TechNexion Wandboard Dual was one of the first Freescale i.MX 6 single board computers when it launched in early 2013 and the company has introduced a few more models over the years including Wandboard QuadPlus in 2017. TechNexion is now working on a new version called Wandboard 8MPLUS powered by the recently announced NXP i.MX 8M Plus SoC that features a built-in 2.3 TOPS NPU for AI acceleration. Wandboard 8MPLUS preliminary specifications: EDM System-on-Module SoC – NXP i.MX8M Plus quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor @ up to 1.8 GHz, Arm Cortex-M7 real-time core @ up to 800 MHz, Vivante GC7000UL 3D GPU, Vivante GC520L 2D GPU, HiFi 4 audio DSP, and 2.3 TOPS Neural Processing Unit (NPU) System Memory – 2GB or 4GB LPDDR4 Storage – 32GB eMMC flash Video Decode – HD (1080p +720p) Video Encode – 1080p60 H.265, H.264 260-pin EDM Type G board-to-board connector Debugging – JTAG Interface […]
Renesas ZMOD4410 Indoor Air Quality HAT for Raspberry Pi Measures VOC, Humidity, and Temperature
We’ve recently covered a few products or solutions designed to report indoor air quality (IAQ) including ESPurna firmware getting support for BME680 precise indoor air quality measurements and Metriful Sense indoor environment monitor for Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Avnet has now introduced its own Raspberry Pi IAQ add-on board with “Renesas ZMOD4410 Indoor Air Quality HAT for Raspberry Pi” capable of measuring VOC (volatile organic compounds), humidity and temperature, as well as estimating carbon dioxide (eCO2) levels. Renesas ZMOD4410 TVOC Sensor Hat (AES-RHSEN-ZM44-G) key features and specifications: Sensor – Renesas ZMOD4410 TVOC / IAQ I2C sensor, Renesas HS3001 relative humidity & temperature I2C sensor Misc – Power LED; software-controlled status LEDs for “sample active” and “limit” Host Interface – 20-header for Raspberry Pi with configurable alarm/interrupt output Power Supply via header Jumper for supply voltage selection between 1.75V and 3.9V (default: 3.3V) Test points to measure ZMOD4410 current consumption Avnet […]
Folding@Home ARM64 Linux Beta Release for COVID-19 Vaccine Research
A few months ago, we reported that Rosetta@Home supported 64-bit Arm SBC’s and Servers in the Fight against COVID-19. But Folding@home did not support Arm hardware just yet, but thanks to work from Neocortix, Linaro, Arm, miniNodes, and Packet.com, we now get support for Folding@home on ARM64 meaning you can help researchers studying SARS-CoV-2 virus and help them develop a COVID-19 vaccine with Raspberry Pi 3/4 boards, or other 64-bit Arm SBC’s and servers. The solution relies on Neocortix Cloud Services Platform allowing the unused capacity of large numbers of individual mobile phones or other connected nodes to be harnessed into a single, unified computational engine. The very first application that made use of the platform was Neocortix PhonePaycheck were users get paid to let businesses perform calculations on their phones at night while charging and connected to WiFi. That way users of premium phones like Galaxy S10 or S20 […]
MediaTek i350 Edge AI Processor is Designed for Mainstream AIoT & Smart Home Applications
MediaTek is well known for its mobile processors, but recently the company also manufactures IoT and AI processors such as MediaTek i300/i500 and MediaTek i700. The company has now introduced an updated to the entry-level MediaTek i300 processor with MediaTek i350 quad-core Cortex-A53 processor integrated with DSP and AI processor for vision and voice edge processing applications including facial, object, gesture, motion recognition, license plate recognition (LPR), voice activation and speed recognition, sound isolation, bio-tech and biometric measurements, and more. MediaTek i350 key features and specifications: Processor – 4x Arm Cortex-A53 cores up to 2.0 GHz with 512KB unified L2 cache, Arm NEON GPU – Arm Mali-G52 MC1 up to 800Mhz with support for OpenGL ES, OpenCL, and Vulkan APIs Co-processor – MediaTek APU 1.0 AI Processor up to 500MHz (285 GMACs) Memory -LPDDR4/LPDDR4X up to 3200Mbps, LPDDR3, DDR3/L up to 1866Mbps Storage – eMMC 5.1 flash (SLC/MLC/TLC) Display Interfaces […]
How to Fix Unreliable USB Hard Drives, Stalled Transfers in Linux
Last June, I reviewed a Ryzen Embedded SBC with Windows 10, and the USB hard drive I normally use for review had all sorts of problems including very slow speeds and/or stalled transfers but no error messages. Last week, I tried again by installing Ubuntu 20.04 on the same Ryzen Embedded SBC, and the USB hard drive had troubles again, so just assume there were some hardware incompatibility issues between the SBC and the drive, and there may not be a fix or workaround. Sometimes, it’s indeed a hardware issue with the drive getting too many bad blocks, and if that’s the case, and the drive is still under warranty you can return it and get a fresh new (or refurbished) drive for free. But that drive was still working with my laptop getting around 100MB/s. So I ran out of ideas until numero53 commented he had similar problems with […]
Zero Terminal V3 is a Modular Raspberry Pi Zero W Powered HandHeld PC
Hardware hacker NODE has created a slick handheld Linux PC based on the Raspberry Pi Zero W board. About the size of a thick smartphone, Zero Terminal V3 also includes a touchscreen display, a built-in battery, a USB Type-A port, and a microSD card slot. The keyboard found in previous iterations of the Zero Terminal is gone, as the new version focuses on modularity thanks two 40-pin sockets that connect to the GPIO pins, video output, camera connector, USB ports, power indicators, etc… in order to allow people to create and add custom backpacks to change the functionality as needed. Zero Terminal V3 specifications: SBC – Raspberry Pi Zero W with Broadcom BCM2735 ARM11 processor, 512MB RAM, MicroSD card socket, WiFi 4, and Bluetooth 4.0 Display – 5.5″ 1080p AMOLED touchscreen display bought on Waveshare and designed for Raspberry Pi 3/4, but NODE designed an adapter for RPi Zero. Audio […]
