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http://blog.armbian.com/content/images/2026/01/githubhighlights-2.webpThis week’s Armbian development saw significant kernel upgrades across multiple platforms, including meson64, rockchip64, and UEFI, with several branches bumped to versions 6.18 and 6.19. Notable hardware support enhancements were introduced, such as SPI controller support for Allwinner A523, new board additions like mixtile-core3588e, and improved compatibility for devices including Radxa and Youyeetoo. The build system received stability and performance improvements, featuring parallel repository generation, refined CI scripts, and fixes for repository management in concurrent environments. Kernel con…

This week in Armbian development saw significant enhancements across multiple areas, including expanded board support and improved hardware compatibility. Notable additions include new images and configurations for Qidi X-6, X-7, and Ariaboard Photonicat2 mainboards, as well as refined kernel patch maintenance and updates for various platforms. The build system received important fixes, such as resolving compilation errors and device tree issues, alongside improvements in Docker utilities and offline mode detection. Several refactoring efforts streamlined backend processes and enhanced user interface elements. The team also introduced automatic fallback mechanisms for Het…

Embedded Recipes returns to Nice for its second standalone edition, along with Linux Media Summit, PipeWire, libcamera, GStreamer Spring Hackfest, and new Display Next Hackfest & BlueZ F2F. Visit our table for Tyr, ML video analytics & Flipper One prototype! View the full article

After checking out the ACEMAGIC Kron Mini K5’s hardware with an unboxing and a teardown in the first part of the review, we tested the entry-level Intel Core 3 304 mini PC on Windows 11, and we’ve now taken the time to test Linux on the low-cost mini PC with Ubuntu 26.04. In this article, we’ll report our experience installing Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS, checking system information, running benchmarks, evaluating storage and networking (2.5GbE and WiFi 6) performance, running a stress test to monitor thermal throttling, and measuring fan noise and power consumption of the mini PC. Installing Ubuntu 26.04.1 For this test, we installed Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS alongside Windows 11. We st…

This week, two Collaborans will be in Dresden, Germany to take part in the AGL All Member Meeting. George Kiagiadakis and Daniel Stone will be in attendance, with the former also giving a presentation on the latest happenings in upstream multimedia. View the full article

There are already several serial terminal programs such as Putty and minicom, and in recent times, I’ve been using Bootterm myself. But that does not mean there’s room for more and Martin Lund has developed tio serial device I/O tool for Linux. Martin found out many of the existing tools are very modem focused or a bit cumbersome to use, so he developed tio as the simpler alternative which puts less focus on classic terminal/modem features and more focus on the needs of embedded developers and hackers. While it’s possible to build tio from source… [crayon-62bd521173c5e569300188/] it’s much easier to install as a snap (and you should get updates automatically): [crayon-62b…

Description Lets keep consistent board naming. @jeanrhum Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Linux Mint Vanessa 21.0 was already added. Now added the first point relese 21.1 named Vera. Description Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change. Linux Mint Vanessa 21.0 was already added. Now added the first point relese 21.1 named Vera. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Already tested by myself on the local installation. No problems at all. Maybe because Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu Jammy. View the full article

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EDATEC ED-AIC2020 is an IP67-rated, Raspberry Pi CM4-based industrial AI camera equipped with a fixed or liquid lens and LED illumination that leverages the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 to run computer vision applications using OpenCV, Pythong, And Qt. We’ve previously written about Raspberry Pi Compute Module-based smart cameras such as the Q-Wave Systems EagleEye camera (CM3+) working with OpenCV and LabVIEW NI Vision and the StereoPi v2 (CM4) with stereo vision. But the EDATEC ED-AIC2000 is the first ready-to-deploy Raspberry Pi CM4 AI camera we’ve covered so far. EDATEC “CM4 AI camera” (ED-AIC2020) specifications: SoM – Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 up to 8GB RAM, u…

Description The old branch https://github.com/radxa/u-boot/tree/stable-5.10-rock5 is not updated since Feb 2023, and radxa changes to a new branch next-dev which has merged a lot of commits from rockchip. Radxa is now working at next-dev for rk3588 devices. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Build and test on rock5b Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to th…

driver_rtl8723cs: completely (not partially) disable for bcm2711 and d1 families I think Igor half-disabled this for the release. No use having half of this View the full article

Description This PR enabled USB port present on the expansion board for the OrangePi Zero 2 sbc. This change applies to the current edge variant of the OS for this board (Kernel 6.2.y). How Has This Been Tested? Requirements: Any USB stick with basic file system present (eg. exFAT) and some files / folders on it Logged in as root or as a user with sudo priviledges [x] Test A: make sure the change does not break the board when used WITHOUT the expansion board Boot up the board Check whether the base USB port still works correctly lsusb shows the USB stick when plugged into the port mount /dev/sda1 /media/<mountpoint> is able to mount the USB stick plugge…

orangepi3b: rockchip64/edge 6.5: enable i2c3 (m0) on 40 pin 27/sda and 28/scl orangepi3b: rockchip64/edge 6.5: enable i2c3 (m0) on 40 pin 27/sda and 28/scl View the full article

