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August 18, 2025August 20, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 1 Comment

Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 gets $40, 5-inch variant with 1280×720 resolution

Raspberry Pi introduced the 7-inch Touch Display 2 with 1280×720 resolution and a thinner design last November. The company has now introduced a 5-inch variant of the Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 that sells for $40 instead of $60 for the 7-inch model. Besides the smaller dimensions, nothing much else changed, as the 5-inch Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 keeps the same 1280×720 resolution, 5-point multi-touch capacitive support, 24-bit RGB format, and so on. One difference is the viewing angle: 80° for the new 5-inch model, and 85° for the 7-inch variant. Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 specifications Display Type (one of the other) 5-inch 24-bit RGB TFT display 7-inch 24-bit RGB TFT display Resolution – 1280 x 720 resolution Touch panel – 5-point multi-touch capacitive touch panel with 35 ms (typ.) responsive time Active area 5-inch – 110.4 x 62.1 mm 7-inch – 155 x 88 mm Viewing angle […]

August 18, 2025August 24, 2025 by Debashis Das - 6 Comments

Raspberry Pi Zero inspired XpressReal T3 SBC features Realtek RTD1619B SoC, runs FydeOS

Developed by Fyde Innovations in collaboration with Radxa and Realtek, the XpressReal T3 is a Raspberry Pi Zero-like SBC built around the Realtek RTD1619B Arm Cortex-A55 SoC. It runs FydeOS/openFyde out of the box, and also supports Linux and Android, making it suitable for enterprise kiosks, digital signage, and multimedia applications. The board features 4GB LPDDR4 RAM, 32GB eMMC flash, a microSD card, and an M.2 socket for NVMe for storage. Other features include HDMI 2.1a, MIPI DSI, USB 3.2 Type-C, USB 2.0 Type-A, Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, a mPCIe slot, and a 40-pin Raspberry Pi-style GPIO header. XpressReal T3 specifications: SoC – Realtek RTD1619B CPU – Quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 @ up to 1.7GHz GPU – Arm Mali-G57 MP1 with Vulkan 1.1, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 NPU – 1.6 TOPS, supports INT4/INT8/INT16, FP16/BF16, TF32 System Memory – 4GB LPDDR4 @ 3200Mbps Storage 4MB SPI flash for boot […]

August 16, 2025August 16, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 5 Comments

AAEON NV8600-Nano AI Developer Kit Review – Part 2: Benchmarks, features testing, AI demos with Nx Meta

NV8600-Nano AI Developer Kit review with Nx Meta AI platform

In the first part of the review, I had a look at the hardware of the NV8600-Nano AI developer Kit featuring an NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano 8GB module, booted it to Ubuntu 22.04, checked some system information, and made sure both the USB camera and Raspberry Pi Camera Module 2 (MIPI CSI) module worked fine.

I’ve now spent much more time with the Edge AI devkit, and report my experience in the second part of the review with some benchmarks, key features testing, and AI vision demos using Network Optix Nx Meta IP video management platform with the provided USB camera and an ONVIF-capable network camera.

August 15, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 6 Comments

ArmSoM CM1 – A $15 Compute Module/SBC hybrid powered by Rockchip RK3506J SoC

ArmSom CM1 RK3506J Compute Module and Carrier board

ArmSoM CM1 is a system-on-module/compute module powered by the industrial-grade Rockchip RK3506K tri-core Arm Cortex-A7 SoC, coupled with 256MB or 512MB DDR3L, 256MB or 512MB NAND flash, and exposing I/Os through 2.54mm pitch headers. The module is more of a SoM/SBC hybrid with a MIPI DSI display connector, a microSD card slot, a USB Type-C port, and 44-pin and 40-pin GPIO headers that allow the CM1 to be used as a standalone SBC or as a module connected to a baseboard like the company’s CM1-IO carrier board (aka ArmSoM-FORGE1-IO). ArmSoM CM1 specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3506J CPU 3x Arm Cortex-A7 cores up to 1.5 GHz Arm Cortex-M0 real-time core GPU – 2D GPU only No VPU, no NPU System Memory – 256MB or 512MB DDR3L Storage 256MB or 512MB SPI NAND flash MicroSD card slot Display Interface – 2-lane MIPI DSI connector up to 1280 x 1280 @ 60FPS USB […]

