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Mini Pupper 2 is an improved version of the Mini Pupper robot dog powered by a Raspberry Pi 4 introduced last year. The new model support either the Raspberry Pi 4 SBC or CM4 module, adds an Arduino programmable ESP32 wireless MCU, support for ROS2, and servo feedback. Two variants are offered with the Mini Pupper 2 implementing position servo feedback, and the Mini Pupper 2 Pro position, velocity, and torque servo feedback. Other changes common to both variants include the addition of an IMU, microphone & speaker, a touch sensor, support for autocalibration, as well as a new mobile app for control. Mini Pupper 2 specifications: CPU module – Raspberry Pi 4 SBC or Rasp…

T8-Pro is a low-cost mini PC powered by an Intel Celeron N5095 Jasper Lake processor that offers features such as triple 4K HDMI output and dual Gigabit Ethernet usually found in more expensive models for the industrial/embedded market. The actively-cooled mini PC is equipped with 8GB RAM and an M.2 2242 SSD of 128GB to 1TB capacity. It also comes with a WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 4.2 module, three USB 3.0 ports, and a 3.5mm audio jack. T8-Pro mini PC specifications: SoC – Intel Celeron N5095 quad-core Jasper Lake processor @ 2.0GHz / 2.9GHz (Turbo) with 4MB cache, 16EU Intel UHD Graphics; 15W TDP System Memory – 8GB LPDDR4X (Up to 16GB, but not offered for sale) Storage – 128…

ELECFREAKS’ TOOCA Laser L1 is an affordable 5W laser engraver with a sturdy yet lightweight structure and that can engrave various materials including metals. It’s easy to use with a one-button press and suitable for education in schools. TOOCA Laser L1 laser engraver unboxing The laser engraver comes as a kit with components that can be easily assembled. It was well-packed with little risk of being damaged during transport. It also includes tools and instructions for assembly, and you don’t need any extra tools to complete the assembly. TOOCA Laser L1 specifications The machine measures 568x632x198 mm, weighs 3.2 kg only so it can easily be carried around, and offers a 4…

Forlinx FET-MX9352-C is a system-on-module based on NXP i.MX 9352 dual Cortex-A55 processor with Cortex-M33 real-time core and a 0.5 TOPS AI accelerator that can be used for industrial control, IoT gateways, medical equipment, and various applications requiring machine learning acceleration. The FET-MX9352-C follows last week’s announcement of the iWave Systems iW-RainboW-G50M OSM module and SBC with a choice of NXP i.MX 93 processors. The Forlinx module comes with two board-to-board connectors instead of solderable pads and can be found in the OK-MX9352-C single board computer with dual GbE, various display and camera interfaces, RS485 and CAN Bus, etc… FET-MX9352-C i.MX…

Work on this new tracking method started around January 2022. Now, after a little over a year of development, Monado's "Mercury" hand tracking is finally ready for the public to use! 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-1754 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. booted and verified that wlan0's MAC was being derived from the CPU's serial number again 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 corres…

New Bookworm Desktops XFCE : Removed skel and moved to xdg. added debian dir with xdg-xfce dir with files need for configuring desktop Re-Aranged the appgoup folder per debian to put apps in correct groups and more proficient naming scheme moved printing and filesharing to appgroups. New theme to desktop. xdg changes are based on : https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=13308 #3 Rebuilt for bookwork following Debain Guidelines 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 docume…

Text-to-speech (TTS) models are playing a transformative role, from enriching audiobooks to enhancing podcasts and even improving interactions with chatbots. We're introducing a new player in this field – WhisperSpeech, an Open Source text-to-speech model developed by Collabora. View the full article

Set aliases for serial, i2c and spi https://github.com/radxa/kernel/commit/09f243e8d3a7a0d06c54ec6909a1b291f20b7a57 https://github.com/radxa/kernel/commit/ca5ed41ff23216d95c7dd5fce6e2d5d7577c7c02 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

Description PMOS has updated their kernel to v6.6, and added otg role switch support: https://gitlab.com/sm8250-mainline/linux/-/commits/sm8250/v6.6/?ref_type=heads I rebased their new work on v6.7-rc2, and some minor changes: fix service usbgadget-rndis.service failed to stop because of missing file /usr/local/bin/remove-usbgadget-network.sh remove xiaomi keyboard driver beacause it doesn't fix the current keyboard disconnecting issue. 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 success [x] Tested on xiaomi-elish, running fine, otg role swtich wo…

