Devices: Amlogic, ESP32, Pi-hole, and DOOM on Syntiant NDP200
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SDMC DV9286 8K TV box runs Android 13 on Amlogic S928X processor for OTT/IPTV deployments
SDMC DV9286 is an 8K TV box for operators running Android 13 TV OS on an Amlogic S928X octa-core Cortex-A76/A55 processor with 4GB to 8GB RAM, WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity, an HDMI 2.1a port, and 8K AV1, H.265, VP9 video decoding support. We had started to see 8K TV boxes based on the Amlogic S928X processor at IBC 2022 last September, but with few details. SDMC DV9286 announcement brings a few more details such as the GPU used in S928X and which version of Android will be used.
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ESP32 based device includes 1.28” TFT with Touch capability
Makerfabs recently launched a compact board integrating the ESP32-S3 microcontroller along with a round LCD with capacitive touch. This product also includes a MicroSD slot for storage, a 3.7V battery connector and two Mabee connectors for I/O expansion.
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Pi-hole: 5 years later
I took a risky jump and did a in-place upgrade from Stretch to Buster to Bullseye. So now that I was up to date on my operating system I could resume my upgrades on the Pi-hole. Once done I completed the upgrades from Pi-hole 5.11 to 5.18: [...]
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A Milliwatt Of DOOM
The seminal 1993 first-person shooter from id Software, DOOM, has become well-known as a test of small computer platforms. We’ve seen it on embedded systems far and wide, but we doubt we’ve ever seen it consume as little power as it does on a specialized neural network processor. The chip in question is a Syntiant NDP200, and it’s designed to be the always-on component listening for the wake word or other trigger in an AI-enabled IoT device.