Description Userpatches folder is hard-coded in extensions loading. Jira reference number AR-2009 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Enable extension located in USERPATCHES_PATH (with PREFER_DOCKER="no") Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Description station-m2: use radxa's vendor u-boot. The issue of legacy & vendor kernel failing to boot has been resolved using the radxa's vendor u-boot. It has been tested on legacy, vendor, current, and edge kernel branches. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Successfully built. [x] System startup. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change. GitHub issue reference: #6940 Jira reference number AR-2419 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Test A create /root/.not_logged_in_yet as noted in #6940 notice the errors disappear Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have comm…

Bumps actions/upload-artifact from 4.3.5 to 4.3.6. Release notes Sourced from actions/upload-artifact's releases. v4.3.6 What's Changed Revert to @actions/artifact 2.1.8 by @robherley in actions/upload-artifact#594 Full Changelog: https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact/compare/v4...v4.3.6 Commits 834a144 Merge pull request #594 from actions/robherley/4.3.6 134dcf3 v4.3.6 73a0b9c revert back to @actions/artifact 2.1.8 See full diff in compare view Dependabot will resolve any conflicts with this PR as long as you don't alter it yourself. You can also trigger a rebase manually by commenting @dependabot rebase. Dependabot commands and options You can…

Description pull_request_review might not grant required permissions. pull_request_target runs in the context of the base repository (i.e., the one the PR is targeting), giving the correct access to secrets and permissions. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: Please delete options that are not relevant. [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] My changes generate no new warning…

This week in Armbian development saw significant progress across board support and kernel updates. New boards such as the Cainiao CNIOT Core, EByte ECB41-PGE, DG SVR 865 Tiny, and NORCO EMB-3531 received initial support, expanding hardware compatibility. Kernel patches were rewritten for the meson64 and rockchip64 platforms, aligning with version 6.18.18, while edge releases were bumped to 7.0-rc3 and rc4. Improvements included enhanced SD card and audio support for SpacemiT and Youyeetoo YY3588 boards, as well as refined configuration checks and display fixes. Several upstream patches were dropped or disabled, and the Dependabot schedule was updated for daily maintenance…

Gil Tal has developed the P4 Launcher, an open-source application platform designed to bring a PC-like experience to ESP32-P4 boards with an attached touchscreen display. The launcher boots directly into its interface, while applications (.papp files) are stored on a microSD card and loaded into PSRAM when launched. You can add, remove, and run applications without reflashing the firmware or rebooting the device by simply copying files to the microSD card.Gil says 21 PAPP (PSRAM APP) applications are available now, mostly emulators and games, including Neo Geo and Atari 2600 emulators, Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D and OpenTyrian, plus Clock and Files. Like ESPBrookesia, the…

LILYGO has designed another ESP32 board with a 4G LTE modem with the LILYGO T-A7608E-H & T-A7608SA-H variants equipped with respectively SIMCom A7608SA-H for South America, New Zealand, and Australia, and SIMCom A7608E-H for the EMEA, South Korean, and Thai markets, both delivering up to 150 Mbps download and 50 Mbps upload speeds. The board also supports GPS, includes a 18650 battery holder, and features I/O expansion headers that support an add-on board with RS485 and CAN bus interfaces, in a way similar to the company’s earlier TTGO T-CAN485 board with ESP32, but no cellular connectivity. LILYGO T-A7068E-H/T-A7608SA-H board specifications: Wireless Connectivity WiF…

After I started working for Collabora in April, I've finally been able to put some time on maintenance and development of Geoclue again. While I've fixed quite a few issues on the backlog, there has been some significant changes as of late. View the full article

DEBIX Model A is a single board computer powered by an NXP i.MX 8M Plus quad-core Cortex-A53 processor with a 2.3 TOPS AI accelerator in a form factor that combines Raspberry Pi 4 and 3 Model B designs. The SBC comes with up to 6GB RAM, a microSD card slot, an optional eMMC flash of up to 128GB capacity, HDMI 2.0a, LVDS, and MIPI DSI display interfaces, a MIPI CSI camera interface, Gigabit Ethernet and WiFi 5 connectivity, plus a 40-pin GPIO expansion header. DEBIX Model A specifications: SoC – NXP i.MX 8M Plus quad-core Cortex-A53 @ up to 1.6 GHz (industrial) or 1.8 GHz (commercial), with Arm Cortex-M7 @ up to 800 MHz, Vivante GC7000UL 3D GPU, Vivante GC520L 2D GPU, 2.3 …

Description sunxi-5.19: update megous patches and switch to v5.19.5 Checklist: [x] Test buil sunxi [x] Test build sunxi64 View the full article

