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invisCAM A Compact 2MP Camera for Low Light and Low Power Applications

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The RED-BEET 2.0 by 8Devices is a compact powerline communication module built on the Qualcomm QCA7006AQ PLC chip, supporting SPI, Ethernet, HomePlug GreenPHY, and HomePlug AV standards. Its small size, industrial temperature tolerance, and automotive-grade certification are designed for integration into e-mobility and automotive applications.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 08, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

  1. The High Cost of Making Scepticism of Proprietary Voting Machines a "Trump" and "Conspiracy Theory" Territory
    Time to get back to paper? Or read an old paper?
  2. Today We Got an Early Birthday Gift
    Exciting times
  3. [Meme] Going Too Far to the Left Can Breed Militant Ideology
    Some people can never be appeased because they prefer not to be appeased
  4. FSF Expressed No Preference Regarding Presidential Candidates (Its Founder Did)
    Because he is a principled person, he does not prioritise loyalty to customers or employers (money)
  5. Who Next on the Linux Foundation's 'Kill List'?
    Remember that only about 2% of the "Linux" Foundation's budget goes to Linux

    New

  6. [Meme] Questioning Proprietary Software? Not OK...
    A disaster long in the making
  7. Links 07/11/2024: HTTP/3, Health Research, and Punditry
    Links for the day
  8. Gemini Links 07/11/2024: On Writing Publicly and Record Player Table
    Links for the day
  9. Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Hosted SOSS as Microsoft Propaganda Platform With Microsoft Front Group OSI
    They essentially promote what they're attacking under false pretences [...] OSI is deeply corrupt. It's more toxic than arsenic.
  10. Anti-Linux FUD, Now in LLM Form, Thanks to Brittany Day
    They attack Linux with chatbots
  11. [Meme] When You Discredit People Who Discredit Secret Code
    proprietary systems with hundreds of millions of transistors (and hundreds of millions of lines of code)
  12. Links 07/11/2024: Online Manipulation in Social Control Media, Election Deniers, and More
    Links for the day
  13. Gemini Links 07/11/2024: emacs-guix and File Hoarding
    Links for the day
  14. [Meme] Election Day at the European Patent Office
    Less than 60 minutes left to cast your vote
  15. Staff Union of the European Patent Office (SUEPO) Election Ending Today
    In one hour
  16. [Meme] When the Patent Office Does Illegal Things and Staff Speaks Out
    many leaks received today
  17. Apple's Debt Has Skyrocketed While Gimmicks Like Vision Pro Failed
    In Apple's case, the debt is almost double the "Cash on Hand", which isn't even cash
  18. A President Trump is Excellent News to Microsoft
    His racist policies gave lots of contracts to Microsoft
  19. Links 07/11/2024: Facebook Scams, Journalists on Strike
    Links for the day
  20. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  21. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, November 06, 2024
    IRC logs for Wednesday, November 06, 2024
  22. Microsoft-Connected Publishers Want Us to Think That Linux is Some Sort of a Virus and a "Backdoor"
    "The problem is with windows and the attack vector is via Windows"
  23. We've Made it to 18! Here's to Another 18!
    Going on for another 18 years means until some time at the end of 2042
  24. Links 07/11/2024: Political Angst and Laptop Issues
    Links for the day
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Thursday contains all the text.

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    1122 /n/2024/11/07/Microsoft_Connected_Publishers_Want_Us_to_Think_That_Linux_is_S.shtml
    922 /n/2024/10/31/SCO_Darl_McBride_Dead_at_Age_64.shtml
    803 /n/2024/11/02/GNU_Linux_Usage_Surveys_Up_to_6_8_With_ChromeOS_Based_on_StatCo.shtml
    761 /n/2024/11/04/Saving_the_Planet_With_Honesty_Transparency_and_Sharing_Not_Onl.shtml
    709 /n/2024/11/06/Mass_Layoffs_at_Mozilla_Announced_During_US_Elections.shtml
    683 /n/2024/11/04/Apple_s_MacOS_Shows_Us_the_Vision_of_Computing_That_GAFAM_Has_f.shtml
    671 /n/2024/11/02/Python_Software_Foundation_is_Cancel_Culture_Rehomed.shtml
    626 /n/2024/11/05/Halloween_All_Saints_Day_Swiss_citizenship.shtml
    623 /n/2024/10/25/Links_25_10_2024_Erosion_of_Trust_Online_and_Disability_Rights.shtml
    581 /n/2024/11/01/Technology_rights_or_responsibilities_Part_V.shtml
    542 /n/2024/11/01/Links_01_11_2024_Few_Things_Are_Cheaper_Than_This_Antenna_and_N.shtml
    537 /n/2024/11/03/Streisand_Effect_at_IBM.shtml
    525 /n/2024/11/02/The_Luddite_Complex.shtml
    518 /n/2024/11/04/Active_as_in_One_URL_One_Emoji_and_4_Words_in_One_Week.shtml
    513 /n/2024/11/03/Free_Software_Licence_Compliance_is_About_Security_Too.shtml
    500 /n/2024/11/03/Wall_Street_Has_Demoted_Intel_Seeing_There_May_be_No_Future_to_.shtml

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