Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, and Open Hardware

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 25, 2023

• uCOM board features i.MX93 System-on-Chip

  The iMX93 uCOM is an ultra compact board featuring two ARM Cortex A55 processors along the Ethos-U65 neural processing unit for cost-effective ML applications. The device is an advanced application processor module designed to cater to the needs of various industries, including industrial automation, smart city, communication gateways, robotics, etc.

• Using Link.ONE all-in-one LPWAN development kit with ChipStark, Node-Red, InfluxDB, and Grafana

  RAKwireless has sent us a review sample of the WisTrio Link.ONE all-in-one LPWAN IoT development kit with support for LTE-M, NB-IoT, and LoRaWAN connectivity and programmable with the Arduino IDE.

• PiccoloBASIC – A BASIC interpreter for the Raspberry Pi Pico board

  I don't think the language is still used in practical applications, but we can still see some BASIC projects pop up from time to time such as a BASIC interpreter for the Arduino Zero boards. Gary Sims, owner of the Gary Explains YouTube channel, has now ported a BASIC interpreter to the Raspberry Pi Pico>

• OpenMediaVault and Raspberry PI: NAS Installation and Setup

  This tutorial will show you how to create a NAS (Network Attached Storage) with OpenMediaVault and Raspberry PI. What is OpenMediaVault OpenMediaVault is an open-source

• Raspberry Pi Pico Gets Basic Interpreter Called PiccoloBASIC

  There’s nothing quite like old-school computing. Thanks to maker and developer Gary Explains, you can relive the classic coding experience of the 80s and 90s with this Raspberry Pi Pico Basic interpreter. The project is called PiccoloBASIC, enabling users to program simple projects using the [BASIC] programming language.

• Superior stargazing with the PiFinder

  The self-contained design means you don’t need to fiddle around with laptops or tablets to read information gathered by separate sky-gazing photography rigs.

• FPGA Plays Tic-Tac-Toe

  As computers get more and more powerful and artificial intelligence algorithms improve, few games remain where the best humans can reliably beat their electronic counterparts. In chess this barrier was passed in 2005 with the last human win against a computer, and recently humans lost to computers at go. Simpler games like tic-tac-toe have been solved for all possible positions for a while now, so even a simple computer will always win or tie the game. But that doesn’t mean that there’s nothing left to learn about these games as [Hayden] demonstrates with this tic-tac-toe game built entirely on an FPGA.

• Raspberry Pi Zero Powers Game Boy Advance Retro Pie Handheld

  Cheat_Steve10 is using a Raspberry Pi Zero to power his Retro Pie setup and housed everything inside of a Game Boy Advance.

• A 32-Bit RISC-V CPU Core In 600 Lines Of C

  If you have ever wanted to implement a RISC-V CPU core in about 600 lines of C, you’re in luck! [mnurzia]’s rv project does exactly that, providing a simple two-function API.

• An Open Source Firmware For Cheap Geiger Counters

  It is a time-honored tradition: buy some cheap piece of gear and rewrite the firmware to make it work better. [Gissio] managed to do just that for a cheap FS2011 Geiger counter. Apparently, the firmware will also work with some similar Chinese models, too.

• Retro-Inspired Computer Case Hosts Mechanical Keyboard

  During the time in the 1980s when the personal computer was gaining steam as a household fixture, plenty of models shipped with the keyboard built in to the machine itself. This helped reduce costs, lower the physical footprint of the device, and arguably improved aesthetics. But as technology progressed, this type of design fell by the wayside as computers became more modular and configurable. That’s not to say there aren’t any benefits to building a computer like this, though. [jit] is here to show off this Amiga-inspired computer with its own modern built-in mechanical keyboard.