The engineers and programmers at Nanomesher want to push the boundaries of what we can do with single board computers, and they want to encourage everyone to come into the hobby. Their current Kickstarter campaign is introducing a weather station, a multimedia kit, and a audio player / timber kit. IOT Weather Kit: Nanostem is the weather kit to…
There is a ton of different development boards on the market that will do exactly what you want for any particular project, and come loaded with all of the components necessary to get them up and running. The SAMD HCC Module enables you to create your custom PCBs with a surface-mount microcontroller that comes pre-programmed…
Bridgetek’s Embedded Video Engine technology is gaining more traction within the global open-source community, as well as with larger OEMs. The latest of integrated graphics controllers is the Sunflower Shield. Using the FT813 EVE IC, the Sunflower Shield allows makers to add a touch-enabled premium quality 3.5″ (QVGA) TFT LCD display, to their Arduino projects. With the ability…
[youtube id=”sFnDtFq3dJY” width=”620″ height=”360″] Obniz is developed by CambrianRobotics, Japan. It is a Japanese startup company and raised money through Kickstarter and started selling “obniz,” cloud connected IoT development board, in May. Obniz is available worldwide through their website. Obniz has 12 IO and WiFi-BLE module. It can be controlled through the APIs on obniz…
In partnership with Firefly, Libre Computer has launched its Renegade Elite (ROC-RK3399) SBC on Indiegogo. There’s only one funding package with 4GB LPDDR4 and an empty eMMC socket, priced at $99, with shipments due in September. Libre Computer has released a few new details on the open-spec board, including the implementation of its promised Power-over-Ethernet…
If you are a business man and you’re looking for an open source sbc for industrial use, you may be interested in a new expansion card in the form of the Raspberry Pi MEGA-IO design specifically for industrial applications. Features of the new Raspberry Pi MEGA-IO industrial expansion card include 4-20mA & 0-10V In/Out, Opto-Isolated…
Annular Innovation has just launched a Kickstarter campaign for its innovative Whisper Drone. This new kind of machine, instead of the typical hive-like sound of drones, produces the whoosh of air passing through a vent. “Hello Kickstarter community. My name is Derek Schwartz, founder of Annular Innovation, and I believe I have built a small…
Omzlo has won Kickstarter funding for a NoCAN platform for wired IoT home automation that connects sensor nodes to a Raspberry Pi. An Omzlo PiMaster HAT board mediates between the Pi and multiple, Arduino-compatible CANZERO boards that can connect sensors, lights, relays, and actuators for home and garden automation. The boards are connected via an…
SPIDriver is an easy-to-use tool for controlling SPI devices. It works with Windows, Mac, and Linux, and has a built-in color screen that shows a live logic-analyzer display of all SPI traffic. It uses a standard FTDI USB serial chip to talk to the PC, so no special drivers need to be installed. The…
Tennibot, is a Roomba-inspired robot that scours the court targeting balls for autonomous pickup. Tennibot has some pretty hefty route planning and perception capabilities. The team first built their robot using Arduino and then Raspberry Pi boards, but quickly scaled up to a beefier board, which is when Ubuntu became the clear choice for Tennibot’s…
“The UDOO BOLT is the world’s first maker board with a shockingly powerful GPU – nothing short than AMD Radeon™ Vega 8 and AMD Radeon™ Vega 3 Graphics, the most incredible GPUs you’ve ever seen on a maker platform. With such a wonder you can play popular video games like League of Legends, Overwatch, CS:GO…
The Raspberry Pi 8-Relay Card is aimed at home automation tasks that require multiple relays. Sequent Microsystems has gone to Kickstarter to launch the Expansion Card, which can be stacked to enable 64 relays per Raspberry Pi for home automation applications such as smart sprinklers. Kickstarter prices, which are available through July 2, are $17…
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