Open Hardware and Linux Devices Leftovers
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Zigbee bulbs: Replace them with Matter or stay with Zigbee?
On a recent Internet of Things Podcast episode we took a voicemail from Michael on our podcast hotline. Michael has invested in Zigbee lights up to this point and he’s heard about some challenges that still face Matter devices some challenges that still face Matter devices. So the question really is, what Zigbee bulbs would be the best additions for his current smart home as opposed to buying Matter bulbs right now. He wants either tunable white or RGB color bulbs.
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SolidRun Introduces Fanless Compact SD-WAN Appliance with OCTEON Quad-core SoC
SolidRun launched today a new SD-WAN appliance built around the Marvell OCTEON CN9131 System-on-Chip designed for intelligent networking applications. Some of the key features of the SOLIDWAN CN9131 are its multiple ethernet ports and wide expansion ports.
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A giant slice of Raspberry Pi
I built mine for the Grand Discoveries event at the Grand Arcade shopping centre, home to the Raspberry Pi Store. Grand Discoveries is an exhibition that will celebrate the iconic discoveries and inventions made here in Cambridge. The giant Pi is going into a glass display case, so space was limited, which means I can’t claim it is the biggest Raspberry Pi out there (boooo!). But at six times normal size, I think it’s the first big Raspberry Pi Model 4B.
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Tech For Good
We're switching things up today with a post that highlights some of the resourceful and inspirational projects we've seen on Hackster lately.
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Giant Raspberry Pi 4 Blinks Giant 3D-Printed LED
Makers in the Raspberry Pi community have been known to have some big ideas but this is arguably one of the biggest projects we’ve seen involving the Pi 4. Tony Roberts has created what is possibly the physically biggest Raspberry Pi 4 and detailed the creation process in a post recently shared to the official Raspberry Pi blog. This large-scale Pi is intended to go on display soon and even features a flashing LED—the first project most makers tackle with the classic SBC.