Linux, Devices, and Open Hardware Leftovers

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 15, 2026

• Devices/Embedded

  • Coywolf LLC ☛ Anthropic research warns AI worms could replicate across cheap IoT devices

    Anthropic wanted to know if cheap hardware was enough to run a small model, so they bought 15 cheap Android-based TVs with 4GB of RAM, networked them, and then ran Gemma4-26B-A4B across all of them. They found that a botnet of cheap, poorly defended IoT devices could provide enough compute to run a capable model like that. Anthropic said that smart fridges, smart ovens, automatic vacuum cleaners, and lawnmowers could each run a shard of a smaller model.

    Ultimately, only one model fully replicated itself: the GLM-5.2 open-weight model. Anthropic said it spread to all 8 nodes in 4 out of 5 trials. They noted that the test kept the exploit trivial, but if small models keep improving at the same rate, Anthropic projects many will be able to do this by the end of 2026.

  • Bert Hubert ☛ The still unregulated solar power clouds: notes from 9th E.DSO – EE-ISAC - ENCS – ENISA Cybersecurity Forum

    And yet, we barely discussed the elephant in the room, and what I came to Brussels for. The cyber aspects of domestic solar panel inverters, heat pumps and home batteries are unregulated since individually they are small fry. Yet, these >100GW contributions to our power grid are now centrally managed from incredibly weakly secured non-European clouds that could fall victim to the ransomware attacks that are happening all the time. This means the there is a clear and present danger of hackers shutting down our societies, possibly as part of geopolitical ‘gray warfare’/hybrid attacks.

• Open Hardware/Modding

  • CNX Software ☛ Romu – A Tiny Raspberry Pi RP2354A board for USB application development (Crowdfunding)

    Bitmerse Romu is a tiny (15.5 x 12 mm), almost minimal Raspberry Pi RP2354A USB board with a USB 2.0 interface on one side of the PCB, and the dual Cortex-M33/RISC-V MCU on the other side, connected to a few debugging/programming pads, buttons, and an RGB LED. It doesn’t come with any GPIO, and it’s mostly designed for USB applications such as a security key for passwordless login, a USB MIDI controller, a macro pad, or a custom HID device. You can plug it directly into a spare USB Type-A port of your computer/host without any cables, breadboard, or adapters required.

  • CNX Software ☛ Orange Pi O1 SBC features 16 TOPS SOPHGO BM1688 Hey Hi (AI) SoC, supports 4G/5G cellular connectivity

    Orange Pi O1 is a new single board computer (SBC) based on the somewhat older SOPHGO BM1688 octa-core Cortex-A53 SoC with a built-in 16 TOPS Hey Hi (AI) accelerator/TPU, and support for decoding up to sixteen 1080p30 video streams, or encoding ten. The board comes with 8GB or 16GB memory, supports M.2 NVMe, eMMC module, SPI flash, SATA III, or microSD card storage, and offers HDMI and MIPI DSI display interfaces, two MIPI CSI camera connectors, dual GbE, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, and optional 4G/5G cellular connectivity,  as well as a few USB ports, audio interfaces, and a 26-pin GPIO header for expansion.

  • Linux Gizmos ☛ Geniatech Enables Local LLM Inference with RK1828 and Hailo-10 M.2 AI Accelerators

    Geniatech has listed two M.2 AI accelerator cards targeting local inference workloads on embedded systems and edge devices. The AIM-M-R28 uses Rockchip’s RK1828 processor with 20 TOPS of computing performance, while the AIM-M-H10 is based on Hailo’s Hailo-10 architecture, delivering up to 40 TOPS for generative AI and computer vision applications.

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    Great sound, a distinct design, and a listening experience made to evolve with you. Designed to impress from day one

  • Framework Computer BV ☛ Reviews of the new Framework Laptop 12 are live

    Reviews are live on the new Framework Laptop 12 powered by Intel Core Series 3! We designed Framework Laptop 12 from the start to be a fun, colorful, portable, Linux-ready 2-in-1. With this generation, we focused on power efficiency, CPU performance, and improvements to quality of life with options for fingerprint reader and backlit keyboard. Reviewers confirmed we maintained what makes this form factor great while leveling up the overall experience: [...]

  • Tom's Guide ☛ Framework Laptop 12 review (2026) | Tom's Guide

    The Framework Laptop 12 isn’t just any convertible laptop. Instead, it’s more like a desktop PC that you can buy pre-assembled or build yourself, as I did. Like seeing a PC you’ve built boot successfully for the first time, I felt that same spark of satisfaction when the Framework Laptop 12 turned on.

  • Hackaday ☛ Using An ESP32-C3’s RF Hardware For DVB-S2 Video Transmission

    Generally the DVB-S and -S2 standards require a satellite somewhere in Earth orbit to provide a signal to receive, but you can also transmit your own DVB-S2 stream with any RF transmitter if you’re so inclined. Courtesy of recent breakthroughs in using the RF hardware of the ESP32 on a raw level, [SP8ESA] has created the ESP32-DATV project using which you can broadcast a DVB-S2 signal using an ESP32-C3.

  • Hackaday ☛ DIY Force Sensing Joysticks Are A Cheap Way To Go

    The build that [tekasza] put together is based around the Teensy 4.0 microcontroller. It’s set up to read a series of load cells that determine the force applied to the stick in the X and Y axes. The cells are wired up to HX711 load cell amplifiers so they can be easily read by the microcontroller. The Teensy does the work to take the load cell readings and convert them into axis outputs for a USB HID game controller, allowing the stick to be used with just about any game or simulator on the market. [tekasza] has the stick integrated with pedals as well as a whole bunch of buttons and switches to control other simulator features, built up into a full seated sim setup.

  • Hackaday ☛ Pager Converted To Meshtastic Node

    To get this pager working, a lot of reverse engineering was needed. There is essentially no documentation on the chips in these devices, so the screen and keyboard both were reverse-engineered to work with other hardware. In this case, [zindustries87] found space for a Heltec V4 with an ESP32-S3, a popular Meshtastic node with a small form factor. Some programming was needed to get everything communicating together, but from the looks of things it seems to have basic functionality.

  • Jeff Geerling ☛ Formlabs dropped the Raspberry Pi on the way to a $699 SLA printer

    It's a more tedious process, which involves resins you can't touch, multiple gallons of IPA (Isopropyl Alcohol) for washing, and curing in UV light... but the end result has a resolution that can't be matched with FDM, and materials ranging from clear resin to flexible rubber are equally unreal to see come off the printer if you’re only used to filament printers.

  • Arduino ☛ Building a super-affordable automated PCB inspection system

    There is a vast gulf between making a one-off prototype and mass-production at scale. Within that gulf, there are innumerable small teams and businesses churning out PCBs in relatively low quantities – say dozens or hundreds a month. Inspection needs in that market are under-served, but Mukesh Sankhla designed a solution: a very affordable automated PCB inspection system.