Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft), Author at CNX Software

July 16, 2025July 16, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 11 Comments

Canonical and ESWIN announces EBC77 RISC-V SBC with Ubuntu 24.04 support

ESWIN Computing, in collaboration with Canonical, has announced the EBC77 Series single board computer (SBC) with support for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and designed for education, embedded systems, and general-purpose applications The credit card-sized board is based on the EIC7700X quad-core 64-bit RISC-V SoC with a 19.95 TOPS NPU, and features 64-bit LPDDR5 memory, an 8MP SPI flash, a microSD card slot, a micro HDMI port, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0, four USB 3.0/2.0 ports, and a 40-pin GPIO header. ESWIN EBC77 specifications: SoC – ESWIN EIC7700X CPU – 4x SiFive Performance P550 RV64GC RISC-V cores @ up to 1.8GHz with Cortex-A75-class performance NPU – Up to 19.95 TOPS in INT8, 9.975 TOPS in INT16, and 9.975 FTOPS in FP16 Vision Engine HAE (2D Blit, Crop, Resize, Normalization) Imagination AXM-8-256 3D GPU (support OpenGL-ES 3.2, EGL 1.4, OpenCL 1.2/2.1 EP2, Vulkan 1.2, Android NN HAL) OSD (3 layers) Vision DSP […]

July 16, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

ASRock Industrial unveils DSC-NV003-WT NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit

ASRock DSC-NV003-WT Jetson AGX Orin Developer kit

ASRock Industrial DSC-NV003-WT is an NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit designed for edge AI, robotics, drones, Smart Cities, and advanced industrial applications with a wide operating temperature range (-25 to 50°C) and up to 275 TOPS of AI processing power. The solution is offered with NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Series (Industrial/64GB/32GB), supports up to four 4-lane MIPI or GMSLII cameras, and 12 PoE ports for computer vision applications. It also includes two PCIe Gen4 x8 slots, one M.2 Key M/B/E expansion slot for storage, 5G/4G LTE cellular, and Wi-Fi connectivity. ASRock Industrial DSC-NV003-WT specifications: System-on-Module (one or the other) NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Industrial (JAOi) SoC – Ampere GPU + Arm Cortex-A78AE CPU System Memory – 64GB 256-bit LPDDR5 (+ECC) Storage – 64GB eMMC 5.1 flash NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 64GB (JAO 64GB) SoC – Ampere GPU + Arm Cortex-A78AE CPU System Memory – 64GB 256-bit LPDDR5 Storage – […]

July 16, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 2 Comments

FPGA-based Commodore 64 Ultimate keyboard PC is compatible with original C64 games

The last original Commodore 64 keyboard computer was sold in 1994, and since then, the Commodore brand and assets have been owned by various companies over the years, until YouTuber Christian Simpson (Perifractic) bought all assets earlier this year to revive the brand and launch the Commodore 64 Ultimate. The Commodore 64 Ultimate is based on an AMD Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA coupled with 128MB RAM and 16MB NOR flash, and can emulate the original computer, giving access to over 10,000 games and programs made for the original C64 computer. The new computer is a mix of old interfaces with analog outputs for CRT TVs, cartridges, SID sockets, and disk drives, and more recent ones, such as HDMI, WiFi, USB, and more. Commodore 64 Ultimate specifications: FPGA – AMD Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA System Memory – 128MB DDR2 RAM Storage 16MB NOR flash Internal microSD card slot Support for USB flash drives […]

July 16, 2025July 16, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

NanoCOM-MTU – A COM Express Type 10 module with 28W Intel Core Ultra Meteor Lake CPU

AAEON NanoCOM-MTU is a COM Express Type 10 CPU Module powered by 28W Intel Core Ultra 5/7 “Meteor Lake” processors with up to 16 cores and 22 threads on a compact 84mm x 55mm form factor. The Intel Core Ultra COM Express module supports up to 32GB of LPDDR5(X) memory, 256GB of NVMe BGA storage, and exposes various I/Os through Row A/B connectors with two SATA III, four PCIe 4.0 lanes, and more. NanoCOM-MTU specifications: Meteor Lake SoC (one or the other) Intel Core Ultra 7 155H 16-core (6P+8E+2LPE) processor @ 1.4 / 4.8 GHz with 24MB cache, Intel 8Xe LPG graphics @ 2.25 GHz, Intel AI Boost NPU; TDP: 28W Intel Core Ultra 5 125H 14-core (4P+8E+2LPE) processor @ 1.2 / 4.5 GHz with 18MB cache, Intel 7Xe LPG graphics @ 2.2 GHz, Intel AI Boost NPU; TDP: 28W System Memory – Up to 32GB LPDDR5(X) @ 6400MHz Storage […]