We’ve just written about the Arducam ToF camera to add depth sensing to Raspberry Pi, but there are now more choices, as Sipeed has just introduced its MetaSense ToF (Time-of-Flight) camera family for microcontrollers and robots running ROS with two models offering different sets of features and capabilities. The MetaSense A075V USB camera offers 320×240 depth resolution plus an extra RGB sensor, an IMU unit, and a CPU with built-in NPU that makes it ideal for ROS 1/2 robots, while the lower-end MetaSense A010 ToF camera offers up to 100×100 resolution, integrates a 1.14-inch LCD display to visualize depth data in real-time and can be connected to a microcontroller host, …

description of the problem https://forum.armbian.com/topic/15964-firfly-rk3399-have-not-been-booting-up-reasent-images-from-armbian/?do=findComment&comment=152547 View the full article

Description We expect some changes, so lets have this image ready at each rebuild. View the full article

Description Hi Igor, as discussed in radxa e25 channel on discord i did a first build with edge kernel of e25 radxa board. my board did not yet arrvie so i cannot test this properly uboot is from radxa kernel is 6.1.y i was able to build this image Armbian_23.02.0-trunk_Radxa-e25_jammy_edge_6.1.7.img i also added another board here, it is a beelink gs1 allwinner h6 TV box which builds properly with just mainline kernel. and it works fine with, it is installed on internal emmc. Armbian_23.02.0-trunk_Beelink-gs1_jammy_current_5.15.80.img Armbian_23.02.0-trunk_Beelink-gs1_jammy_edge_6.1.2.img.sha Armbian_23.02.0-trunk_Beelink-gs1_jammy_edge_6.1.6.img How Has This Bee…

After upstream gets this pr https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip/pull/26 merged, we can delete all patches under patch/kernel/archive/rk35xx-5.10. View the full article

rock-5a: fix broken u-boot build + move from family to board file rock-5a: fix broken u-boot build by forcing build of u-boot.dtb before u-boot.itb rock-5a: move board-specific code from family file to board file with post_family_config_branch_legacy hook View the full article

Description Removed rk3399 bluetooth service from Allwinner boards. The service is installed but not enabled. Starting the service messes up uart and other functions in allwinner boards. Hence removing the same as it doesn't belong in any of the Allwinner board images. Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Rust is a modern language known for its memory safety, efficiency, and wide range of high-level features. But many beginners also run into something else in Rust: how surprisingly difficult it is to represent some common designs. View the full article

base-files / apt-utils: stop trying non "-updates" repos when looking for Ubuntu LTS release package base-files / apt-utils: stop trying non "-updates" repos when looking for Ubuntu LTS release package otherwise, when the lookup at "jammy-updates" fails (due to server instability), and "jammy" works, we end up with the wrong version non-LTS releases don't have the "-updates" repo, so don't even try, which should make everything faster TODO: yet-another opportunity to have a release metadata file, otherwise this is yet-another place where we list "jammy" View the full article

Description Better labeling system and clear instructions should improve chaos in PR / issues. Adding label table. To do: add clear instructions how to use them implement https://github.com/lannonbr/issue-label-manager-action (doesn't work reliably, need to fix it) View the full article

Mesa 24.1 is out, and the graphics team at Collabora has been working hard to bring a slew of new features and bug fixes to Panfrost, Zink, NVK, and Mesa in general. Here's a look at their contributions for this release cycle. View the full article

Bumps pyyaml from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2. Release notes Sourced from pyyaml's releases. 6.0.2 What's Changed Support for Cython 3.x and Python 3.13. Full Changelog: https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/compare/6.0.1...6.0.2 6.0.2rc1 Support for extension build with Cython 3.x Support for Python 3.13 Added PyPI wheels for musllinux on aarch64 Changelog Sourced from pyyaml's changelog. 6.0.2 (2024-08-06) yaml/pyyaml#808 -- Support for Cython 3.x and Python 3.13 Commits 41309b0 Release 6.0.2 (#819) dd9f0e1 6.0.2rc1 (#809) f5527a2 disable CI trigger on PR edits b4d80a7 Python 3.12 + musllinux_1_1_x86_64 wheel support See full diff in compare view Dependabot will …

desktop: amd64: drop nvidia-drivers forced ppa (focal stuff? no thanks) desktop: amd64: drop nvidia-drivers forced ppa (focal stuff? no thanks) View the full article

Description As per title. In u-boot v2025.04 the upstream dtb is missing. I assume it will land with v2025.07 later this year. Until then extracted via kernel-dtb from Linux 6.14.2. Had to strip the MAINTAINERS part from Ilya's patch since for unknown reason it failed to apply after converting into Armbian patch format and I didn't want to spent additional time on fixing. Apologies for that. How Has This Been Tested? [x] build [ ] boot: nope, no hw Test image: https://fi.mirror.armbian.de/.testing/Armbian-unofficial_25.05.0-trunk_Orangepi5-max_bookworm_edge_6.14.2_minimal.img.xz Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed…