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

Embedded Device Security: Protecting Linux Systems with Modern Tools

Embedded Device Security Protecting data on Linux systems

CNXSoft: This is a guest port by Erik Wierich, Senior Engineer at RISCstar Solutions, demonstrating a practical security implementation for embedded devices using standard Linux tools like dm-verity and TPM 2.0. It covers threat models, filesystem security, and TPM-based encryption with working code examples. Nowadays, it is (rightfully) impossible to put an embedded device into the market without comprehensive embedded device security measures. Most new devices store private data that we do not want to see leaked in dark corners of the Internet. We also want to avoid our device ending up as part of a botnet. Linux has a large set of tools to help us with security. What has historically been lacking is a simple, off-the-shelf way to integrate these tools into a secure-by-default configuration. This post will demonstrate how modern tools simplify deployments while ensuring strong security. Embedded Device Security Scope When talking about embedded system security, […]

August 14, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 1 Comment

Pironman 5 Mini is a cheaper Tower PC case for the Raspberry Pi 5

If you found the Pironman 5 and Pironman 5 Max Tower PC cases for the Raspberry Pi 5 pretty cool, but had a hard time justifying paying much more for the enclosure than for the board itself, SunFounder has an update for you. The company has now introduced the Pironman 5 Mini Tower PC enclosure with a similar, yet smaller design, fewer features, and easier assembly, bringing the price down to $45.99. That means the OLED information display, most RGB LEDs, the oversized tower cooler, the micro HDMI to HDMI adapter board, and more are all gone. Pironman 5 Mini features: Compatible SBC – Raspberry Pi 5 only. The Raspberry Pi 4 won’t work, and I can’t think of another SBC with two micro HDMI ports and the exact same layout as the Pi 5. Storage MicroSD card slot Optional NVMe SSD via M.2 M-Key (2230/2242/2260/2280) PCIe 2.0/3.0 socket Video […]

August 14, 2025August 20, 2025 by Debashis Das - 1 Comment

Jetway MTX-TWL1 – An Industrial-grade, fanless Intel Processor N250 or N150 Mini-ITX motherboard

Jetway MTX TWL1 industrial, fanless Mini ITX motherboard

Jetway’s MTX-TWL1 is a fanless industrial Mini-ITX motherboard built around the Intel Processor N250 or N150 Twin Lake processor designed for embedded and IoT applications. It supports up to 32GB DDR5 memory, triple 4K display, dual 2.5GbE, SATA, and M.2 slots for NVMe, wireless, or 4G LTE/5G cellular connectivity. Additionally, it features six COM ports, USB 3.2, Type-C with DP Alt Mode, GPIOs, and a wide power and temperature range, making it suitable for In one of our last posts, we wrote about the Jetway JMTX-ADN8, which shares the same Mini-ITX form factor but is powered by Alder Lake-N processors instead. The boards have quite a different layout, but they both use DDR5 SO-DIMM memory, M.2 slots, SATA port, and a wide operating temperature range from -20°C to 60°C for industrial applications. Jetway MTX-TWL1 specifications: Twin Lake SoC (one or the other) Intel Processor N150 quad-core processor @ up to 3.6 […]

August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 by Debashis Das - No Comments

WAVEGO Pro 12-DOF bionic robot dog supports ESP-NOW and AI vision through Raspberry Pi 4/5 SBC

WAVEGO Pro Raspberry Pi and ESP32 robot dog

In the past, we have seen various consumer-grade Arduino and Raspberry Pi-based robot dogs like the Petoi Bittle and XGO 2, as well as the XGO Mini Pro built around the Kendryte K210/K510 AI processor. Waveshare has launched another option. WAVEGO Pro is a 12-DOF bionic quadruped (robot dog) with dual ESP32/Raspberry Pi control, real-time feedback servos, a 5MP ultra-wide camera, and an open-source web-based control interface. The ESP32 sub-controller handles all real-time, low-level motion control tasks, wireless connectivity, and the optional Raspberry Pi 4B/5 host controller handles higher-level functions such as OpenCV vision processing, AI-driven decision-making, and advanced control logic. The robot uses 2.3 kg·cm serial bus servos, and the chassis is built using 5052 aluminum alloy and PA12 nylon structure with 40 bearing joints for smooth, reliable movement. For self-balancing, this robot dog has a 9-axis IMU, and for other controls, it includes ESP-NOW host–sub mode, JSON task-file […]