you to add a speedy, high-capacity SSD to your DIY projects. But you need an add-on to do that. Now the embedded system enthusiasts behind the Pineberry Pi have […]

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PiPocket transforms a Raspberry Pi CM4 into an HDMI stick for your TV or monitor (crowdfunding)

There’s no shortage of cheap gadgets you can plug into the HDMI port of a TV to turn it into a smart display for streaming media from Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, or Disney+. But the Raspberry Pi-powered PiPocket goes a bit further and basically lets you turn any display with an HDMI input into a Linux […]

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Lilbits: SiFive Performance P870, an Intel Alder Lake-N NAS, and Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm

Over the past year we’ve seen Chinese PC makers including Topton and AOOSTAR selling a mini PC that’s clearly designed for use as a file storage server. Not only does it have two M.2 2280 slots for solid state storage, but there’s also room for two 3.5 inch hard drives or SSDs. The first models […]

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Raspberry Pi 5 offers 2X the performance, 2X the RAM, and a 1.7X price hike (starts at $60)

The new Raspberry Pi 5 is a single-board computer that’s a major upgrade over the Raspberry Pi 4 that launched four years ago in just about every way. But it’s still backward-compatible with many of accessories made for earlier devices. The new model has an updated processor that should deliver more than twice the performance of the […]