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Hardware/Modding: Jetson Orin Nano, ESP32, and More
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CNX Software ☛ XIAO Soil Moisture Sensor review with Home Assistant
Seeed Studio sent us a review sample of the XIAO Soil Moisture Sensor powered by the XIAO ESP32C6 wireless module and running on a single AA battery. Designed for ultra-low power consumption, it’s supposed to offer long-lasting operation with dynamic adjustment of monitoring intervals. It’s preloaded with ESPHome firmware and is fully compatible with Home Assistant. It’s ideal for indoor plants monitoring, but it can’t be used outdoors since the 3D printed enclosure is not weatherproof.
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CNX Software ☛ Forlinx FCU3011 – An NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano fanless industrial computer with 4x GbE, optional 4G/5G and Wi-Fi connectivity
Forlinx Embedded has recently released the FCU3011, a compact, fanless industrial Hey Hi (AI) edge computer built around the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano, designed for 24/7 operations in manufacturing, smart cities, robotics, and machine vision systems, where real-time processing is needed. The fanless system supports NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano 4GB (34 TOPS) or 8GB (up to 67 TOPS) configurations, with 4GB/8GB LPDDR5 memory and a 128GB PCIe x4 NVMe SSD.
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Hackaday ☛ A Compact, Browser-Based ESP32 Oscilloscope
An oscilloscope is usually the most sensitive, and arguably most versatile, tool on a hacker’s workbench, often taking billions of samples per second to produce an accurate and informative representation of a signal. This vast processing power, however, often goes well beyond the needs of the signals in question, at which point it makes sense to use a less powerful and expensive device, such as [MatAtBread]’s ESP32 oscilloscope.