This week’s Armbian development saw a wide range of improvements and fixes across the project’s build framework, kernel support, and device compatibility. Notable changes include the transition from POSIX to Bash syntax for enhanced script reliability, expanded support for new hardware such as the Norco-EMB-3531 board, and the addition of Vulkan and improved 3D package descriptions. Several device-specific updates were made, including kernel enhancements for sm8250, mainline support for SpacemiT, and fixes for wireless and HDMI functionality on various boards. The team also introduced new features like a cache manager modal in the imager and improved marking for container…

NXP MCX W70 and KW43 wireless MCU families support Bluetooth 6.x Channel Sounding for secure distance measurement in industrial IoT and automotive applications. The MCX W70 supports Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, Thread, and Matter for Smart Home and industrial devices, while the KW43 is designed for automotive applications such as digital keys and secure vehicle access. Both families feature a 96 MHz Arm Cortex-M33 application core, a separate Cortex-M33 core for wireless connectivity, up to 1.5MB flash, 256KB SRAM, a dedicated Localization Compute Engine (LCE), and NXP’s EdgeLock security features. Bluetooth Channel Sounding support combines phase-based ranging (PBR) and round-t…

In another case of “Arm or RISC-V? Why not both“, ARIES Embedded has introduced “MSRZG2UL” and “MSRZFive” OSM compliant system-in-packages (SIPs) based on respectively Renesas RZ/G2UL Arm Cortex-A55/Cortex-M33 and RZ/Five AX45MP RISC-V microprocessors and designed for industrial controllers, IoT devices, and embedded systems with a basic GUI. Both solder-on modules come in the OSM Size S form factor (30x30mm), 512MB to 4GB of DDR4 RAM, a 4GB eMMC NAND flash, various interfaces including Gigabit Ethernet and CAN-FD, and are available in either commercial (-0°C to +70°C) or industrial (-40°C to +85°C) temperature ranges. “MSRZG2UL” and “MSRZFive” specifications: SoC MSRZG2U…

Revopoint MINI is a 3D scanner using high-resolution blue light that’s designed for smaller objects such as figurines, coins, jewelry, etc… that require a higher level of detail achievable thanks to the promised 0.02mm precision. The 3D scanner follows last year’s Revopoint POP 2 color 3D scanner with 0.1mm accuracy for larger objects, and the main differences are the lack of color scanning and the higher resolution most suitable for smaller objects, but also possible for larger objects while holding the scanner with one hand. It would just take longer since the MINI’s single capture range is 118 x 64mm, instead of 210 x 130mm for the POP 2. Revopoint MINI specifications…

We're headed to Heraklion, Greece, to meet with the Panhellenic FOSS community at FOSSCOMM, a conference for programmers, students and anyone else interested in the open source movement! View the full article

Description Add two patches from upstream megous. Fix add and remove uwe-bsp node for sun50i-h6-orangepi-3-lts.dts Checklist: [ ] Test build sunxi64 [ ] Test build sunxi View the full article

We’ve already reviewed Khadas Edge2 Pro with Ubuntu 22.04, and I’ve now had time to test the ultra-thin Rockchip RK3588S SBC with Android 12, so I’ll report my experience checking out the features, running some benchmarks, playing videos and games, etc… Flashing Android 12 to Khadas Edge2 board Our board was running Ubuntu 22.04, so in order to enter OOWOW firmware system, I had to keep pressing the function key (middle), then shortly press the reset button, before releasing the function key and entering the OOWOW interface. We can see the Android 11 image from the list we saw last month is gone for good, and a new Android 12 image dated September 20, 2022 is available. I…

Description Le potato mainline vendor asound.state to fix analog out issues View the full article

Description Switch sunxi to LK 6.1 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] build test Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description GitHub provides issue forms for opening an issue. Lets implement it and improve UX. Jira reference number AR-1470 How Has This Been Tested? Demo: https://github.com/igorpecovnik/linux-orangepi/issues/new/choose Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Yesterday, I ended up on the HPMicro website showing the illustration above about a 1 GHz MCU called HPM64G0. It looked interesting enough so I clicked on the link to a page with some documentation for the company’s HPM6700/6400 microcontrollers. But in typical Chinese fashion, I was asked for a mobile phone number to download the documents. No luck this time since a Chinese mobile phone number is required. If anybody can set up a mirror on Mega or other websites easily accessible outside of China that would be appreciated. But eventually, I found an article in Chinese on EETrend where we can learn more about the HPM64G0 which happens to be a 1GHz microcontroller based on…

Nicla Voice is the latest board from the Arduino PRO family with support for always-on speech recognition thanks to the Syntiant NDP120 “Neural Decision Processor” with a neural network accelerator, a HiFi 3 audio DSP, and a Cortex-M0+ microcontroller core, and the board also includes a Nordic Semi nRF52832 MCU for Bluetooth LE connectivity. Arduino previously launched the Nicla Sense with Bosch SensorTech’s motion and environmental sensors, followed by the Nicla Vision for machine vision applications, and now the company is adding audio and voice support for TinyML and IoT applications with the Nicla Voice. Nicla Voice specifications: Microprocessor – Syntiant NDP120 Neu…

