Air:bit Is a Micro:bit-Powered Quadcopter Kit

Since its release in 2016, the micro:bit has been helping students take the first steps into the world of coding, and has spawned a number of interesting projects. Its built-in Bluetooth radio and accelerometer mean that it could even be used as the heart of a quadcopter setup, which is exactly what MakeKit is has accomplished with their aptly named Air:bit drones.

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3.5 Inch 60FPS Touch Screen For The Raspberry Pi 4! iUniker Screen + Case

In this video, I take a look at and show you how to set up the all New iUniker Raspberry Pi 4 Touchscreen, 3.5 inch 60+fps 480×320 Resolution HD Raspberry Pi Touchscreen with Cooling Fan and Case for Raspberry 4 Model B/Pi 4b. This is great for retro pie handheld projects or monitoring software for the new Raspberry pi 4! Let’s see how it performs. 

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This YouTuber Built His Own 8-Axis Camera Crane Robot

If you’ve ever wondered how cinematographers are able to capture those amazing dynamic shots where the camera is able to smoothly follow an actor as they move through a scene, the answer is often complex camera cranes. They’re usually controlled by an operator, but have sophisticated motor controllers to keep the camera stable. Unfortunately, those are wildly expensive and far out of reach for amateurs — and even many indie filmmakers. That’s why YouTuber Mingul decided to build his own 8-axis camera crane robot.

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Oracle Builds a Supercomputer with 1,060 Raspberry Pi Computers

Raspberry Pi is definitely the world’s most popular single-board computer brand, and that popularity is primarily a result of their low cost and small size. Those factors make Raspberry Pi boards ideal for compact projects, and for portable devices in particular. Oracle, however, has taken the complete opposite approach and built a supercomputer made from a cluster of 1,060 Raspberry Pis.

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The Probe-Scope Is a 60MHz 250Msps Oscilloscope That Fits in Your Hand

A year ago, electrical engineer Mark Omo unveiled his 1 Square Inch 20Msps Oscilloscope designed around a PIC32MZ EF, which used its internal ADCs in an interleaved mode to gain that 20Msps. It even had an integrated 1-inch X 1-inch OLED screen for the readouts. Now he’s back once again with another oscilloscope project, the Probe-Scope, a self-contained 60MHz 250Msps oscilloscope and probe in cable form factor — meaning all the acquisition hardware is contained along the cable.

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8bitdo SN30 Pro Plus Review – The Best 8Bitdo Controller Ever!

The New 8Bitdo SN30 Pro + controller is defiantly the best 8Bitdo controller ever made! Amazing D-pad Build quality and Buttons, Pus it’s fully customizable using the All-new 8Bitdo ultimate customization software for Windows or MAC. Whether you need a new Wireless or wired controller for an Android Phone or Tablet, The Nintendo Switch, Raspberry Pi, Windows PC or Mac The SN30 Pro + from 8Bitdo has you covered!

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balena releases first fully functional 64-bit OS for the Raspberry Pi 4

Today, we are excited to announce the release of 64-bit balenaOS for the Raspberry Pi 4, providing support for the full 4GB of memory and allowing the simultaneous, side-by-side running of 32-bit and 64-bit Docker containers – a first for the Raspberry Pi 4!

BalenaOS is an open-source, minimal, Yocto Linux-based host OS tailored for containers. It enables a fast and modern workflow for many different embedded device types, now including the Raspberry Pi 4, in a delicious new 64-bit flavor.

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LumiWatch Is a Wearable That Projects a Touch-Capable Interface onto Your Arm

Wearables have a lot of potential for making our various tech gadgets integrate more seamlessly into our lives. Smart watches are a great example of that — the newest Apple Watch is practically an iPhone in its own right. But, the Apple Watch, like all smart watches, has a pretty glaring drawback: the small screen.

LumiWatch is designed to overcome that limitation by projecting the screen across your entire lower arm. The device itself resembles a traditional smart watch, but instead of the screen being on the watch face, it’s projected onto your arm with a 15 lumen projection module. That projector is able to effectively turn your arm into a 40cm² display that’s many times larger than any smart watch on the market.

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The Ultimate Storage Monster: 32 SATA Ports On A Single Motherboard

Chinese motherboard vendors are widely known for creating unorthodox products. For example, Soyo put out an H310C motherboard that supports up to four generations of Intel processors, or Huananzhi, which slapped DDR3 and DDR4 slots on an X99 motherboard. The list of unconventional motherboards continues to expand with Onda’s B250 D32-D3 motherboard.

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