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November 30, 2025November 29, 2025 by Debashis Das - 4 Comments

$9.99 2.5GbE PCIe adapter for Raspberry Pi 5 uses Realtek RTL8125 controller

Waveshare PCIe TO 2.5G ETH Board (C) low-cost PCIe x1 adapter adds a 2.5GbE port to the Raspberry Pi 5 using the board’s 16-pin PCIe interface. It’s plug-and-play and doesn’t require any additional drivers, making it a practical upgrade for DIY NAS, routers, or edge-networking applications. The board is built around a Realtek RTL8125 controller and offers a 10/100/1000/2500 Mbps RJ45 port with link/activity LEDs. It includes a transparent acrylic mounting plate at the bottom to save space above the board. It relies on a PCIe Gen2 x1 interface, takes 5V power through the PCIe cable or 5V power connectors, and works out of the box in Raspberry Pi OS. PCIe TO 2.5G ETH Board (C) specifications: Compatibility – Raspberry Pi 5 or other boards with a compatible 16-pin PCIe connector Ethernet 10/100/1000/2500 Mbps Ethernet RJ45 port via Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE PCIe network controller Link/activity LEDs (yellow = link, green […]

November 28, 2025November 28, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

COM Express Type 6 module targets Edge AI applications with an up 99 TOPS Intel Core Ultra 9 “Arrow Lake” CPU

COM Express Type 6 Intel Core Ultra 9 285H Arrow Lake CPU module

AAEON COM-ARHC6 is a COM Express Type 6 Compact module powered by a choice of Intel Arrow Lake processors up to the 16-core Core Ultra 9 285H processor, delivering up to 99 TOPS for high-performance Edge AI applications such as diagnostic imaging equipment and automated optical inspection. The Computer-on-Module features two SO-DIMM sockets for up to 128GB DDR5 at 6400MHz, an optional 256GB NVMe SSD BGA chip, a 2.5GbE controller, two MIPI CSI connectors, and two standard 220-pin board-to-board connectors exposing SATA, display (HDMI, DP, LVDS/eDP, VGA), SATA, and USB interfaces, as well as several PCIe and PEG interfaces. COM-ARHC6 COM Express Type 6 Compact Arrow Lake Computer-on-Module AAEON COM-ARHC6 specifications: Arrow Lake-H SoC Intel Core Ultra 5 225H 14-core (4P+8E+2LPE) processor up to 4.9 GHz (P) / 4.3 GHz (E) / 2.5 GHz (LPE) with 18MB cache, 7x Xe Intel Arc 130T GPU (63 TOPS), Intel AI Boost (13 […]

November 26, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

FORTEC SBCPRO-X51 3.5-inch Amston Lake SBC supports M.2 V-By-One or M.2 USB-C DisplayPort expansion module

The FORTEC Group’s SBCPRO-X51 is a 3.5-inch industrial, fanless SBC powered by Intel Atom x7211RE Amston Lake dual-core processor that takes M.2 modules to add USB-C DisplayPort or V-By-One display interfaces, or other features. The board takes up to 16GB DDR5 memory, supports M.2 NVMe SSD storage, and offers a DisplayPort video output, two 2.5GbE RJ45 ports, an M.2 slot for WiFi and Bluetooth, several USB 3.2/2.0 interfaces, two RS232/RS422/RS485 interfaces, and more. The SBCPRO-X51 is engineered to run in a wide operating temperature range from –20°C to +85°C for demanding industrial and IoT environments. FORTEC SBCPRO-X51 specifications: SoC – Intel Atom x7211RE dual-core Amstom Lake processor @ up to 3.2 GHz with 6MB cache, 16EU Intel UHD graphics; TDP: 6W System Memory – Up to 16GB DDR5 4800 MT/s via SO-DIMM slot; Note: Intel says 32GB is the maximum, but 64GB is likely supported. Storage – M.2 M-key 2242 […]

November 14, 2025 by Debashis Das - 21 Comments

Turris Omnia NG Wi-Fi 7 router features dual 10GbE SFP+, mini PCIe slot for 4G LTE/5G, runs OpenWrt-based Turris OS

The Turris Omnia NG is a high-performance Wi-Fi 7 router with a mini PCIe slot for 4G/5G modems, two 10GbE SFP+ cages, a 240×240 px color display, and a D-Pad button, running OpenWrt-based Turris OS, and designed for advanced home users, small businesses, and lab environments. Built around a 2.2 GHz Qualcomm IPQ9574 quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A73 CPU, the Omnia NG supports Wi-Fi 7/6 tri-band connectivity. Additionally, it features four 2.5Gbps Ethernet ports, two USB 3.0 ports, NVMe storage support, and includes a 90 W power supply for attached peripherals. Other hardware highlights include rack-mount supports, a metal chassis, and antenna arrays for 4×4 MIMO operation. It comes 10 years after the original Turris Omnia open-source router was launched on Indiegogo. Turris Omnia NG Router specifications: CPU – Qualcomm IPQ9574 quad-core Arm Cortex-A73 processor @ 2.2GHz processor Memory – 2 GB RAM Storage 8 GB eMMC storage M.2 socket for […]

