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July 16, 2026July 16, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

NVIDIA launches smaller, mainstream Jetson T2000 and T3000 modules for Edge AI and robotics applications

NVIDIA has just launched the Jetson T2000 and T3000 “mainstream” modules as smaller and lower cost options to the Jetson T4000/T5000 modules introduced last year for Edge AI and robotics applications. The Jetson Thor T3000 and the industrial version IGX Thor T3000, which adds functional safety, both deliver up to 865 FP4 TFLOPS of AI compute. They feature a 1536-core NVIDIA Blackwell GPU, an eight-core Neoverse Arm CPU, 32GB of LPDDR5X memory with 273GB/s bandwidth, and 25 GbE connectivity. The Jetson Thor T2000 delivers up to 400 TFLOPS of AI performance, features a 1024-core Blackwell GPU, 16GB LPDDR5 with 137GB/s bandwidth, and 10 GbE networking. Both are about half the size of the Jetson T4000/T5000 modules. Here’s a preliminary comparison between the Jetson Thor T2000, T3000, T4000, and T5000 modules. It’s preliminary because, as I write this article, NVIDIA has yet to provide the full specifications for the new T2000 and […]

July 15, 2026 by Debashis Das - 2 Comments

Bigme Hibreak Dual 2 – An Android 16 smartphone with 6.13-inch 80fps E-Ink and 5-inch LCD display (Crowdfunding)

Bigme has launched the Hibreak Dual 2, an Android 16 smartphone with a 6.13-inch 80fps E-Ink display on the front and a 5-inch LCD on the rear. Built around the MediaTek Dimensity 8300 processor and supports dual 5G connectivity, positioning it as an E-Ink smartphone with flagship-class hardware. The front E-Ink can be used for reading, writing, and general everyday use, whereas the LCD in the back serves as a conventional smartphone display for applications that require higher refresh rates and full-color output, like video gaming and navigation. This dual-screen setup allows users to switch between the two displays depending on the task. Bigme Hibreak Dual 2 specifications: SoC – MediaTek Dimensity 8300 CPU – Octa-core processor with 4x Arm Cortex-A715 and 4x Cortex-A510 GPU – Arm Mali-G615 VPU Video Encoding – H.264, HEVC Video Playback – H.264, HEVC, VP9, AV1 AI accelerator – MediaTek NPU 780 Memory – 12GB […]

Reverse-engineering brings RK3576 NPU support to open-source Rocket driver for mainline Linux

Back in 2024, we noted that the open-source driver for RK3588’s NPU by Tomeu Vizoso delivered decent performance for object detection. Since then, good progress has been made, and it’s now known as the Rocket driver in mainline Linux. However, the Rockchip RK3576 SoC is not supported by the Rocket driver in mainline yet, despite sharing a similar NPU. The good news is that Ga Hing Woo has been working on mainline Linux support for the Rockchip RK3576 NPU using the Rocket driver stack and has tested the updates on the Radxa ROCK 4D running Linux 7.1-rc5. This required some serious reverse-engineering work due to hidden registers not documented in the TRM. Ga Hing Woo (also written as Jiaxing Hu) sent us an email explaining some of the challenges: Single int8 convolution now comes out byte-exact against a CPU reference on the open stack. Getting there meant reverse-engineering the compute […]

July 15, 2026July 18, 2026 by Sponsored Post - No Comments

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July 14, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

$50 Forgix board pairs Raspberry Pi RP2354 MCU with Trion T8 FPGA in Teensy form factor

Adiuvo Engineering’s Forgix is a development board pairing a Raspberry Pi RP2354 microcontroller with 2MB flash and an Efinix Trion T8 FPGA in the Teensy 4.0 form factor. The board also features a 16 Mbit PSRAM chip, a USB-C port, a push-button, an RGB LED, and through and castellated holes routed to either the RP2354 MCU or Trion T8 FPGA for SPI, I2C, UART, ADC, USB 1.1, and custom interfaces. Forgix board specifications: SoC – Raspberry Pi RP2354B CPU Dual-core Arm Cortex-M33 @ 150 MHz with Arm Trustzone, Secure boot Dual-core 32-bit RISC-V Hazard3 @ 150 MHz (3-stage in-order pipeline; RV32IMAC with Zba, Zbb, Zbs, Zbkb, Zcb, Zcmp, and Zicsr extensions) Up to two cores can be used at a time, either 2x Arm, 2x RISC-V, or 1x Arm + 1x RISC-V Memory – 520 KB on-chip SRAM Storage – 2MB of stacked (in-package) flash memory FPGA – Efinix Trion T8F49 connected to […]

