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Retro and Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32 and SPARCs
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CNX Software ☛ Waveshare ESP32-P4-ETH development board supports Ethernet and PoE
Waveshare ESP32-P4-ETH is a compact ESP32-P4 development board with Ethernet and PoE support, which looks very similar to the Olimex ESP32-P4-DevKit minus the pUEXT connector. However, we’ve also covered other ESP32-P4 boards with Ethernet (and other features) such as the ESP32-P4-Module-DEV-KIT, the ESP32-P4-NANO board, and the GUITION JC-ESP32P4-M3-DEV. Design wise, the board also looks very similar to the Wiznet boards based on Raspberry Pi RP2xxx microcontroller such as the W55RP20-EVB-Pico, the W6300-EVB-Pico2, and the W5100S-EVB-Pico2 boards, but you can also run multimedia workloads with MIPI camera and display interfaces, hardware video encoding, audio processing, Hey Hi (AI) speech functions, and advanced security features on the ESP32-P4-ETH board.
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Jonathan Pallant ☛ JP's Website · 2025-08-20 · How many SPARCs is too many SPARCs?
The machines were in Newbury and the owner needed to clear the whole lot, so wasn't particularly interested in people coming and collecting one at a time. So, I said I could come down right away (it's only a ~3 hour drive each way) and take as many as would fit into my car. The vendor was actually surprised at all the interest, and in the end we agreed I could take about half the pile, leaving half for the other people who were coming later.
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Linux Gizmos ☛ Forlinx FET-MX9596-C SoM Arrives with NXP i.MX 95, Dual 10GbE, and Onboard NPU
Forlinx Embedded, an NXP gold partner, has officially launched its FET-MX9596-C SoM and the companion OK-MX9596-C development board. Built around NXP’s i.MX 95 processor family, the platform targets industrial automation, medical systems, and edge AI applications.
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Linux Gizmos ☛ Low-Cost FireBeetle 2 ESP32-P4 Now Available with Wi-Fi 6, MIPI CSI/DSI, and RISC-V Core
DFRobot has officially introduced the FireBeetle 2 ESP32-P4, a compact microcontroller board built for computer vision and multimedia projects. Priced at $11.90, it pairs the ESP32-P4 SoC with a companion co-processor for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth connectivity, targeting applications such as cameras, smart home devices, and interactive interfaces.
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Arduino ☛ Your plants can now play your video games
The population of the world is currently in an uproar as everyone panics about Hey Hi (AI) stealing jobs. But nobody seems to be concerned about the possibility of plants stealing video games.
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Hackaday ☛ Carry Your Grayscale Memories With This Tiny Game Boy Photo Frame
While we cannot be certain this is the world’s smallest digital photo frame, [Raphaël Boichot]’s Pico Slide Show is probably in the running. Since the 0.85″ TFT display would be wasted on multi-megapixel images, [Raphael] has dedicated this project to images from the Game Boy Camera.