In this post, we’ll review the SONOFF Mini Extreme, also known as MINIR4, WiFi smart switch based on ESP32 wireless MCU by installing it into a wall-mounted light switch box and controlling it with both the eWelink mobile app for Android and the SONOFF R5 scene controller. SONOFF MINIR4 Installation We’ve already gone through the specifications, unboxing, and teardown in the announcement, so I’ll get straight to the installation part. Note this review was done with a light switch “box” (about 11x6cm) in Thailand, so your mileage may vary. The first challenge is that contrary to the similarly-sized SONOFF ZBMINI Extreme Zigbee switch, the MINIR4 WiFi switch requires a neut…

Adafruit has designed a new variant of the Feather RP2040 board with the “Adafruit Feather RP2040 with RFM95 LoRa Radio” featuring a 900 MHz RFM95 “RadioFruit” module and following the “Adafruit Feather RP2040 with DVI Output Port” that we covered last week. The board ships with 8 MB of QSPI flash, supports USB-C or LiPo battery power, is offered in the familiar Feather form factor, and the built-in RFM95 module supports 433 MHz, 868MHz, and 915MHz frequencies, selectable by firmware, for global coverage. Adafruit Feather RP2040 with RFM95 LoRa Radio specifications: MCU – Raspberry Pi RP2040 dual-core Arm Cortex M0+ microcontroller @ 133 MHz with 264 KB RAM Storage – 8MB …

For @pyavitz @adeepn appreciation, most patches failed to apply on 6.3, and a few on 6.2. View the full article

Description Updated cpuminer and fixed the compilation on arm64. The previous test for system architecture never worked, it tried to compile and install anyways even with the condition and failed compilation. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] Tested installing cpuminer with armbianmonitor -P on Orange Pi Prime (Allwinner H5) Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding cha…

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 5.4.252. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboot of my Odroid HC1 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

rk3568-odroid edge 6.6: bump to 6.6-rc6 rk3568-odroid edge 6.6: bump to 6.6-rc6 View the full article

Dear Armbian Community, We’re thrilled to announce that Armbian development is currently at full throttle, with significant improvements to our build framework and daily bug fixes. Our community of regular contributors has grown, and we’re witnessing increased utilization of the build framework. Here are some highlights of what’s been happening lately: Framework Enhancements: We’ve been diligently working on enhancements to our build framework, focusing on areas such as kernel config management, libc generation, kernel debugging, and kernel security checks. Hardware Support: In collaboration with Sinovoip, we’ve added new platinum supported hardware which brings hi…

linux-rockchip-rk3588-6.11.config: enable CONFIG_INPUT_PWM_BEEPER=m linux-rockchip-rk3588-6.11.config: enable CONFIG_INPUT_PWM_BEEPER=m mostly for the cm3588 nas; mainline kernel has a compatible = "pwm-beeper"; buzzer impl on pwm8 see https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/3d5f968a177d468cd13568ef901c5be84d83d32b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3588-friendlyelec-cm3588-nas.dts#L63-L68 View the full article

Hey, I started bumping to 6.15(-rc1) thinking it was gonna be easy. As always, it.. wasn't. So here's a branch on the upstream and a draft PR so we can maybe coordinate who can work on what. As-is, the branch disables EXTRAWIFI and predatorily drops patches until things build. All the commits marked HACK must be dropped and replaced with actual fixes. We could this per-family, but the wifi drivers question is common to mostly all. [x] meson64: mostly clean, @pyavitz already rebased the patch that needed it, thanks [x] uefi-arm64: clean [ ] rockchip64: large number of landed patches, large number of non-applying patches [ ] wifi drivers: mostly all broken [ ] rockchip64:…

Welcome to the latest Armbian Newsletter, your source for updates, community highlights, and behind-the-scenes news from the world of open-source ARM and RISC-V computing. Streamlining the ecosystem This past quarter development has taken a significant step forward for Armbian. We've been busy cleaning up and optimizing our codebase, merging over 150 improvements primarily focused on advancing kernel support for Rockchip and Allwinner platforms. A significant secondary effort was dedicated to modernizing the project's infrastructure and build tools, driven largely by a core group of dedicated contributors. Hardware support continues to expand. We're thrilled to introduce …

In the first part of Khadas VIM4 review, I showed off the Amlogic A311D2 SBC and some accessories such as the DIY case and M2X expansion board to add M.2 SSD and modem and tried out OOWOW cloud services to install Ubuntu 20.04 server. I’ve now just gotten Fiber Internet at home, so it’s much more practical to test the system, and in the second part of the review, I’ve installed Android 11 on the VIM4 board, checked out settings and system info, and ran some benchmarks. It will be more like a preview since Android 11 is not a consumer-friendly system at this time, and is more designed for people wanting to build their own applications. Installing Android 11 on Khadas VIM4…

