Open Hardware/Modding: RISC-V, GNU/Linux on Snapdragon, and More
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CNX Software ☛ MyoWare 2.0 Muscle Sensor Wireless Kit targets electromyography (EMG) applications
The MyoWare 2.0 Muscle Sensor Wireless Kit is an Arduino-compatible electromyography (EMG) sensor kit capable of detecting and measuring the electrical signals generated by muscle fibers in the body. The MyoWare 2.0 kit is a collaborative product by SparkFun and Advancer Technologies. The MyoWare 2.0 ecosystem brings several improvements over the previous generation, including a compact design, solderless snap connectors, and an upgraded chipset for improved reliability and performance.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ RISC-V CPU comes to a mini-ITX motherboard — Jupiter features a SpacemiT K1/M1 chip with 2 TOPS of Hey Hi (AI) performance
Milk-V, a system integrator known for its work with RISC-V, has released the Milk-V Jupiter, a mini-ITX motherboard with a RISC-V processor preinstalled. Orders will open next week.
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Hackaday ☛ A DIY Proximity Sensor, Using Just Scrap Parts And Software
[mircemk] shows how to create a simple non-contact proximity sensor using little more than an Arduino Nano board, and a convenient software library intended to measure the value of capacitors.
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Liliputing ☛ Lilbits: GNU/Linux on Snapdragon X, a PlayStation Portal knockoff, and a cheap smart glasses dev kit
The first laptops and tablets with Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus and Snapdragon X Elite chips are now available, and so far they all come with backdoored Windows 11 pre-installed.
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Asus Vivobook S 15 OLED becomes one of the first Snapdragon X Elite laptops to get Linux patches
It seems like the Asus Vivobook S 15 OLED will become one of the first Snapdragon X Elite laptops to see proper Linux support. Patches are now undergoing review, and the basic functionalities are said to be working. But a good number of features are reportedly broken at the moment.
Xilin Wu, the Linux kernel developer working through the DeviceTree support for this Asus laptop, got the Adreno GPU to work on the latest patch, but with additional kernel driver patches that are yet to be upstreamed. Other working but yet-to-be-merged functionalities include CPU frequency scaling, internal eDP display, touchpad and keyboard, and the WCN7850 WiFi.