“Retro Band” is the second version of an open source Arduino wearable device. For me, it shouldn’t be called a “smart band”; it only has basic functions. In fact, it might be better to call it an activity tracker… but the term “smart band” feels more familiar to me. The important feature of smart bands … Read more
Introduction: Penkēsu Computer: A DIY retro handheld Linux computer. Word count: 1363, reading time approximately: 2 minutes https://linux.cn/article-14408-1.htmlAuthor: John PaulTranslator: geekpi Have you ever wished for a handheld Linux laptop with a keyboard? If so, you’re in luck. A hardware designer has created such a device and made the design open source, allowing anyone to … Read more
Follow+Star public number, don’t miss the wonderful content Author | strongerHuang WeChat Public Account | Embedded Column Many commercial software requires a License to function properly; otherwise, one can only use illegal “*cracks” to use it. Many software libraries and source codes used by software engineers also need to comply with licenses. Here, I will … Read more
1. Uses of FreeRTOS FreeRTOS is generally used in hardware designs where there are certain limitations on RAM size (cost, resources, performance-to-power ratio, etc.). It is one of the most widely used real-time operating systems today. Choosing FreeRTOS for project applications generally considers the following aspects: Real-time (time constraints): Like most RTOS, at each clock … Read more
The open-source Android 7.0 offers endless possibilities for enthusiasts. Previously, Peter Yoon successfully ported Android TV to the Raspberry Pi 3, and now he has managed to run Android 7.0 on it. As this is only the first version of the port, we can see from the video that the operation is still not stable, … Read more
Orange Pi is an open-source product under Shenzhen Xunlong Software, positioned similarly to Raspberry Pi, belonging to single-board computers but can be expanded through interfaces. Xunlong Software has its own open-source operating system Orange Pi OS, which is based on Android 12 but the entire interface is very similar to Windows 11. After all, being … Read more
Project Name: 【The Type You Want】ESP32S3 Fully Functional Development Board Project Author: mondraker Introduction What? Less is more? Can you develop such a development board for just over 80 yuan? No nesting dolls allowed What’s important!! During the development process, it allows someone who has never encountered LVGL or ESP32 to get started with LVGL, … Read more
Introduction A cross-platform IoT gateway based on .NET 6. Easily connect to any of your devices and systems (such as PLCs, barcode scanners, CNCs, databases, serial devices, upper computers, OPC Servers, OPC UA Servers, Mqtt Servers, etc.) through visual configuration, enabling bidirectional data communication with Thingsboard, IoTSharp, or your own IoT platform (MES, SCADA). Provides … Read more
ZSWatch is an open-source smartwatch that includes both hardware and software. It is named ZSWatch-Zephyr Smartwatch because it is built on top of Zephyr RTOS. Currently, this project is open-source on Github, and it is a fantastic open-source project~ Zephyr was originally developed by Wind River as a microkernel and became a project maintained by … Read more
System.Device.Gpio is a brand new open-source library for .Net Core, designed to enable IoT (Internet of Things) applications to interact with hardware like sensors, displays, and input devices through its GPIO pins or other I/O controls. This library is enhanced by a collection of device bindings maintained by the community. As demonstrated by Microsoft’s .NET … Read more