With Smart Home products connecting to the cloud, if a company decides to end support for a product or is required to close due to final troubles, there are few courses of action. The easiest one is to give up, and switch to another brand, or promise yourself you’ll never use one of those “Internet of Shit” products. The second one is quite more time-consuming and you’d have to work with the community to reverse-engineering the product and give it a second life, but obviously, this does not solve the supply issue since the product will not be manufactured anymore. Today, I learn about a third one: simply gather a small group of users, and buy the company! That’s basically…

Like all software, Open Source software isn't without it's bugs and issues. However, thanks to the nature of Open Source, resolving or mitigating the issue you encountered can be quite the satisfying adventure when it comes to scratching the itch. View the full article

Description Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no ne…

AI Thinker has just introduced a new family of wireless IoT modules with the Ai-WB2 equipped with Bouffalo Lab BL602 RISC-V microcontroller offering both 2.4 GHz WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 5.0 LE connectivity. There are ten different modules to choose from, probably to keep mechanical and electrical compatibility with ESP8266 and ESP32 modules, and the company expects customers to integrate those into Internet of Things (IoT) products, mobile devices, wearables, Smart Home appliances, and more. Ai-WB2 modules share the following specifications: Wireless MCU – Bouffalo Lab BL602 32-bit RISC-V microcontroller @ up to 192 MHz with 276KB SRAM, 2.4 GHz WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 5.0 LE co…

Axiomtek iNA200 is a DIN-rail mountable cybersecurity gateway powered by a choice of Elkhart Lake Atom x6000E-series processor and designed for operational technology (OT) network security. The fanless gateway comes with up to 32GB RAM, supports SATA storage, offers 2.5GbE & Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45/SFP) networking, and as it is designed for industrial settings, can take input from two 9V to 36V power sources and operate in the -40°C to 70°C temperature range. Axiomtek iNA200 specifications: SoC – Intel Atom x6212RE/x6414RE dua-core or quad-core Elkhart Lake processor with 16 EU Intel UHD Graphics; TDP: x6212RE: 6W, x6414RE: 9W System Memory – Up to 32GB DDR4-3200 SO-DI…

MediaTek Genio 700 is an octa-core Arm processor with two Cortex-A78 cores, six Cortex-A55 cores, a Mali-G57 GPU, and a 4 TOPS AI accelerator designed for consumer and industrial IoT applications. The new processor is a cost-down version of the Genio 1200 premium AIoT processor introduced last year with four Cortex-A78 and four Cortex-A55 cores. The Genio 700 offers many of the same features but with lower performance/capabilities, including a 3-core GPU and an AI accelerator limited to 4.0 TOPS, as well as support for dual displays up to 4K + Full HD (instead of 2x 4K), and 32MP single cameras (instead of 48 MP). MediaTek Genio 700 specifications: CPU – Octa-core process…

Description Add pwm fan support to NanoPi R4S. Document from FriendlyElec: https://wiki.friendlyelec.com/wiki/index.php/NanoPi_R4S#How_to_Control_Fan_Speed_for_Cooling And reference code: https://github.com/friendlyarm/kernel-rockchip/commit/f74ac319f02e2d22cdd33227e7f167e4232809f9 How Has This Been Tested? build and run on R4SE hardware. [x] fan works [x] /sys/devices/virtual/thermal/thermal_zone0/trip_point_[3/4]_temp controls two speed of the fan Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding …

uefi edge 6.6: bump to 6.6-rc6; rebase patches uefi edge 6.6: bump to 6.6-rc6; rebase patches also bump qemu-uboot variant's uboot from 23.10-rc4 to final 23.10 View the full article

khadas-vim3: bump to u-boot v2024.01; boot-usb-first patch in board folder khadas-vim3: bump to u-boot v2024.01; boot-usb-first patch in board folder patch is slightly different for 2024.01 View the full article

Description thead: add pwm-fan support. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Successfully built. [x] System startup. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

desktop: jammy: kde-neon: more basic packages needed desktop: jammy: kde-neon: more basic packages needed add network-manager & pulseaudio settings add discover, otherwise there is a broken icon on the dock add vault/scdaemon for gpg wallet enable debugs in create_desktop_package.sh; disable old postinst pa hack View the full article

Description Enable the current kernel branch for some RK3588 boards, which was introduced in https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6699 current is kernel version 6.8 at the moment and should stay a more stable alternative than edge, which is often a rc kernel. This is useful when using the board as daily driver for example or when you don't want anythign at all to suddenly break. current will stay at the next LTS kernel once released. I did not enable it for every board at once, only the NanoPC T6 and the CM3588 NAS for now. Feel free to add a commit to this PR or let me know if you'd like to enable current on a specific board. How Has This Been Tested? [x] ./compile.…