Description This PR fixed usb_host1_xhci port on Orange Pi 5 Plus with edge kernel. We have to use host mode by default since OPi makes the port USB3 host and connect it to USB hub. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build 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 This speed up the process of rebuilding repository as we eos repositories are served as empty. Closing https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6561 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Manual repository generation Cleanup: dropping unsupported Removing output/repository/public/dists/buster... Removing output/repository/public/pool/buster-desktop... Removing output/repository/public/pool/buster-utils... Cleaning up prefix "." components main... Published repository has been removed successfully. Removing output/repository/public/dists/focal... Removing output/repository/public/pool/focal-desktop... Removing output/repository/public/pool/focal-utils... Cleaning up…

Description Set correct video firmware based on the device being used. Fixes - https://forum.khadas.com/t/ffmpeg-and-hardware-h264-decode/19033/24 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] Checked that the preload service starts correctly on vim4 and video_code.bin file points to correct firmware file. 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 gen…

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Description Maintenance job. We provide options to build several desktop combinations, but we don't have a mechanism for verifying if those targets still work. I developed a simple action script that cycles all variants that are either supported or community supported. Community supported will only check for deboostrap success. This commit is a result of reading build logs of that Action script. Kde-Neon is in EOS zone as it doesn't build anywhere (atm). AR-2358 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Targets were tested for (x86 qemu which will be further tested on VM once CI extents to this functionality) image compiling. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines …

Description Fix u-boot patchset for JetHub D2 Jira reference number [AR-2028] 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] JetHub D2 Boot ok 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 Allow building firmware for doubleshot again View the full article

Collabora's team working directly on the Linux kernel is growing. Collaborans continue to expand on their efforts to close the gap between hardware support on vendor trees and mainline. View the full article

Kmemleak allows you to track possible memory leaks inside the Linux kernel. Basically, it tracks dynamically allocated memory blocks in the kernel and reports those without any reference left and that are therefore impossible to free. View the full article

Tested on all models that use this kernel media\station. View the full article

We’ve written about Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs that combine Arm Cortex-A53/R5 cores and Mali-400 GPU with Ultrascale FPGA fabric several times over the course of a few years. But AMD-Xilinx also offers the Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC single-chip adaptable radio platforms that support up to 7.125GHz analog bandwidth. The topic came to my attention because of an upcoming ZU49DR SoM from iWave Systems that seems to be under development but also noticed Avnet had launched a solution last year with the XRF16 Gen3 SoM featuring the same third-generation Zynq Ultrascale+ ZU49DR RFSoC with 16 RF-ADC, 16 RF-DAC channels, and 6GHz RF bandwidth. Avnet XRF16 specifications: Main chip …

Description Enable ath11k pcie card support 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 [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

odroidm1.wip: hk's legacy= 4.19 and edge= mainline+tobetter's 5.19 rebased; requires skip_spiboot=true @TODO: family/etc naming is hard with vendor kernels. Sorry. Let me know what you prefer? @TODO: config is very probably incomplete. new boot-rockchip64-vendor.cmd: does not use fixed load_addr, instead use ramdisk_addr_r for everything load kernel and initrd as late as possible look for overlays twice: once: with prefix and folder twice: without prefix, nor folder; helps with vendor provided overlays like hk's and tobetter's wip: edge: tobetter's patchset rebased against 5.19.3 wip: edge: bump to tobetter's 5.19 legacy: .config CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS_48=y wip m1: u…

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Description Switch sunxi to EDGE to 6.1, CURRENT to 5.15.83 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Test build sunxi [x] Test build sunxi64 View the full article

Description Use armbian new extensions/hooks to place the Nvidia Jetson BSP family tweaks in the Nvidia Jetson board configuration file, a more logical placement than the existing "Rockchip64" How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests [ ] Build shows application of extension [ ] Boot of board shows files where expected 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 changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [X] Any dependent changes have been merged and published…

Description These patches fix an issue present on newer Kernels (6.1+, no idea if older kernels are affected as well), where the thermal sensors are unavailable (/sys/class/thermal is empty). By applying these patches, thermal sensors are available to use. The problem seems to be related by how Linux thermal driver drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c handles thermal zones without trips defined - if it doesn't exist, throw an error. I'm not Linux expert, but it looks like 6.1 brought some thermal driver refactoring, which might have caused this behavior. Before the patches, with logging verbosity set to 7, there's also an error present in boot log related to the sensor's init p…