July 15, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

AMobile SoM-SD520/SoM-SD720 SoM targets Edge and Generative AI with MediaTek Genio 520/720 SoC

Mediatek Genio 520 and 720 carrier board and development kit

Taiwanese company AMobile Solutions has launched the SoM-SD520 and SoM-SD720 system-on-modules, powered by MediaTek Genio 520 & Genio 720 SoCs, respectively, and designed for Edge AI and Generative AI applications with up to 10 TOPS of AI computing performance. The modules ship with up to 16GB LPDDR5, 128GB UFS3.1 storage, and an optional WiFI 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 wireless module. It’s mainly suitable for smart surveillance, industrial automation, smart retail terminals/self-service kiosks, smart healthcare, and other applications benefiting from Edge or Generative AI on-device. SoM-SD520 and SoM-SD720 specifications: SoC (one or the other) MediaTek Genio 520 CPU – 2x Cortex-A78 up to 2.2GHz, 6x Cortex-A55 up to 2.0 GHz GPU – Arm Mali-G57 MC2 up to 880 MHz VPU Video Decode – Up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60fps Video Encode – Up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60fps ISP – 1x ISP NPU – NPU850 AI accelerator up to 9 […]

July 15, 2025July 16, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 1 Comment

Wio-LR1121 tiny LoRa module supports for sub-GHz, S-Band, and 2.4GHz frequency bands

Seeed Studio Wio-LR1121 is a tiny, multi-band LoRa module based on LR1121 RF transceiver, a low-cost version of LR1120 without GNSS or Wi-Fi scanning capabilities, that supports sub-GHz, S-Band (1.9-2.1GHz), and 2.4GHz frequency bands. We had previously seen the LR1121 used in the MuRata Type-2GT module and a LILYGO module as an option for the T-Eth Elite board. The Wio-LR1121 offers another option that’s easy to solder, thanks to castellated holes and pads. Wio-LR1121 specifications: RF Transceiver – Semtech LR1121 Frequency bands – 863 to 928MHz and 2.4 to 2.5GHz frequencies; Note: The LR1121 also supports S-Band at 2.1 to 2.3 GHz, but it’s not mentioned in the specifications of the module, and only briefly in the title and description Output Power Up to 20.4dBm @ 868/915 MHz Up to 11dBm max @ 2.4GHz Receiver Sensitivity RxBoost ON： -126dBm @ SubG,BW=125KHz, SF = 7 -140dBm @ SubG, BW=125KHz, SF = […]

July 15, 2025July 14, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 4 Comments

Radxa E24C and E54C Rockchip RK3528A/RK3582 network computers features four Gigabit Ethernet ports

Radxa E24C and E54C are mini routers and embedded boxes based on, respectively, Rockchip RK3528A and RK3582 SoCs, and equipped with four Gigabit Ethernet ports, HDMI video output, three USB ports, and an M.2 PCIe socket for NVMe SSD storage. The Radxa E24C builds upon the dual Gigabit Ethernet Raxda E20C mini network Titan, while the Radxa E54C is an “update” to the Radxa E52C mini router with four Gigabit Ethernet ports instead of two 2.5GbE ports. Radxa E24C quad GbE mini router Radxa E24C specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3528A CPU – Quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 @ 2.0 GHz GPU – Arm Mali-G450 GPU with support for OpenGL ES1.1, ES2.0, and OpenVG 1.1 APIs VPU H.264, H.265, and AVS2 decoder up to 4Kp60 H.264 and H.265 encoder up to 1080p60 Memory – 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB LPDDR4 Storage 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB eMMC 5.1 flash MicroSD card slot (UHS-I) M.2 2280 Key-M […]

July 13, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 10 Comments

Review of GL.iNet Comet (GL-RM1) KVM-over-IP solution and ATX power control board

GL-RM1 Comet KVM review ATX power control board

GL.iNet sent me a Comet (GL-RM1) remote KVM box for review, along with a GL-ATXPC ATX Power Control Board. I’ll start this review with an unboxing and a teardown, then I’ll use the GL.iNet Comet with a Raspberry Pi 4 SBC to control it from a web browser in the LAN and the GLKVM app from the Internet. Finally, I’ll connect the GL-ATXPC and GL-RM1 to an Orion O6 mini-ITX motherboard to test ATX power control. GL.iNet Comet (GL-RM1) unboxing I received a parcel with two retail boxes: one for the GL-ATXPC ATX power control board and the other for the GL-RM1 Comet Remote KVM. The GL-RM1 ships with an HDMI cable, an Ethernet cable, a USB-A to USB-C cable for keyboard/mouse emulation, and a USB-C to USB-C cable for power, as well as a card with a QR code to connect with GL.iNet, and a getting started guide in […]