Description Enable proper enumeration of usb-bluetooth modules via M2/NGFF slot - without this patch, no pcie-integrated usb-module would wourk as device-tree lacks rfkill-bt device node How Has This Been Tested? [x] Applied patch to BOARD=rock-5b BRANCH=current, got lsusb output Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0bda:b85b Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bluetooth Radio [x] Bluetoothctl recognized bluetooth controller [x] Succesfully paired to a bluettoth device (iPhone) Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no…

distro-specific: systemd-resolved: don't impose 1.0.0.1 DNS server on users distro-specific: systemd-resolved: don't impose 1.0.0.1 DNS server on users See https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6756/files#r1731373505 Fixes: b6f018a2b1d345729571b75b580e287f06d24f8f View the full article

Description In order to tidy up (see this PR), Radxa Rock-s0 board patch has been revised to work with the mainline device tree, and avoid shred it. In case of possibile conflicts with mainline kernel, it will be easier to deal with. @brentr I could not test directly the board, since I don't have it. I built a rockpi-s image, it works and dmesg is clean, but you have to tell if rock-s0 works ok. Some other patches have been removed, as @Kwiboo suggested in the mentioned PR and refences to sound codec pcm5102a have been removed from the board device tree (there is no such codec mentioned in the official specs, is there?) and moved into rk3308-pcm5102a.dtbo device tree ov…

Last month, the first "MicroDebConf" took place at the Gama campus of the University of Brasilia. Here's a look at how this one day event came to be, and what was accomplished during that day. View the full article

Whilst the first mini PCs were relatively simplistic using low-powered Intel Atom processors with minimal memory, storage, and ports, more recent mini PCs have become so advanced they can challenge SFF builds for both performance and functionality. However, such mini PCs come with prices to match. Beelink has now released the MINI S which is a mini PC that goes back to the basics and is based on a cut-down version of their earlier Beelink U59 mini PC and priced to match. Beelink kindly sent one for review and I’ve looked at performance running both Windows and Ubuntu and compared it directly against the U59. Beelink MINI S hardware overview The Beelink MINI S physically c…

The ROMA RISC-V laptop was announced this summer with an unnamed RISC-V processor with GPU and NPU. We now know it will be the Alibaba T-Head TH1520 quad-core Xuantie C910 processor clocked at up to 2.5GHz with a 4 TOPS NPU, and support for 64-bit DDR at up 4266 MT. The TH1520 is born out of the Wujian 600 platform unveiled by Alibaba in August 2022, and is capable of running desktop-level applications such as Firefox browser and LibreOffice office suite on OpenAnolis open-source Linux-based operating system launched by Alibaba in 2020. So that means we now have a better idea of the specifications of the ROMA RISC-V developer laptop: SoC – Alibaba T-Head quad-core RISC-V …

Andes Technology has unveiled the high-end AndesCore AX60 series out-of-order 64-bit RISC-V processors at the Linley Fall Processor Conference 2022 with the new cores designed for compute-intensive applications such as advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), artificial intelligence, augmented/virtual reality, datacenter accelerators, 5G infrastructure, high-speed networking, and enterprise storage. AndesCore AX65 is the first member of the family and supports RISC-V scalar cryptography extension and bit manipulation extension. It is a 4-way superscalar core with Out-of-Order (OoO) execution in a 13-stage pipeline and can fetch 4 to 8 instructions per cycle. The company…

Description This PR enabled USB port present on the expansion board for the OrangePi Zero 2 sbc. This change applies to the current current variant of the OS for this board (Kernel 6.1.y). (Similar PR for 6.2.y kernel here: #5344) How Has This Been Tested? Requirements: Any USB stick with basic file system present (eg. exFAT) and some files / folders on it Logged in as root or as a user with sudo priviledges [x] Test A: make sure the change does not break the board when used WITHOUT the expansion board Boot up the board Check whether the base USB port still works correctly lsusb shows the USB stick when plugged into the port mount /dev/sda1 /media/<mountp…

Description NanoPC-T6 dts had a missing pinctrl which meant a conflicting default with I2C. Fixed, and add collabora kernel as target. How Has This Been Tested? Collabora kernel builds, boots, Edge kernel builds (does not boot for any board as far as I know) Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 5.4.256. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboot of my Odroid HC1 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

rockchip64 edge 6.6: bump to 6.6-rc6; rebase patches rockchip64 edge 6.6: bump to 6.6-rc6; rebase patches View the full article

Description Build train breaks. Todo: move back once / if fixed Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

rockchip64_common: use ttyFIQ0 as default SERIALCON for both legacy and vendor BRANCHes rockchip64_common: use ttyFIQ0 as default SERIALCON for both legacy and vendor BRANCHes View the full article

Description This is a resubmission of https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6482 which was reverted in https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6524 due to build errors. I don't know what exactly failed last time and my build tests this time run successfully just fine on Ubuntu 24.04. Maybe the error is specific to certain configurations and will return, so please don't merge until CI has done some tests and a build was successful. I have slightly improved this latest version by moving the function call to validate_dts in kernel.sh slightly further down after kernel_config ran since make expects a .config file. Original description This new command can be used like this: …

prepare-host: trixie and sid don't carry python3-distutils anymore prepare-host: trixie and sid don't carry python3-distutils anymore View the full article