Description Fix for Orangepi-r1plus-lts network interface logical names that changed and broke networking. The problem was caused by one of the network interface logical names changing from eth0 to end0. Fixed with a rename in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-rename-lan.rules which is already created from a hook in the board config file (to rename the other network interface). Jira reference number AR-1747 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Built images on: current bookworm, current jammy, edge sid. [x] Tested each image with an iperf3 server session via each network interface individually from an iperf3 client session on a computer with Gb NIC. Performance was as expected. [x] Teste…

Description As per tittle. How Has This Been Tested? Tested for patching only. 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 Bumped kernel versions as follows sunxi & sunxi64: legacy - 5.15.121 -> 5.15.123 edge - 6.4.5 -> 6.4.7 sunxi64 only: current - 6.1.40 -> 6.1.42 The sunxi current kernel is kept back as 6.1.42 is currently not booting on 32-bit allwinner boards. 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] Booted updated sunxi images on NanoPi Duo2 (sun8i H3) [X] Booted updated sunxi64 images on Orange Pi Prime (sun50i H5) Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I …

Description Enabling CPU idle can lower CPU power at low load. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Bootup test [x] Stress test Checklist: [ ] 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

Update Das U-Boot to v2023.07.02 Patch: HACK: mmc: meson-gx: limit to 24MHz https://github.com/radxa/u-boot/commit/db6738fed924d7febb8bac927e30526f81408eeb In my testing the patch is required for stable boot on REV 1.51. It is not required on REV 1.4, but has no ill effects on boot. 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

Description This PR updates rk3588-edge kernel branch to 6.7-rc.1 and adds support for initial VOP2, crpto and HW RNG support. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? [x] Orange Pi 5 Plus boots well. [x] Type-c and type-a ports work with OPI5+. [x] HW RNG and crypto tested. [x] VOP2 works but not really stable. [x] ES8388 audio should work, i have no speakers to test it. 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 warni…

Description Expose rk322x-dmc driver load, upthreshold and downthreshold attributes via sysfs objects to monitor and manipulate dmc behaviour via userspace. Implemented only on edge 6.6 kernel, which will become current very soon. Tunables will be available in /sys/class/devfreq/11200000.dmc/device directory How Has This Been Tested? [x] Compiled kernel and tested on live system 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] A…

Description Future Ubuntu development release, CSC. How Has This Been Tested? Builds, but we need to enable repository. Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

rk35xx: drop vendor-boogie-panthor BRANCH; it has been integrated into vendor rk35xx: drop vendor-boogie-panthor BRANCH; it has been integrated into vendor This reverts commit 5f59fe63f19391eea3f1d7f99e62db9bbc9c961f View the full article

Description pbp dp port alt mode patch breaking on 6.6.31 https://paste.armbian.com/udedocucek View the full article

Description Due to crypto policy update, apt now (since v2.7.13, see the commit) requires repositories to be signed using one of the following public key algorithms: RSA with at least 2048-bit keys Ed25519 Ed448 Affected: Ubuntu Oracular when adding Mesa PPA. More info https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/04/workaround-apt-warning-signature-key-uses-weak-algorithm/ Jira reference number AR-2359 How Has This Been Tested? [x] https://github.com/armbian/os/actions/runs/9434613892 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 a…

Description This PR is part of the big repo cleanup ✨ I tried to find references for the old toolchains. The only reference I could find that was actively using an external toolchain in meson-s4t7. There I have bumped the compiler from 7.3.1 to 7.4.1. A 2019 compiler seems like a good fit to compile a 2019 u-boot :) @viraniac Other than that, I found only this: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/560993ac7aff4aafc94c8533b8d84eda73b4d656/lib/functions/host/external-toolchains.sh#L26-L37 I have kept every torrent that is referenced in that list, apart from the first few ones which are 10+ years old now and would probably not really work well on a modern machine anyway.…

Description This should make viewing the Action runs in the web UI more pleasant. Also small improvements: running a YAML formatter over all workflow files to fix formatting Sync labels with file Naming improvements How Has This Been Tested? [ ] To be seen in future workflow runs 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 [ ] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Description In follow-up to #7183 after the merge of #7127 How Has This Been Tested? [x] build and boot with overlay on bigtreetech pi v1.2 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 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

