Maker of the Month: OpenMote Puts an ESP32-S3 Inside Your Old Wii Remote

A drop-in board from Hat & Hammer turns a junk-drawer controller into a programmable remote for your smart home, your TV, and your next robot.

New Hardware: A DIY ESP32 Phone, Linux Comes to Snapdragon X2, and a $1 Computer

A build-it-yourself ESP32 phone, official Linux support for Snapdragon X2, and an ultra-low-cost BeagleBoard explore three ways to make hardware more accessible.

New Hardware: An RP2350 Drives 1080p, RISC-V Meets AMD ROCm, and Xen Runs on Real Silicon

From 1080p microcontroller graphics to GPU acceleration and virtualization on RISC-V, software is pushing hardware further.

New Hardware: Lunar Lake Shrinks Down, a $39 RISC-V KVM, and a Handheld Electronics Lab

Three new hardware releases this week take very different paths toward the same goal: packing more capability into smaller devices.

WireClaw Turns a Cheap ESP32 Into a Tiny AI Hardware Agent

AI agents are usually something you run on a PC, a server, or at least a reasonably capable edge board. WireClaw takes the idea somewhere smaller: it puts the agent interface directly on a $5 ESP32.

New Hardware: Tiny RISC-V Linux, 192GB of Unified Memory, and Blackwell in a Mini PC

This week's new hardware covers just about every end of the computing spectrum.

Orange Pi Zero 4 Packs an A733, 3 TOPS NPU, and PCIe 3.0 Into a $26.50 SBC

Orange Pi’s tiny Zero series gets an eight-core CPU, Wi-Fi 6, dual 4K display support, PCIe, faster storage options and a dedicated AI accelerator.

New Linux & RISC-V: PINE64 Puts Hardware on Hold, StarFive Goes Server-Class, and Linux 7.2 Arrives

PINE64's memory shortage is putting future Linux devices on ice, StarFive is pushing RISC-V into the server market, and Linux 7.2 brings new support for RISC-V and Arm hardware.

New Maker Tech: Luckfox Builds a Linux PLC, ESPHome Gets a $40 Starter Kit, and Gemma Runs Offline on a Pi 5

Recent projects are pushing familiar maker platforms into more practical territory, from industrial control and beginner-friendly home automation to native ARM64 Chrome and an offline AI translator.

New Hardware: AI on an $8 ESP32, CM5 Goes Industrial, and a 200-TOPS Jetson Mini PC

From a 28.9-million-parameter model on an ESP32-S3 to industrial CM5 hardware and a 200-TOPS Jetson system, local AI is reaching every level of embedded computing.

This Raspberry Pi Handheld Puts a Commodore 64 in Your Hands

Retro Dad’s open-source build combines a Raspberry Pi 3, a physical keyboard, classic joystick ports, and a 3D-printed enclosure, solving the problem most C64 handhelds ignore.

A Raspberry Pi That Boots Straight Into AI, an ESP32-P4 KVM, and More

From OS-free AI on the Raspberry Pi to a $20 Linux router, these projects rethink what small computers can do.

New Maker Hardware: STM32C5, SpacemiT K3, DC-ROMA and ESP32-S31

New microcontrollers, RISC-V AI platforms, and modular laptops push maker hardware forward.

PocketByte: Modular Maker Hardware | Maker of the Month

Meet Pocketbyte: A 16-Year-Old's Open-Source Answer to the Modern Handheld

Radxa Dragon Q8B Brings Snapdragon Power, 29 TOPS, and Serious Expansion to the SBC Market

New Maker Hardware: Linux Cardputers, RISC-V Displays and Edge AI Boards

An Incredible Stretch for Maker Hardware

This Homemade GPU Uses 8,192 Tiny RISC-V Chips

Engineer turned low-cost microcontrollers into a massive experiment in parallel computing.

NEW! RISC-V Hardware is Here!

The biggest Risc-V hardware news of the week.