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Forgix hybrid board pairs Raspberry Pi RP2354 MCU with Efinix Trion FPGA

Adiuvo Engineering’s new ultra-compact, dual-chip Forgix development board pairs the Raspberry Pi RP2354 microcontroller with an Efinix Trion T8 FPGA in a breadboard-friendly Teensy form factor. Designed for developers exploring hardware-software co-design, the board combines dual-core Arm Cortex-M33 processing with 7,384 logic elements of programmable fabric.

Jetway’s latest x86 industrial SBCs offer a choice of Pico-ITX or 3.5-inch form factors

Jetway’s new PIC-TWL1 (Pico-ITX) and F35-TWL3 (3.5-inch) industrial SBCs leverage Intel’s 6W Atom N150 “Twin Lake” processor to offer low-power x86 computing with dual Gigabit Ethernet, varying from a dual-display ultra-compact layout up to a triple-4K configuration featuring cellular-ready M.2 expansion and SATA storage.

CirkitScape Top HAT brings ADC, RS-485, GPIO expansion, and USB hub to Raspberry Pi boards

The CirkitScape Top HAT is a multi-function Raspberry Pi expansion board that combines analog input, GPIO expansion, RS-485 communication, USB expansion, and power management features in a compact HAT format. The board is designed to reduce wiring complexity for embedded Linux, automation, STEM, and field-deployed projects.

Collabora introduces Kraid Rust compiler for Panfrost Mali GPU driver

Collabora has introduced Kraid, a new Rust-based compiler for the Panfrost open-source driver stack for Arm Mali GPUs. The project is intended to replace the aging Bifrost-oriented compiler infrastructure with a cleaner design better suited to Valhall and newer Mali GPU architectures.

WCH CH32V006EVT board supports Zephyr for low-cost RISC-V development

Olimex recently featured the WCH CH32V006EVT, a low-cost evaluation board for the RISC-V-based CH32V006K8U6 microcontroller. The board is designed around WCH’s CH32V006 family and provides a compact platform for experimenting with the QingKe V2C 32-bit RISC-V core, Zephyr support, and basic embedded development features.

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Linoutrox – minimal Debian-based Linux distribution

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Jun 27, 2026

Quoting: Linoutrox - minimal Debian-based Linux distribution - LinuxLinks —

Linoutrox is a minimal Linux distribution based on Debian.

It’s designed around a focused Openbox desktop, with a stripped-down environment that avoids the larger desktop stacks and preinstalls only a small set of essential applications. The distribution includes custom tools for day-to-day configuration, uses the standard Debian installer, and provides a live mode so users can test the system before installing it.

This is free and open source software.

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