It’s now possible to run KiCad 10 directly in a web browser or as an Android app thanks to two separate open-source projects, unaffiliated with the official KiCad project. Let’s have a look at both. Ziro Designer/ZiroEDA – KiCad 10 in your web browser Akshay Rukade (ZiroEDA), an engineering student in India, ported KiCad 10.0.6 to the browser through the Ziro Designer/ZiroEDA Designer project. It’s a TypeScript translation of KiCad’s C++, kept file-for-file against the KiCad implementation, so the real schematic editor, PCB editor, interactive router, and ERC/DRC run in a browser tab and read and write normal KiCad projects. That means you can open local KiCad projects or…

Earlier this year, from January to April 2021, I worked on adding support for stateless decoders for GStreamer as part of a multimedia internship at Collabora. Here's a recap of this completed work. View the full article

Following a weekend at the GStreamer Conference, Collabora will be continuing its week-long stay in Prague by sponsoring, exhibiting and speaking at Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2017. View the full article

We’ve already seen compact Raspberry Pi CM4 based router boards with two Ethernet ports from DFRobots, Seeed Studio, and MCUZone. 52Pi CM4 Router Board expands on the same principle but also offers HDMI output, a 40-pin GPIO header for Raspberry Pi HAT expansion boards, and a small OLED information display. The board also includes two Gigabit Ethernet, plus the WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity from the Raspberry Pi CM4, and the extra features make the board larger (146x50mm) than competitors. But that makes the platform that much more flexibly, and can be used as a gateways for all sorts of projects thanks to the wide range of Raspberry Pi HAT available in the market. 52Pi…

Description Make hardlinks for WCN685x hw2.1 firmware since they are using the same firmware with hw2.0 How Has This Been Tested? Tested using modified build script to build kernel 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 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 Similar like #4266. Wrap the remains as function. Now, we have the completely same file structation as armbian-next. The next thing to do may be renaming? IMPORTANT: When merging this, please use "Rebase and Merge", do not squash, thanks! How Has This Been Tested? [X] Build 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 arti…

Venus is a virtual Vulkan driver based on the Virtio-GPU protocol, which defines the serialization of Vulkan commands between guest and host. Here's a closer look at Venus, its components, and their relations in the context of extensions. View the full article

Description Noticed typo using ./install-aml.sh on aml-s9xx-box with community image View the full article

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Last week, we wrote about the new XIAO ESP32S3, a tiny ESP32-S3 board from Seeed Studio. The company has now launched the XIAO ESP32S3 Sense adding a camera and microphone module connected through a board-to-board connector, as well as the Round Display for XIAO that can help people easily create wearable devices with a touchscreen based on any board from the XIAO family. XIAO ESP32S3 Sense XIAO ESP32S2 Sense specifications: Wireless MCU – Espressif Systems ESP32-S3R8 dual-core Tensilica LX7 microcontroller @ 240 MHz with 512KB SRAM, 8MB PSRAM, Wi-Fi 4 & Bluetooth 5.0 dual-mode (Classic + BLE) connectivity Storage – 8MB SPI flash, microSD card slot Antenna – External …

rockchip64/edge 6.3.y: manually fix Radxa E25/CM3 patches, rebase to v6.3.3, update .config fix E25/CM3 patches from https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5165#issuecomment-1560666066 rebase all patches to v6.3.3, archeology for missing mboxes update .config, no actual changes Still trying to keep edge clean & patching working... View the full article

Set fan max speed to kick in at 65C. This keeps the unit roughly at 70C or lower, when pusing all cores for an extended period of time. 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

Description As per title + leave defaults as is. Jira reference number AR-2027 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Making one image 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 Some boards needs to be re-promoted, some retired. Welcome to add commits to this PR by the end of February. Please check https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Board-Support-Rules/ prior to proposing. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project View the full article

multiple boards: fixes for board file syntax / missing vars (fixing JSON matrix prepare) multiple boards: fixes for board file syntax / missing vars (fixing JSON matrix prepare) BOARD_MAINTAINER must exist Every board file needs some variables defined, since they're parsed directly (and sources/includes are not resolved) View the full article