November 10, 2025November 10, 2025 by Debashis Das - 2 Comments

Raspberry Pi CM5 industrial carrier board features dual Ethernet, optional 4G LTE/5G cellular connectivity, metal case, and more

Waveshare CM5-DUAL-ETH-4G/5G-BASE is an industrial carrier board for the Raspberry Pi CM5. It features dual Ethernet (GbE + 2.5GbE), 4G/5G options, and includes an optional metal enclosure, active cooling fan, and power supply, which is an upgrade from the previous CM5-DUAL-ETH-BASE carrier board. The board also offers two HDMI outputs supporting 4K displays, two MIPI DSI/CSI connectors for displays and/or cameras, two USB 3.2 ports, a 40-pin GPIO header, M.2 slots for both NVMe SSDs and 4G/5G modules, and PoE support via an add-on module. The board supports 7V–36V DC input, a PWM fan header, and RTC battery backup, with precise cutouts and labeled connectors for easy integration. Its main benefits over the CM5-DUAL-ETH-BASE are its more compact size and neatly arranged ports on the rear panels, while adding optional support for 4G LTE or 5G connectivity. CM5-DUAL-ETH-4G/5G-BASE specifications: Compatibility – Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (CM5) Storage Optional NVMe SSD […]

November 7, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

Nexalta Guardian NXG0042AI – Qualcomm IPQ9574-based networking solution with 10GbE, WiFi 7, 5G, local AI (Crowdfunding)

Nexalta Guardian NXG0042AI is a large networking and IoT gateway “monster” powered by a Qualcomm IPQ9574 chipset offering 10GbE and 2.5GbE networking, WiFi 7 support with up to five concurrent WiFi radios, up to four/seven 5G modems, up to 52 (e)SIMs, and two on-board Compute Module slots for Rockchip RK3588 or NVIDIA Jetson SO-DIMM system-on-modules. The main board (XWR A1) also offers 25Gbps WAN fabric, three MCUs for BMC, power management, and cryptography, M.2 slots for NVMe storage or AI accelerators, two mSATA sockets, HDMI video output, USB ports, Starlink satellite support, and a range of IoT protocol options such as LoRaWAN, 5G RedCap, UWB, Bluetooth LE, and so on. Nexalta Guardian specifications: Main SoC subsystem SoC – Qualcomm IPQ9574 quad-core Arm Cortex-A73 processor @ 2.2GHz processor System Memory – 2GB DDR4 RAM Storage – 8GB eMMC flash, 64MB NOR flash SoM sub-system 2x 260-pin SO-DIMM sockets for: Turing RK1 […]

November 7, 2025November 6, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 6 Comments

AAEON PICO-ARU4 “Arrow Lake” Pico-ITX SBC is powered by up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 255U processor

AAEON PICO-ARU4 Pico-ITX SBC with Arrow Lake CPU

AAEON PICO-ARU4 might be the world’s first Pico-ITX SBC powered by Intel Core Ultra 5/7 “Arrow Lake” (Series 2) processor family. More specifically, it’s available with the Core Ultra 5 225U or Core Ultra 7 255U, both with a 15W TDP. It ships with up to 32GB LPDDR5 RAM, offers 2.5GbE and GbE networking, HDMI and eDP interfaces for up to two independent displays, two USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports, two USB 2.0 headers, two M.2 sockets for storage (NVMe SSD) and wireless expansion, two RS-232/422/485 headers, a 4-bit GPIO header, SMBus/I2C, and more. AAEON PICO-ARU4 specifications: Arrow Lake SoC (one of the other) Intel Core Ultra 5 225U 12-core (2P+8E+2LPE) processor @ up to 4.8 GHz turbo frequency, 12MB cache, 4x Xe-core Intel Graphics (8 TOPS), and Intel AI Boost (12 TOPS); PBP: TDP 15W Intel Core Ultra 7 255U 12-core (2P+8E+2LPE) processor @ up to 5.2 GHz, 12MB cache, […]

November 5, 2025November 7, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 392 Comments

Giveaway Week 2025 – Banana Pi BPI-R4 Lite

Mediatek Filogic 850 2.5GbE WiFi 7 5G router board

The third prize of CNX Software Giveaway Week 2025 is the Banana Pi BPI-R4 Lite router board, which will be shipped directly to a randomly selected winner by the company. It’s powered by a MediaTek Filogic 850 (MT7987AV) quad-core Cortex-A53 network processor, coupled with 2GB DDR4 and 8GB eMMC flash, and equipped with four gigabit Ethernet ports, a 2.5GbE RJ45 WAN port, and a 2.5GbE SFP cage. It can also be extended with WiFi 7 and 5G cellular modules thanks to two mini PCIe sockets and an M.2 Key-B slot with USB 3.0 interface. The board also features a 16-pin MikroBus GPIO header with UART, I2C, SPI, PWM, and other signals to connect one of the over 1000 Mikroe Click modules available. As its name implies, the BPI-R4 Lite is a cost-down version of the Banana Pi BPI-R4 introduced a few years ago. The documentation has improved since the last […]