Description This PR adds missing Operating Performance Point (OPP) nodes for lower frequencies to the RK3588 device tree. by enabling the CPU clusters to scale down to lower frequencies when under light loads. The changes add OPP nodes for 408MHz, 600MHz, 816MHz, and 1008MHz (for cluster1 and cluster2 only, as cluster0 already had 1008MHz). How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested with RK3588-based board (NanoPC T6-LTS) and verified CPU frequency scaling works correctly Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Next week we'll be at electronica in Munich! In partnership with Renesas, Collabora will showcase real-time, low-latency ML video analytics on Renesas RZ/G2L and RZ/V2H platforms, using GStreamer for integrated video processing and on-device AI inference. View the full article

When Sipeed first introduced the Lichee RV module with Allwinner D1 RISC-V SoC last November, they also teased the Lichee RV-86, an “86 Box” with a 4-inch 480×480 touchscreen display, an XR829 WiFi and Bluetooth module, Ethernet (via USB), two microphones, a GPIO header, and support for WAFT (WebAssembly Framework for Things). I’ve just noticed the Lichee RV-86 has been for sale for several months, so it may be interesting to have a closer look, and now there’s also an option to get a 720×720 touchscreen display. Lichee RV-86 specifications: SoM – Sipeed Lichee RV Nezha compute module with Allwinner D1 RISC-V processor @ 1 GHz, 512MB or 1GB DDR3, microSD card slot, and US…

Next week, Collaborans will be heading to Paris, A Coruña & Berlin, to sponsor and speak at four different conferences: Embedded Recipes, Kernel Recipes, All Systems Go and XDC 2018. See you there? View the full article

Geniatech has added a new member to its XPI SBC family with the business card-sized XPI-3566 board powered by a Rockchip RK3566 quad-core Cortex-A55 processor, and mostly following the Raspberry Pi 3 form factor like its predecessors. The single board computer comes with 1GB to 8GB RAM, up to 64GB eMMC flash, HDMI 2.0 video output, Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band WiFi, a few USB ports, and the 40-pin GPIO header. It is said to target retail, “interactive communication”, and education applications. Geniatech XPI-3566 specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3566 quad-core Cortex-A55 processor @ up to 1.8 GHz with Arm Mali-G52 2EE GPU, 0.8 TOPS AI accelerator System Memory – 2GB DDR (1…

Description Removing kernels that become obsolete. Jira reference number [AR-1472] View the full article

When we first wrote about the 10-cent CH32V003 RISC-V MCU it was offered in a $7 development board and the closed-source MounRiver Studio IDE had to be used for programming. But things have improved since October 2022, and now, you can buy a CH32V003 board for as little as $1.5 plus shipping, and an open-source GCC toolchain and flasher/downloader are now available. Let’s have a look at the hardware first with the low-cost nanoCH32V003 development board featuring a 48 MHz CH32V003 RISC-V microcontroller with 2KB SRAM and 16KB flash, a USB Type-C port for power, a reset button, and two rows of headers for the GPIOs. MuseLab nanoCH32V003 specifications: MCU – WCH CH32V003F4…

orangepi3b: switch to Kwiboo's 23.10(-rc4) u-boot, plus patches orangepi3b: updated DDR/BL31 blobs also: added ROCKUSB_BLOB (for working rkdevflash extension) depends on https://github.com/armbian/rkbin/pull/22 orangepi3b: switch to Kwiboo's 23.10(-rc4) u-boot, plus patches Based on AmazingFate's kernel DT and Kwiboo's rk3568-2023.10 Tested with a OrangePi 3B 4GB v1.1: SD-card boot eMMC boot SPI Flash boot chip is XMC XM25QU128CWIQ, not W25Q256JWEIQ listed in schematics PCIe/NVMe Ethernet has stable MAC can boot both edge (mainline) and legacy (vendor rk 5.10) kernels USB in uboot is untested UMS untested (I lost my A-to-A otg cable) View the full artic…

meson64 edge 6.6: bump to 6.6-rc6; rebase patches meson64 edge 6.6: bump to 6.6-rc6; rebase patches View the full article

Description Bump mainline from 6.8-rc7 to 6.8 stable This currently affects only rk3588-edge Bump UEFI-edge from 6.7 to 6.8 [DOES NOT COMPILE YET!!!] Kernel configs updated via ./compile.sh rewrite-kernel-config Kernel patches updated via ./compile.sh rewrite-kernel-patches The uefi-edge kernel does not compile without errors yet, because of drivers/net/wireless/rtl8192eu and the likes. Some patches need to be added or adapted for 6.8 in patch/misc, but I honestly don't know where to get these patches from. I could not find folders like /drivers/net/wireless/rtl8192eu/os_dep/ in the mainline kernel. Help is appreciated! ❤️ Build log for BOARD=uefi-arm64 BRANCH=ed…

Monado, the cross-platform open source XR runtime, has recently received significant updates to align with the features and specifications of OpenXR 1.1, ensuring compatibility and optimal performance for developers and users alike. View the full article