Description armbian-installer have troubles if we are installing OS to SSD with previously defined partitions. Adding a recommended option to start with a clean drive - wiping everything - is one way. In this case, our installer starts in predicted way. Also it gives user no option to choose wrong (too small) partition, if there are more of them pre-made. Jira reference number AR-2393 https://forum.armbian.com/topic/41699-how-to-debugfix-armbian-config-for-kernel-update/#comment-195551 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Made several installs to nvme with several or no partitions Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged …

Join us in Stuttgart, Germany for XR EXPO 2025! This two-day event will be the meeting place for the XR community to exchange ideas and explore the latest trends. View the full article

This cycle centers on expanded board and SoC support, kernel maintenance across sunxi, rockchip, and sophgo families, and infrastructure refinements to installer, extensions, and CI tooling. New platform enablement covers a broad range of vendors and architectures. Notable additions include the EmbedFire LubanCat 3 v2 and Seeed reComputer RK3576 devkits, the TQ-Systems MBa62xx/MBa67xx TI K3 boards, the Tanix TX6s (Allwinner H616), and the ZTL A568 (RK3568). The Allwinner A733 line advances with a full HDMI display pipeline (DE33/RCQ), PCIe/NVMe, and U-Boot 2026.07 integration for sun55iw3, while the Sophgo SG200x family bumps edge to 7.2, gains TPU support for the Milk-V …

Earlier this month, Collabora took part in the very first KernelCI hackfest, initiated as a joint effort with the Google Chrome OS team. Here's a look at what led to our participation and what was accomplished. View the full article

We're thrilled to be once again a platinum sponsor of the annual GStreamer Conference, taking place this weekend (October 21 & 22) at Node5 in Prague, Czech Republic. Come say hello, or catch one of the five presentations given by Collaborans! View the full article

Bumps ossf/scorecard-action from 1.1.1 to 1.1.2. Release notes Sourced from ossf/scorecard-action's releases. v1.1.2 What's Changed Fix for ossf/scorecard-action#329 Full Changelog: https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action/compare/v1.1.1...v1.1.2 Commits ce330fd ✨ use GITHUB_TOKEN when repo_token is empty on PRs (#335) 2e062bc Get repo info from REST API if event file is unavailable (#576) 85bc05a :seedling: Bump github.com/sigstore/cosign from 1.8.0 to 1.9.0 (#331) f8cb15a :seedling: Bump github/codeql-action from 2.1.11 to 2.1.12 (#339) fe5d183 :seedling: Bump actions/cache from 3.0.2 to 3.0.4 (#393) ed46015 :seedling: Bump debian from 06a93cb to f695745 (#53…

Hey Karl here. The first thing I need to do is thank the manufacturer of the brand Ace Magician for sending over a unit of their AMR5 gaming mini PC to more or less play with. I did a tiny bit of benchmarking along the way. This is the last time you will see the system in this state 😀 Story time. I have been really wanting a Steam Deck. But we purchased a Nintendo Switch about a year ago and it has barely been used. As soon as my son picked it up he asked why it was so laggy and has shown very little interest in it. So that got me worried about purchasing essentially a one-trick device. There have been a couple of good attempts at a DIY Steam Deck and I wanted to experime…

We’ve just written about an open-source hardware Allwinner V851S camera board from YuzukiHD, but he/she has made another interesting board with the YuzukiLOHCC PRO HDMI to USB 3.2 video acquisition board based on MacroSilicon MS2130 HDMI to USB chip, as well as MS9332 one-to-two active splitter, and MS8003/MS8005 microcontroller. YuzukiLOHCC PRO stands for Yuzuki Loop Out HDMI Capture Card PRO, and there are two HDMI ports, one for input and one for output, as well as a USB Type-C port to connect to the host and capture the video input. YuzukiLOHCC PRO key features and specifications: Main chip – MacroSilicon/UltraSemi MS2130 USB 3.2 Gen 1 high-definition video and audio …

When running in Docker, do not install basic utilities on the host. Do not install them in the container either, as they're already part of the image we're building for Docker runs. Description I also moved the whole if block in compile.sh down to a place where $1 is guaranteed to have attained its final value (e.g. if compile.sh dockerpurge was called). 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] ran compile.sh docker and verified it installs nothing on the host Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a…

