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Radxa C200 Orin Developer Kit Features Jetson Orin NX and PCIe 4.0 Expansion

The kit integrates NVIDIA’s Jetson Orin NX which includes a six-core Arm Cortex A78AE processor operating at 2 GHz and an Ampere based GPU with 1024 CUDA cores and 32 Tensor Cores.

STMicroelectronics New WiFi 6/Bluetooth LE Coprocessor Modules Add Matter Support

The ST67W611M1 modules combine Qualcomm’s connectivity platform with the STM32 development ecosystem. They operate as external wireless coprocessors, with an STM32 MCU running the main application while the ST67W611M1 handles radio functions. The series supports WiFi 6 in the 2.4 GHz band, Bluetooth LE 5.4, and software based enablement for Matter over WiFi in late 2025 and Thread in mid 2026.

Pimoroni Unveils Badgeware Series Featuring New E-Paper, IPS, and LED Wearable Devices

The Badger model is an updated version of the e-paper badge released four years ago according to Pimoroni. It features a 2.7 inch greyscale e-paper panel with a resolution of 264 by 176 pixels. The device uses the RP2350 microcontroller paired with 16 MB of flash and 8 MB of PSRAM.

MetaComputing Launches 45-TOPS Arm Linux-Ready PC Powered by CIX CP8180

Switzerland-based MetaComputing has announced a new ARM-based AI PC designed for the Framework Laptop 13 ecosystem. Developed with CIX Technology, the device introduces an ARM mainboard option for Framework systems and represents one of the first consumer-facing deployments of the CIX CP8180 processor.

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Phosh 0.46.0 brings customization, UI improvements to the mobile Linux user interface

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Apr 07, 2025

Quoting: Phosh 0.46.0 brings customization, UI improvements to the mobile Linux user interface - Liliputing —

Phosh is a user interface designed for smartphones running Linux-based operating systems. First developed by Purism for the Librem 5 smartphone, it’s now available for a wide range of devices and works with most major Linux distributions.

While Phosh has long had many of the core features you’d expect from a smartphone user interface, it’s still a little rough around the edges compared with more mature software like Android or iOS. But Phosh is also under constant development and the team behind the software recently released Phosh 0.46.0 which brings a number of improvements and bug fixes.

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