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

Ubo Pod – A Raspberry Pi 4/5-based personal AI assistant (Crowdfunding)

The Ubo Pod Developer Edition (DE) is an open-source AI vision and conversational voice assistant platform built around the Raspberry Pi 4 or 5, and designed for developers who want more control over their AI experiences. The device aims to replace black boxes like Amazon Echo or Google Next AI assistants, with an open hardware smart speaker running open-source software, and offering features such as speech-to-text, LLMs/VLMs, text-to-speech, tool calling, and various multiple trigger mechanisms, among others. The Ubo Pod supports both cloud-based and fully local private AI, and features an embedded GUI on the integrated display and a WebUI for no-code setup. Ubo Pod specifications: SBC Ubo Pro 4 – Raspberry Pi 4 Ubo Pro 5 – Raspberry Pi 5 Storage 32GB MicroSD card included and preloaded with OS. Ubo Pro 5 – M.2 PCIe socket for NVMe SSD (or AI accelerator) Display – 1.54-inch color TFT IPS display […]

October 13, 2025October 12, 2025 by Debashis Das - 5 Comments

Digilent Analog Discovery Studio Max – A 14-in-1 portable electronics trainer kit with four breadboards

The Analog Discovery Studio Max (ADS Max) is an all-in-one electronics trainer kit with four breadboards developed by Digilent for academic and engineering experimentation. Designed for both classroom and remote learning, it combines the functionality of 14 essential instruments into one, making it ideal for circuit design, signal analysis, and embedded systems education. The instruments include an oscilloscope, waveform generator, logic and spectrum analyzers, DMM, programmable and static power supplies, and a protocol analyzer. It supports WaveForms software, LabVIEW, C, and Python for control and data analysis. With a 100 MS/s, 14-bit oscilloscope, ±15 V power supplies, 16 digital I/O channels, and WaveForms SDK, it provides a complete learning and experimentation ecosystem. Analog Discovery Studio Max specifications: Core Instruments Oscilloscope 4x single-ended BNC channels, 14-bit resolution (16-bit with averaging) ±25 V input range (50 V p-p max), 50 MHz @ –3 dB bandwidth 100 MS/s per channel, 1 MΩ ‖ […]

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 22 Comments

Qualcomm acquires Arduino, introduces Arduino UNO Q “dual-brain” SBC

Qualcomm has just signed an agreement to acquire Arduino, and the goal of the purchase is to “combine Qualcomm’s leading-edge products and technologies with Arduino’s vast ecosystem and community to empower businesses, students, entrepreneurs, tech professionals, educators, and enthusiasts to quickly and easily bring ideas to life.” They also took the opportunity to launch the Arduino UNO Q “dual-brain” SBC powered by a Qualcomm DragonWing QRB2210 SoC running Linux and an STMicro STM32U585 MCU for real-time control, as well as the Arduino App Lab integrated development environment to “unify the Arduino journey across Real‑time OS, Linux, Python, and AI flows”. Will the acquisition change anything? I suppose we’ll see more and more Arduino boards based on Qualcomm processors, but the company also promises to preserve Arduino’s open approach and community: Arduino will retain its independent brand, tools, and mission, while continuing to support a wide range of microcontrollers and microprocessors […]

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 […]

August 6, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 1 Comment

FPGA-based Modos Paper Dev Kit supports a wide range of E-Ink displays, up to 75 Hz refresh rate (Crowdfunding)