As expected, Sipeed has now launched the Sipeed M0S IoT module based on Bouffalo Lab BL616 RISC-V microcontroller with 2.4 GHz WiFi 6, BLE 5.2, and Zigbee connectivity along with the “Sipeed M0S Dock” development board. The M0S is a tiny module (11×10 mm) with a 320 MHz wireless MCU, a ceramic antenna, and castellated holes for I/Os, and the Sipeed M0S Dock places the module on an easy-to-use board with a USB Type-C port, a BOOT button, and a 12-pin 2.54mm pitch header. Sipeed M0S module specifications: MCU – Bouffalo Lab BL616 32-bit RISC-V (RV32IMAFCP) microcontroller @ up to 320 MHz (384 MHz overclocked) with 480KB SRAM, 4MB flash, 2.4 GHz WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 dual m…

Mekotronics R58X-Pro and R58X-HDD Rockchip RK3588 embedded PCs are updates to the company’s earlier R58X and R58X-4G mini PCs with features such as built-in PoE module, 4G LTE module, optional 10GbE M.2 PCIe 3.0 module, and a microSD card slot. The R58X-HDD also adds a 2.5-inch SATA bay for HDD or SSD, and the R58X-Pro implements a volume knob and a front panel display. Both R58X-Pro and R58X-HDD embedded PCs still come with up to 16GB RAM, 128GB eMMC flash, support dual 8K video output through HDMI and DisplayPort outputs, feature one HDMI 2.0 video input, two GbE ports, RS485 and RS232 interfaces, a few USB ports and more. Mekotronics R58X-Pro/R58X-HDD specifications: S…

kernel: drivers: wireless-rtl8723du-6.3.patch: don't patch the same thing twice Can't really tell how this happened. Am I missing something, @paolosabatino? This removes second identical patch in the same file... View the full article

Bumps actions/labeler from 4 to 5. Release notes Sourced from actions/labeler's releases. v5.0.0 What's Changed This release contains the following breaking changes: The ability to apply labels based on the names of base and/or head branches was added (#186 and #54). The match object for changed files was expanded with new combinations in order to make it more intuitive and flexible (#423 and #101). As a result, the configuration file structure was significantly redesigned and is not compatible with the structure of the previous version. Please read the action documentation to find out how to adapt your configuration files for use with the new action version. Th…

Weston 13.0 brings multiple fixes and important changes, notably the ability to load multiple backends simultaneously. This can be used to load VNC, RDP, or PipeWire backends for remote access alongside the native DRM backend. View the full article

Description Same as #6588 for v24.05 branch 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] Documentation summary for feature / change Add new user to render group, otherwise the non-root user do not have access /dev/dri/renderD128 on RK3399. When login using non-root user to the desktop environment, the GPU acceleration does not work. 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 Login to the desktop environment using non-…

The aic8800_dkms_file_name for sdio should be aic8800-sdio-dkms. I think this is a copy-paste error when this extension was added. View the full article

Dear Armbians, here are the latest highlights Armbian Configuration Tool Enhancements New Label for Issue Tracking To simplify the bug-tracking process and improve prioritization, a new label called “not armbian-config” has been introduced. This label helps users identify and address issues that are unrelated to the Armbian configuration tool. Contributor: @igorpecovnik Commit: 0f24c12 Automatic Documentation Updates Armbian’s documentation system has been upgraded to ensure automatic updates. This improvement guarantees that users always have access to the most accurate and up-to-date information. Contributor: @igorpecovnik Commit: d70cdbf Improved First Login Experi…

This cycle centers on expanded board and SoC support, kernel maintenance across sunxi, rockchip, and sophgo families, and infrastructure refinements to installer, extensions, and CI tooling. New platform enablement covers a broad range of vendors and architectures. Notable additions include the EmbedFire LubanCat 3 v2 and Seeed reComputer RK3576 devkits, the TQ-Systems MBa62xx/MBa67xx TI K3 boards, the Tanix TX6s (Allwinner H616), and the ZTL A568 (RK3568). The Allwinner A733 line advances with a full HDMI display pipeline (DE33/RCQ), PCIe/NVMe, and U-Boot 2026.07 integration for sun55iw3, while the Sophgo SG200x family bumps edge to 7.2, gains TPU support for the Milk-V …

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 [NaN] How Has This Been Tested? Built/Tested both H3 and H5 images 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 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