Exor nanoSOM nS02 System-on-Module Features the 800MHz version of STM32MP1 Processor
Arrow Electronics and Exor Embedded have announced the nanoSOM nS02 system-on-module based on the 800MHz version of STMicro STM32MP1 microprocessor unveiled last February. The 25.4 x 25.4mm module is designed for IoT edge applications such as smart IoT controllers and gateways, cloud edge interfaces, and building automation. A supporting development kit can also be provided by Arrow Electronics. NanoSOM nS02 specifications: SoC -STMicro STM32MP157 dual-core Cortex-A7 processor @ 800MHz with 3D GPU System Memory – Up to 1GB DDR3L Storage – Up to 32GB eMMC flash, 4KB EEPROM USB & Ethernet Hub – Microchip LAN9512 controller 131x solder pads with Storage – 2x SD Video Output – 24-bit RGB LCD parallel or 2-lane MIPI DSI Camera Input – 8,10,12-bit video input Audio – 1x I2S channel Networking – 2x 10/100M Ethernet (one native, one via USB hub) USB – 2x USB 2.0 host, 1x USB OTG 4x SPI, 1x I2C, […]
AMD Ryzen Embedded SBC Review with Ubuntu 20.04
Last June, we reviewed DFI GHF51 Ryzen Embedded R1606G SBC with Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC. We had to send back the board to Taiwan, as the company wanted to double-check some of the issues we reported, and we got the board to review it with Ubuntu 20.04. So I downloaded Ubuntu 20.04.1 ISO flashed it to a USB flash drive, and could install it on the eMMC flash drive without issue. I selected to keep Windows 10, so I have a dual-boot system on a 32GB eMMC flash. Yes, I do like a challenge! 🙂 DFI GHF51 Ubuntu 20.04 System Info We can check some of the information from the system in the terminal:
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jaufranc@CNX:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS Release: 20.04 Codename: focal jaufranc@CNX:~$ uname -a Linux CNX 5.4.0-42-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 10 00:24:02 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux jaufranc@CNX:~$ inxi -Fc0 System: Host: CNX Kernel: 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Console: tty 2 Distro: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa) Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: DFI model: GHF51 serial: <superuser/root required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: B206.10TA date: 06/10/2020 CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G with Radeon Vega Gfx bits: 64 type: MT MCP L2 cache: 1024 KiB Speed: 1397 MHz min/max: 1400/2600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1397 2: 1396 3: 1402 4: 1406 Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Picasso driver: amdgpu v: kernel Display: server: X.org 1.20.8 driver: amdgpu tty: 116x24 Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable in console. Try -G --display Audio: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-42-generic Network: Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network driver: igb IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:01:29:9f:23:64 Drives: Local Storage: total: 29.12 GiB used: 22.08 GiB (75.8%) ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: DG4032 size: 29.12 GiB Partition: ID-1: / size: 7.81 GiB used: 6.43 GiB (82.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk0p4 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 58.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 58 C Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Info: Processes: 230 Uptime: 20h 49m Memory: 3.31 GiB used: 1.41 GiB (42.7%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.38 jaufranc@CNX:~$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 1.7G 0 1.7G 0% /dev tmpfs 339M 1.7M 338M 1% /run /dev/mmcblk0p4 7.9G 6.5G 984M 88% / tmpfs 1.7G 73M 1.6G 5% /dev/shm tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock tmpfs 1.7G 0 1.7G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/mmcblk0p1 96M 33M 64M 34% /boot/efi /dev/loop0 28M 28M 0 100% /snap/snapd/7264 /dev/loop1 55M 55M 0 100% /snap/core18/1705 /dev/loop2 241M 241M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/24 /dev/loop3 63M 63M 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1506 /dev/loop4 50M 50M 0 100% /snap/snap-store/433 tmpfs 339M 104K 339M 1% /run/user/1000 /dev/mmcblk0p3 21G 16G 5.3G 75% /media/jaufranc/Windows /dev/loop5 30M 30M 0 100% /snap/snapd/8542 /dev/loop6 55M 55M 0 100% /snap/core18/1880 /dev/loop7 50M 50M 0 100% /snap/snap-store/467 /dev/loop8 256M 256M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/36 jaufranc@CNX:~$ lsblk -a NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT loop0 7:0 0 27.1M 1 loop /snap/snapd/7264 loop1 7:1 0 55M 1 loop /snap/core18/1705 loop2 7:2 0 240.8M 1 loop /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/24 loop3 7:3 0 62.1M 1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/1506 loop4 7:4 0 49.8M 1 loop /snap/snap-store/433 loop5 7:5 0 29.9M 1 loop /snap/snapd/8542 loop6 7:6 0 55M 1 loop /snap/core18/1880 loop7 7:7 0 49.8M 1 loop /snap/snap-store/467 loop8 7:8 0 255.6M 1 loop /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/36 sda 8:0 1 0 disk mmcblk0 179:0 0 29.1G 0 disk ├─mmcblk0p1 179:1 0 100M 0 part /boot/efi ├─mmcblk0p2 179:2 