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The linux kernel Branch for NanoPi is nanopi-v4.1.y, you should switch the branch to nanopi-v4.1.y, then build it, you will get the kernel programming file arch/arm/boot/zImage.

The NanoPi 2 Fire is a high performance ARM Board developed by FriendlyARM for Hobbysts, Makers and Hackers for IOT projects. It features Samsung"s Cortex-A9 Quad Core S5P4418@1.4GHz SoC and 1G 32bit DDR3 RAM. It has a Gbps Ethernet port. It boots Android and Debian from a TF card. It integrates an HDMI and LCD interface. Its adoption of the Raspberry Pi"s GPIO pin header makes it compatible with both Raspberry Pi"s external GPIO modules and Arduino"s shield boards. Its PCB dimension is 75 x 40 mm.

The NanoPi NEO 4 measures just 60 x 45 mm, and yet FriendlyElec has managed to pack in a hexa-core SoC along with a host of connectors, ports and sensors. Specifically, the developer board is powered by the Rockchip RK3399, which integrates two Cortex-A72 performance cores and four Cortex-A53 power-saving cores that clock up to 2 GHz and 1.5 GHz respectively. The SoC also has an ARM Mali-T864 GPU onboard that supports modern APIs like OpenGL ES 3.1, OpenCL and DX11.

The NEO 4 has 1 GB of DDR3-1866 RAM too but does not come with any pre-installed flash storage. FriendlyElec includes an eMMC socket though, and the developer board also supports up to 128 GB microSD cards. Additionally, the NEO 4 has four USB ports, a HDMI 2.0 port and Gigabit Ethernet. The USB ports are one USB 3.0 Type-A, one USB 2.0 Type-C that supports On-The-Go (OTG) and power input along with one USB 2.0 Type-A and one USB 2.0 2.54 mm header. The NEO supports up to IEEE 802.11 n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 too.

FriendlyElec has also incorporated one GPIO 40 pin connector, an 8 channel 1.8 V I2S and a 3V debug UART. The company has even found space for a real-time clock battery on the 30.25 g board, while the NEO 4 requires a 5V/3A power supply.

The developer board supports Android 7.1.2 and Android 8.1, although you will need a separate eMMC module on which to load the OS. FriendlyElec sells a compatible 16 GB eMMC 5.1 module should you wish to do so, for reference. The NEO 4 also supports Lubuntu 16.04 (32-bit), FriendlyCore 18.04 (64-bit), FriendlyDesktop 18.04 (64-bit) and Armbian (3rd) running the Linux-4.4-LTS or U-boot-2014.10 kernels. FriendlyARM provides the above OS images on its NEO 4 wiki too.

The NanoPi NEO 4 ships worldwide from FriendlyARM for US$50 plus shipping and comes with an antenna. FriendlyElec also sells a compatible heatsink for US$5.99, while FriendlyARM provides an extensive wiki about how to get the NanoPi NEO 4 working.

James Brown (aka Ancient) has built a tiny computer inside a LEGO brick with a Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller and a 0.42-inch OLED display. And yes, it runs Doom. So finally, the LEGO minifigures have access to a computer suitable for their size :). James did not post a lot of information to reproduce the build by yourself, but he still released the “uGrey” code, written in Micropython, to display greyscale on a monochrome OLED. We can learn from the design in a mesmerizing video (embedded at the end of this post) showing how he made a Raspberry Pi RP2040 computer fit into a LEGO brick. The tiny design is comprised of five main boards/modules: Raspberry Pi RP2040 module The micro USB module Two side modules with other components A 0.42-inch OLED display with 72×40 resolution (SSD1306) Since soldering the four modules together by hand only would be really challenging, […]

We’ve seen transparent, see-through displays at least since 2010 for retail applications, and over the years, these types of transparent displays or variants have made it to consumer devices like smartwatches and notch-free smartphones. But I don’t think I had ever seen transparent displays for the maker market, and DFRobot Fermion is 1.51-inch transparent OLED display with 128×64 resolution that is connected to the host MCU via SPI or GDI (General Display Interface) interface. Fermion specifications: 1.51-inch transparent OLED display with blue pixels based on SSD1309 driver Resolution – 128×64 (transparent part: 128×56) Display interface – 8-bit 68xx/80xx Parallel, 3-/4-wire SPI, I2C Adapter Interface – SPI, GDI Operating Voltage –  3.3V Dimensions Screen Size – 41.92 x 27.08mm Display Area – 35.05 x 15.32 mm Pixel Pitch – 0.274 x 0.274mm Pixel Size – 0.254 x 0.254mm Adapter Size – 18 x 28mm/0.71 x 1.10inch Temperature Range – -40~70°C There […]

In recent months several Espressif ESP32 watches have started to show up including TTGO-T wristband and Watchy with an e-Ink display. This morning, I’ve come across another option with DSTIKE ESP32 watch development kit that offers a choice of black & white OLED display or color TFT display, and has apparently been around for about a year. DSTIKE ESP32 watch devkit specifications: SoC – ESP32 dual-core Tensilica LX6 processor with Wi-Fi 4 and Bluetooth 5.0/5.1 connectivity Storage – MicroSD card Display (one or the other) 1.3 OLED I2C display (SH1106) TFT color display with 240 x 240 resolution (I2C + 2 I/O) Expansion – 10-pin header with TX/RX, GPIO 17 & 16 (I2C), SVP/SVN, GPIO 25 & 26 (DAC), GND, and 3V Misc – Power switch, navigation buttons, reset & flash buttons, buzzer, WS2812b RGB LED,  “highlight LED” (backlight LED maybe), charging status LED Battery – 600 mAh battery Dimensions […]