Despite the many obstacles brought on by the pandemic, Collabora has continued to grow its teams for the road ahead. Join us in welcoming Kiril, Benjamin, Daniel, Shreeya, Ariel, Nicolas and James! View the full article

Earlier this month I had the pleasure of attending the Web Engines Hackfest, hosted by Igalia at their offices in A Coruña, and also sponsored by my employer, Collabora, Google and Mozilla. It has grown a lot and we had many new people this year. View the full article

Bumps igorjs/gh-actions-clean-workflow from 1 to 2. Release notes Sourced from igorjs/gh-actions-clean-workflow's releases. v2 What's Changed chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 8.11.0 to 8.15.0 by @​dependabot in igorjs/gh-actions-clean-workflow#23 chore(deps): bump @​actions/core from 1.6.0 to 1.8.2 by @​dependabot in igorjs/gh-actions-clean-workflow#25 chore(deps-dev): bump @​vercel/ncc from 0.33.3 to 0.33.4 by @​dependabot in igorjs/gh-actions-clean-workflow#24 chore(deps-dev): bump jest from 27.5.1 to 28.1.0 by @​dependabot in igorjs/gh-actions-clean-workflow#26 chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 8.15.0 to 8.16.0 by @​dependabot in igorjs/gh-actions-clean-workflow#…

to simplify tracking changes, a separate configuration for jetson-nano is removed View the full article

Renesas RZ/A3UL is a single-core Cortex-A55 processor clocked at up to 1 GHz designed to run FreeRTOS or Azure RTOS on high-definition (1280×800) HMI solutions requiring quick startup times such as industrial equipment, home appliances, office automation equipment, audio equipment, and POS terminals. The new RZ/A3UL processor family has the same peripheral functions and package pin assignments as the RZ/G2UL (Arm Cortex-A55/M33) and RZ/Five (RISC-V) families targeting Linux-based HMI applications. Renesas also designed a SMARC 2.1 compliant System-on-Module (SoM) based on the Renesas RZ/A3UL microprocessor to speed up time to market. Renesas RS/A3UL specifications: CPU – …

New Cosmos’ DeNova Detect is a wireless natural gas alarm that works with the Amazon Sidewalk network designed for low-power, low-bandwidth IoT devices in and around the house, benefiting from free connectivity thanks to the installation base of Amazon devices such as the Echo Show acting as gateways. DeNova Detect does not require wiring to mains, and the device is expected to achieve an extended battery life of seven years, so customers can choose the optimal location for a gas alarm in their homes without needing to be close to an electrical outlet. There’s no need to have an additional gateway such as with LoRaWAN solutions as well as the customer owns one or more Sid…

ODROID-N2L SBC is a smaller and cheaper version of the ODROID-N2+ single board computer powered by an Amlogic S922X hexa-core Cortex-A73/A53 processor and offered with 2GB or 4GB single-chip LPDDR4X memory. While the ODROID-N2+ is the most popular board from Hardkernel, it’s also fairly larger than most hobbyist SBCs on the market, and following requests from customers, the company designed the ODROID-N2L with a compact form factor that is smaller than Raspberry Pi Model B SBCs and sold at a lower price at the cost of missing some of the features of its big brother. ODROID-N2L specifications: SoC – Amlogic S922X hexa-core big.LITTLE processor with 4x Arm Cortex A73 cores …

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The Raspberry Pi Pico W board was launched with a WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 5.2 LE module based on the Infineon CYW43439 wireless chip in June 2022, and I wrote a tutorial showing how to connect to WiFi a few days after the launch, but nothing about Bluetooth LE. That’s because while the Raspberry Pi Pico W hardware supports Bluetooth LE, we were told that Bluetooth was not enabled at the time, but might be at a later stage. The good news comes from Alasdair Allan, who is responsible for the Raspberry Pi documentation, saying Bluetooth LE support is scheduled for the upcoming 1.5.0 release of the Pico C SDK. There’s currently an open ticket on GitHub for Bluetooth support adde…

