The Chinese company that makes single-board computers sold under the Orange Pi brand has been busy cloning the designs of the Raspberry Pi Zero, CM4, and Model B recently. But the company’s latest product is a little different. The new Orange Pi AIpro is a single-board computer with a Huawei Ascend processor designed to handle on-device […]
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7 Comments on Banana Pi BPI-R3 Mini is a tiny router board with two 2.5 GbE Ethernet ports and an MT7986 chip
Banana Pi BPI-R3 Mini is a tiny router board with two 2.5 GbE Ethernet ports and an MT7986 chip
7 Comments on Banana Pi BPI-R3 Mini is a tiny router board with two 2.5 GbE Ethernet ports and an MT7986 chipThe latest member of the Banana Pi line of single-board computers is a tiny model designed for networking applications. The Banana Pi BPI-R3 Mini has two 2.5 GbE Ethernet ports, two M.2 connectors, and support for WiFi 6E, but there’s no video output. So you could use the board as a router, wireless repeater, gateway, […]
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Libre Computer’s Cottonwood single-board PCs promise up to 2X the performance of a Raspberry Pi 4
9 Comments on Libre Computer’s Cottonwood single-board PCs promise up to 2X the performance of a Raspberry Pi 4Libre Computer has been selling Raspberry Pi-like single-board computers for six years… but it’s been five years since the company has introduced a new device. That’s set to change soon. The company says its first new boards in five years are on the way. The upcoming Libre Computer Sweet Potato appears to be a modest update […]
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Lilbits: Raspberry Pi Zero-like mini PCs compared, RP2040 microcontroller overclocked, and reducing the wait time for Purism’s Librem 5 Linux smartphones
Comments Off on Lilbits: Raspberry Pi Zero-like mini PCs compared, RP2040 microcontroller overclocked, and reducing the wait time for Purism’s Librem 5 Linux smartphonesThe Raspberry Pi Zero and Raspberry Pi Zero 2 are incredibly small, cheap, and versatile single-board computers… but in a time of global supply chain shortages, they’re also kind of hard to get your hands on these days. But there are also a growing number of other tiny PCs competing in this space. And Bret Weber […]
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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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Nezha is a $99 single-board PC with a RISC-V processor
The Nezha single-board computer is about the size of a Raspberry Pi, but instead of an ARM-based processor, this little computer is powered by a chip that uses RISC-V architecture. It’s not a very powerful chip, but with a $99 price tag and support for Linux, the Nezha is one of the most affordable options for developers and […]
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Pine64 introduces Quartz64 single-board PC with RK3566 processor, teases upcoming RISC-V board
5 Comments on Pine64 introduces Quartz64 single-board PC with RK3566 processor, teases upcoming RISC-V boardOne of the next single-board computers from Pine64 is a 5.2″ x 3.1″ mini PC powered by a 1.8 GHz Rockchip RK3566 ARM Cortex-A55 processor and support for up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB of eMMC storage, plus a lot of ports and connectors. It’s called the Quartz64 model-A and while Pine64 hasn’t announced pricing or […]
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Clockwork updates its hacker-friendly GameShell handheld (and the mini PC that powers it)
1 Comment on Clockwork updates its hacker-friendly GameShell handheld (and the mini PC that powers it)The Clockwork GameShell is a handheld game console designed that ships as a kit that you assemble yourself — I put one together in about a half hour a few months ago. The some-assembly-required nature of the GameShell has a few advantages for folks that aren’t worried about getting their hands dirty. First, it teaches […]