Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and More

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 23, 2024

• Tom's Hardware ☛ This creepy Raspberry Pi jack-o-lantern turns to face anyone who walks by

  Perezenting_3D_Prints is using a Raspberry Pi to power this automated pumpkin that senses people when they walk by and turns to follow them.

• Medevel ☛ JeVois – Combines Hey Hi (AI) and Machine Vision in a Free Open-source Smart Camera CCTV System for PC, Arduino and Raspberry Pi

  The JeVois Smart Machine Vision Camera. Think of it as a tiny but mighty AI-powered eye that can see and understand the world just like we do! 🎥

  This little wonder is about the size of your thumb, but don't let its size fool you - it's

• Tom's Hardware ☛ Raspberry Pi announce branded range of NVMe SSDs and SSD kit

  Following hot on the heels of the recent branded A2 micro SD cards, Raspberry Pi are working with Biwin to produce branded 256GB and 512GB NVMe SSDs.

• CNX Software ☛ ESP32-S3 board features 1.91-inch AMOLED display and QMI8658 6-axis motion sensor

  Waveshare has launched an ESP32-S3 1.91-inch AMOLED development board with a 6-axis motion sensor designed for the rapid prototyping of IoT and portable projects with interactive displays. The board is built around the ESP32-S3R8 chip, featuring a 32-bit LX7 dual-core processor running at up to 240MHz, with integrated 2.4GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth BLE 5. It also includes 16MB Flash, 8MB PSRAM, 512KB SRAM, and 384KB ROM for efficient processing and memory management. At the core of its display capabilities is a 1.91-inch AMOLED screen with a 240×536 resolution, supporting 16.7 million colors.

• CNX Software ☛ MentorPi is a ROS2-compatible, Raspberry Pi 5-based robot car with Mecanum or Ackermann chassis

  MentorPi is a ROS2-compatible robot car powered by the Raspberry Pi 5, designed for AI-driven robotics and Python programming. It offers two chassis options: MentorPi-M1, which features a Mecanum-wheel chassis, and MentorPi-A1, equipped with an Ackermann chassis. Both variants come with high-performance components such as closed-loop encoder motors, STL-19P TOF lidar, 3D depth cameras, and high-torque servos. These enable precise navigation, SLAM mapping, path planning, and dynamic obstacle avoidance, making MentorPi an ideal platform for robotics tasks. The system utilizes a dual-controller architecture to optimize performance.