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Open Hardware/Modding: ThinkNode M3, ForgeFPGA, Raspberry Pi Latches Onto the Slop Cargo Cult
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Linux Gizmos ☛ ThinkNode M3 Uses LR1110 and nRF52840 for Meshtastic Tracking
The ThinkNode M3 is built around the Nordic nRF52840 microcontroller, which handles Bluetooth Low Energy communication and overall system control.
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Linux Gizmos ☛ Renesas Expands ForgeFPGA Line with New 2k-LUT Ultra-Low-Power Devices
Renesas notes that ForgeFPGA is positioned as an alternative to traditional low-end FPGAs, emphasizing simplified development, low power consumption, and compact packaging.
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Jeff Geerling ☛ Raspberry Pi's new AI HAT adds 8GB of RAM for local LLMs
You still can't upgrade the RAM on the Pi, but at least this way if you do have a need for an AI coprocessor, you don't have to eat up the Pi's memory to run things on it.
And it's a lot cheaper and more compact than running an eGPU on a Pi. In that sense, it's more useful than the silly NPUs Microsoft forces into their 'AI PCs'.
But it's still a solution in search of a problem, in all but the most niche of use cases.
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Raspberry Pi ☛ Introducing the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2: Generative AI on Raspberry Pi 5
While the AI HAT+ provides best-in-class acceleration for vision-based neural network models, including object detection, pose estimation, and scene segmentation (see it in action here), it lacks the capability to run the increasingly popular generative AI (GenAI) models. Today, we are excited to announce the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2, our first AI product designed to fill the generative AI gap.
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More on the slop:
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Raspberry Pi Hey Hi (AI) HAT+ 2 Lets You Run LLMs Locally
The Raspberry Pi Hey Hi (AI) HAT+ 2 costs $130 but with 40 TOPS and 8GB of onboard RAM it can run LLMs like Qwen 2 and DeepSeek R1 locally, opening up new use cases.
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Raspberry Pi Hey Hi (AI) HAT+ 2 Review: The brains and the brawn
Raspberry Pis latest Hey Hi (AI) accessory brings a more powerful Hailo NPU, capable of LLMs and image inference, but the price tag is a key deciding factor.
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Raspberry Pi Hey Hi (AI) HAT+ 2 targets generative Hey Hi (AI) (LLM/VLM) with Hailo-10H accelerator
The Raspberry Pi Hey Hi (AI) HAT+ 2 is an add-on board based on the 40 TOPS Hailo-10H Hey Hi (AI) accelerator with 8GB of dedicated on-board RAM that brings generative Hey Hi (AI) capability to Raspberry Pi 5. While it delivers similar computer vision performance as the first-generation Hailo-8-based Raspberry Pi Hey Hi (AI) HAT+, the Hey Hi (AI) HAT+ 2 also adds support for large language models (LLMs) and vision-language models (VLMs) running locally without the need for Internet access. Target applications include offline process control, secure data analysis, facilities management, and robotics.