July 14, 2026July 14, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 10 Comments

Meet Moddo Pinch – The world’s smallest 32-bit Arduino-compatible board (2026 Edition)

Canada-based Moddo has designed the Pinch board, which it claims is the world’s smallest 32-bit Arduino-compatible board so far, measuring just 10.9 x 10.5 mm. The board is powered by a Microchip SAMD11 Cortex-M0+ microcontroller with 4 KB SRAM and 16KB flash, features an RGB LED, reset/bootloader button, 3.3 V LDO, a USB-C port, and a total of 12 GPIOs. Moddo Pinch specifications: Microcontroller – Microchip SAM D11 (ATSAMD11D14A) MCU core – Arm Cortex-M0+ processor running at up to 48 MHz RAM – 4 KB SRAM Storage – 16 KB Flash (12 KB for sketches, 4 KB bootloader) USB – 1x USB Type-C port for power, programming (CDC serial), and HID Expansion – 16-pin header (1.27mm pitch) 12x GPIO (D0–D11) 5x analog input (A0–A4) 11x PWM 1x DAC 1x I2C, 1x SPI, 2x UART(multiplexed with USB & D5/D6) Debug – SWD on D5 (SWCLK) and D6 (SWDIO) Misc RGB LED […]

July 14, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 2 Comments

IoTLabs wM-Bus gateway – An ESP32 device with Wireless M-Bus connectivity for Home Assistant

IoTLabs wM-Bus Gateway is an ESP32 device supporting the Wireless M-Bus (wM-Bus) standard for receiving data from compatible meters and sensors, designed for full integration with Home Assistant. Wireless M-Bus (Wireless Meter Bus) is a wireless protocol specifically designed for remote reading of smart meters, generally gas, water, or electricity meters, and typically used by utilities, but the wM-Bus gateway allows you to deploy the standard for your home automation solution, meters, and sensors. wM-Bus gateway specifications: Main controller – ESP32 dual-core microcontroller with Wi-Fi and BLE connectivity Display – 1.3-inch OLED for live measurements and status wM-Bus – 868 MHz radio receiver; Semtech SX1276-based RFM95/RFM96 according to the code Supports T1 and C1 frames, compatible with the wmbusmeters library Antennas Built-in 2.4 GHz antenna for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth External SMA antenna for wireless M-Bus; important: must be connected before powering the device to avoid damage Misc Top button to […]

July 13, 2026July 13, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 2 Comments

Ambient Scientific GPX10 Pro MCU delivers years of always-on AI on a coin-cell battery

Ambient Scientific GPX10 Pro Cortex M4 MCU always on embedded AI

Ambient Scientific GPX10 Pro is a processor/microcontroller for always-on embedded AI applications on power-constrained edge devices. With a consumption of under <100μW, it can deliver years of always-on AI on one coin-cell battery. The SoC features ten software-programmable MX8 AI cores leveraging the company’s DigAn technology, ultra-low power ADC, an 8-bit DVP camera interface, 2048 KB SRAM, support for numerous peripherals, and an Arm Cortex-M4F core for non-AI workloads. GPX10 Pro key features and specifications: MCU core – Arm Cortex-M4F core clocked at 100 KHz to 100 MHz Memory 2048 KB system SRAM 64KB retention SRAM in “Always On” block Storage – External SPI or QSPI flash 10x MX8 programmable AI Cores for ultra-low power deep learning applications Based on the DigAn AI engine, which can change behavior between being a master and a slave. Up to 2,560 MAC operations per clock cycle (256 MAC per cycle per core) Peak […]