0 128M 0 part ├─mmcblk0p3 179:3 0 20.9G 0 part /media/jaufranc/Windows └─mmcblk0p4 179:4 0 8G 0 part / mmcblk0boot0 179:8 0 4M 1 disk mmcblk0boot1 179:16 0 4M 1 disk jaufranc@CNX:~$ sudo lshw -C cpu *-cpu description: CPU product: AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G with Radeon Vega Gfx vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 11 bus info: cpu@0 version: AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G with Radeon Vega Gfx serial: Unknown slot: FP5 size: 2554MHz capacity: 3500MHz width: 64 bits clock: 100MHz capabilities: lm fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw skinit wdt tce topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb bpext perfctr_llc mwaitx cpb hw_pstate sme ssbd sev ibpb vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 rdseed adx smap clflushopt sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves clzero irperf xsaveerptr arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold avic v_vmsave_vmload vgif overflow_recov succor smca cpufreq configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=4 jaufranc@CNX:~$ sudo lshw -C memory *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: American Megatrends Inc. physical id: 0 version: B206.10TA date: 06/10/2020 size: 64KiB capacity: 8MiB capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi *-memory description: System Memory physical id: c slot: System board or motherboard size: 4GiB *-bank:0 description: SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered) 2400 MHz (0.4 ns) product: M471A5244BB0-CRC vendor: Samsung physical id: 0 serial: 00000000 slot: DIMM 0 size: 4GiB width: 64 bits clock: 2400MHz (0.4ns) *-bank:1 description: [empty] product: Unknown vendor: Unknown physical id: 1 serial: Unknown slot: DIMM 0 *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: e slot: L1 - Cache size: 192KiB capacity: 192KiB clock: 1GHz (1.0ns) capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified configuration: level=1 *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: f slot: L2 - Cache size: 1MiB capacity: 1MiB clock: 1GHz (1.0ns) capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified configuration: level=2 *-cache:2 description: L3 cache physical id: 10 slot: L3 - Cache size: 4MiB capacity: 4MiB clock: 1GHz (1.0ns) capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified configuration: level=3 jaufranc@CNX:~$ free -mh total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 3.3Gi 1.2Gi 201Mi 92Mi 1.9Gi 1.7Gi Swap: 376Mi 44Mi 332Mi jaufranc@CNX:~$ sudo lshw -C network *-network description: Ethernet interface product: I211 Gigabit Network Connection vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 logical name: eno1 version: 03 serial: 00:01:29:9f:23:64 size: 1Gbit/s capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi msix pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=igb driverversion=5.6.0-k duplex=full firmware=0. 6-1 ip=192.168.1.9 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s resources: irq:34 memory:fcf00000-fcf1ffff ioport:f000(size=32) memory:fcf20000-fcf23fff jaufranc@CNX:~$ lsusb Bus 002 Device 003: ID 2537:1081 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 2109:0813 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 006: ID 1a2c:0002 China Resource Semico Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:1718 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 005: ID 2109:0100 VIA Labs, Inc. Bus 001 Device 003: ID 14cd:8601 Super Top 4-Port hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2109:2813 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub jaufranc@CNX:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Root Complex 00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge 00:01.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Zeppelin Switch Upstream (PCIE SW.US) 00:08.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge 00:08.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to Bus A 00:08.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to Bus B 00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 61) 00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 51) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 0 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 1 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 2 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 3 00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 4 00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 5 00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 6 00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 7 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I211 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03) 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Picasso (rev 91) 02:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio Controller 02:00.2 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) Platform Security Processor 02:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven2 USB 3.1 02:00.5 Multimedia controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor 02:00.6 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) HD Audio Controller 02:00.7 Non-VGA unclassified device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2/Renoir Non-Sensor Fusion Hub KMDF driver 03:00.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 61) |
So I have a 7.9GB partition to play with Ubuntu 20.04.1, but I could do all tests without issues, although I had to remove Phoronix benchmark program and data after completing the benchmark. Features Testing […]