Modos Paper Grayscale or Color E-Ink displays

Modos Paper Dev Kit helps users create an open-hardware E-Ink monitor with a fast 75 Hz refresh rate and low latency thanks to a Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA driver board, and compatibility with a wide and of E-Ink displays between 4-inch and 42-inch in size. The resulting grayscale or color E-ink monitor can be connected through HDMI or USB and works on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Modos Paper driver board specifications: FPGA – AMD/Xilinx Spartan-6 LX16 FPGA running Caster gateware Memory – DDR3-800 framebuffer memory MCU – STMicro STM32H750 Arm Cortex-M7 microcontroller for USB communication, firmware upgrades, and standalone applications. Processing rate up to 133 MP/s when error-diffusion dithering is enabled, and 200 MP/s when disabled Supported Displays – 4-inch to 42-inch E-Ink displays without integrated TCON; See long list on GitHub Video Input USB Type-C DisplayPort Alt-Mode with on-board PTN3460 decoder microHDMI connector for DVI video input with on-board ADV7611 […]

August 4, 2025August 4, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

Hengbot Sirius is a trainable AI robotic dog for consumers and developers (Crowdfunding)

Hengbot Sirius is a small AI robotic dog that can be trained by users with “manual teaching” and by developers using tools such as Sirius Creator Studio Pro and C or Python APIs. Features include an 8MP camera, a dual-mic array, and a speaker for user interaction using LLMs, text-to-speech, voice recognition, and computer vision leveraging the built-in 5 TOPS AI accelerator, a small LCD, a few RGB LEDs and sensors, and 14 DoF for legs and the head. We’ve seen plenty of other robot dogs over the years, such as the Hiwonder MechDog, the Raspberry Pi CM4-based CM4 XGO Lite smart robot dog, Mini Pupper 2, and Petoi Bittle, among others. Most are more robot-like than dog-like, and the Sirius has a more appealing design closer to a real dog. Hengbot Sirius specifications: SoC – Unnamed but likely Horizon Robotics Sunrise X3 CPU – Quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 @ 1.2-1.5 […]

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

Tonybot educational humanoid robot is programmable with Arduino, Scratch, and Python

While child-sized humanoid robots like the Unitree R1 have come down in price, not everybody has a spare $6,000 to throw around to play with robots, and smaller models like the Tonybot are more affordable for educational purposes. The Tonybot offers 17 degrees of freedom, relies on high-voltage bus servos and anti-blockage servos, and has a separate ESP32 expansion board for extra modules. Optionally equipped with an ESP32-S3 AI vision camera and an AI voice integration module, the 38cm tall humanoid robot supports object and face recognition, color and line following tracking, human-robot interaction, fall recovery, obstacle avoidance, and more, besides walking, dancing, etc… Tonybot specifications: H5S Robot Controller Storage – MicroSD card socket 6x servo ports, head module port Bluetooth/MP3 module header Sensor – Accelerometer Debugging – 4-pin UART header Misc ON/OFF switch Buzzer Power Supply Via DC jack Terminal block for battery ESP32 Expansion Board ESP32-DevKitC board PWM […]

July 31, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 2 Comments

Neuro PlayGround Lite – A multichannel wireless bio-signal capture board for HCI & BCI projects (Crowdfunding)

Neuro PlayGround Lite, or NPG Lite for short, is an ESP32-C6-powered multichannel wireless bio-signal capture board designed for HCI (Human-Computer Interface) and BCI (Brain Computer Interface) projects and applications. It can capture Electrocardiography (ECG), Electromyography (EMG), Electrooculography (EOG), or Electroencephalography (EEG) signals, and the ESP32-C6-MINI-1 module used in the design supports 2.4 GHz WiFi 6, Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, and Thread for mesh networking. It also follows the Adafruit Feather form factor, so it can be expanded with FeatherWings add-ons, including the company’s Playmate boards. Neuro PlayGround Lite specifications: Wireless Module – Espressif Systems ESP32-C6-MINI-1-N4 SoC – Espressif Systems ESP32-C6 CPU Single-core 32-bit RISC-V clocked up to 160 MHz Low-power RISC-V core @ up to 20 MHz Memory/Storage – 320KB ROM, 512KB SRAM Wireless – 2.4 GHz WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, and 802.15.4 radio (for Thread/Zigbee) Storage – 4MB flash Antenna – PCB antenna USB – USB Type-C port for power/charging […]