ESP32 WiFi / Bluetooth boards are now commonly supported by the Arduino IDE, and alternative firmwares are also available to program them using JavaScript (e.g. Espruino), or MicroPython. But if are familiar with JavaScript / Node.js, and don’t want to flash your own firmware, Obniz board could be an option. The board exposes 12 I/Os programmable from the company’s Cloud service, and features a OLED display used to show your program information, or a QR code to easily program the board from your smartphone’s browse once a WiFi connection has been setup. Obniz hardware specifications: Wireless Module – ESP-WROOM-ESP32 based on  ESP32 dual core 802.11 b/n/g WiFi + Bluetooth LE WiSoC Display – 128×64 OLED display I/Os 12x I/O pins each configurable as GPIO, ADC, UART, SPI or I2C (no specialized pin, each can handle those functions) Up to 1A drive per I/O to control motors 3.3 or 5V selectable […]

Just one year ago, it would cost around $15 to $20+ to get an ESP32 board, that is if you were lucky/fast enough to order one one before it went out of stock. Since then, availability is no longer an issue, and you now can get an ESP32 development board for as low as about $7, or even around $4 during promotions. Today, I was made aware of another board sold under the “TTGO” brand, that includes not only ESP32 WiFi and Bluetooth SoC, but also a (433 MHz) LoRa radio, and an OLED display. Price? Just $10 plus shipping ($1.75 here). TTGO ESP32/LoRa board specifications: WiSoC – Espressif ESP32 Storage – 32MB on-board flash (or maybe just 16MB?) LoRa Semtech SX1278 with u.FL connector + 433MHz antenna (N.B.: Antenna must be connected during use or the Semtech chip could be damaged) Sensitivity” ~ -148dBm; output power: +20dBm Display – […]

MXCHIP is a Shanghai based company designing and manufacturing WiFi IoT modules such as EMW3165, which has now made a development board based on their EMW3166 STM32+ Cypress module – called MXChip AZ3166 – specifically designed for Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform. MXChip AZ3166 board specifications: Wireless Module – EMW3166 WiFi module with STM32F412 ARM Cortex M4F MCU @ 100 MHz with 256KB SRAM，1MB+2MB SPI Flash, Cypress BCM43362 WiFi chip Display – 128×64 OLED display Audio – Audio codec, built-in microphone, and 3.5mm heaphone jack Sensors – Motion sensor,  magnetometer, atmospheric pressure sensor,  temperature and humidity sensor Expansion – Finger extension interface with 25 external I/O pins including GPIOs, I2C, I2S, UART, ADC, Reset, 3.3V, and GND Debugging – DAP Link emulator USB – 1x Micro USB port for power, programming, debugging Misc – 2x user buttons;  1x RGB light; 3x working status indicator; IR emitter; Security encryption chip Power Supply […]

FriendlyELEC will send me some review samples from time to time, and normally I just ask for one item, but they aways send a bunch of their products instead. This time I asked for a NanoPi NEO NAS Kit v1.2 to play with, but I got clearly more than what I asked for… Let’s start with the box at the top. It contains “NanoPi NEO complete starter kit” selling for $29.99for $29.00 with the following items: NanoPi NEO board NanoHat OLED Heatsink and thermal pad kit Akuminum housing a Mico USB cable A micro SD card pre-loaded with NEO OLED Ubuntu firmware. Three buttons, and screws It’s actually not fully complete, as you’d need to provide and solder your own male headers to NanoPi NEO board. I did not have time for soldering that day, but the final results should be really neat based on pictures from their website. If […]

Mini Shield for NanoPi NEO Core/Core2 is a customized function expansion baseboard specially designed for NanoPi NEO Core and NanoPi NEO Core2. The baseboard expands common interfaces such as network port, debug serial port, audio, USB and so on.

The 2x13 Pin header in the upper left corner of the board leads to the I0 interface of anoPi NEO Core or Core2, which is convenient for connecting other functional modules.

NanoPI NEO is a single-board system from FriendlyARM with a RAM memory of 256 MB. It is equipped with the Allwinner H3 system offering 4 Coretex-A7 cores. Each core can operate at a frequency of 1.2 GHz. In addition, the board has a Mali-400MP2 graphics processor clocked at 600 MHz. The board is equipped with, among others, an RJ45 port, 2 USB ports (1 USB 2.0 port and 1 micro-USB 2.0 connector), a micro SD memory card slot and interface ports such as: USB (2 additional USB 2.0 ports), UART ( 2 ports RS232), I2C, SPI, PWM, GPIO and audio (microphone input and line audio output). The system is powered by 5V, power consumption according to the manufacturer does not exceed 2A. The system"s operation is responsible for the Ubuntu Core distribution, specially prepared by the manufacturer, based on the Linux kernel version 3.4. The system is not factory installed.