When I first saw the iKOOLCORE R1 I was fascinated that a mini PC of similar size to the smallest fully functional ones available (think Chuwi LarkBox, GMK NucBox or ECS LIVA Q Series) could be equipped with four 2.5 gigabit Ethernet (2.5GbE) ports. I approached iKOOLCORE who kindly provided an R1 for review and I’ve looked at performance running both Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04 and dabbled with using hypervisors on this mini PC through Proxmox virtual environment. iKOOLCORE R1 specifications iKOOLCORE list the R1 specifications on their website as: Of note are the ‘EC, FCC, RoHS’ certifications indicating both European conformity and approval for use in the US. Technical…

kernel: fix for 6.3+ linux-headers pkg due to upstream dir change extra: run kernel make through pipetty for moar colors Small detour: in v6.3-rc1, in commit https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/799fb82aa132fa3a3886b7872997a5a84e820062, the tools/vm dir was renamed to tools/mm. Unfortunately tools/Makefile still expects it to exist, and make clean in the tools dir fails. Drop in a fake Makefile there to work around this. Should fix #4991 View the full article

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 5.4.242 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

rock-5a: add support for Rock-5A, WiP, using rockchip-rk3588 - by @amazingfate Split-off from https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5230 Board file straight from https://github.com/amazingfate/armbian-rock5b-images/blob/master/rock-5a.conf View the full article

v2: arch: arm64: dts: amlogic: meson-g12b-waveshare-cm4-io-base-b Fan, RTC and USB support RTC requires rtc pcf85063 driver Fan requires hwmon emc2305 driver (new addition) hwmon: emc2305: fixups for driver The driver had a number of issues, checkpatch warnings/errors, and other limitations, so fix these up to make it usable. Additional: hwmon: emc2305: Change OF properties pwm-min & pwm-max to u8 hwmon: emc2305: Add calls to initialize cooling maps How was it tested? Built a new image with the following changes and booted to make sure it works as it should. Inactive: == Waveshare CM4-IO-BASE-B with BPI-CM4 Module (6.1.57-current-meson64) CPU usage: 0 Proces…

Description As per description. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Patch test 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 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

Dear Armbian Community, We’re excited to share the latest updates! Board Support Policy Changes We’re refining our approach by focusing on select boards for better support and reliability: Standard Support: Boards receiving comprehensive, reliable support. Staging Support: Boards undergoing support validation. Community Maintained: Boards benefiting from community support. Discover more about our updated support policies and details here. Supported boards must significantly benefit Armbian, with their statuses confirmed and agreed upon by our team to ensure high-quality standards. Upcoming Release Highlights Our next release will prioritize supported and community-…

Description For some weird reason, vim1s's kernel is extremely sensitive to gzipped initramfs image and it fails to load the same. For this reason, we had a pre_update_initramfs hook to change the initramfs compression algorithm from gzip to xz. But it turns out armbian-bsp-cli package has a well hidden pre-install script that changes compression to gzip if armbian-bsp-cli package is upgraded. This PR moves the compression change logic from previously added pre_update_initramfs hook to postinst script of armbian-bsp-cli. This way we can provide the value from getting overwritten and hence fix the upgrade failure. Jira reference number AR-1976 How Has This Been Tested? …

Description Fix compilation of the uwe5622 driver with fortify enabled. Currently I get the following error: [🔨] In function 'strncpy', [🔨] inlined from 'sprdwl_cfg80211_scan' at drivers/net/wireless/uwe5622/unisocwifi/cfg80211.c:1541:4: [🔨] ./include/linux/fortify-string.h:144:17: error: call to '__write_overflow' declared with attribute error: detected write beyond size of object (1st parameter) [🔨] 144 | __write_overflow(); [🔨] | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [🔨] make[8]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:243: drivers/net/wireless/uwe5622/unisocwifi/cfg80211.o] Error 1 It seems that fortify considers the 0 sized array at the end…

Description The kernel supports compilation with LLVM in addition to GCC, including cross-compilation to arm and riscv. This PR adds an option to use KERNEL_COMPILER=clang to compile kernel with clang. Documentation summary for feature / change I haven't added documentation but probably should? How Has This Been Tested? [x] Built armbian with clang for one target of each architecture (x86, arm, riscv) [x] Verified that gcc build still works 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 [ ] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Andrii Shylenko’s LabWired is an MIT-licensed MCU firmware simulation core that runs compiled firmware against modeled CPUs and peripherals, captures UART and bus output, register state, and supports repeatable checks in CI. The simulator works on Arm Cortex-M0+, Cortex-M3, Cortex-M4, Cortex-M7, Cortex-M33 cores, RISC-V architecutre, and Xtensa LX6 and LX7 (some ESP32 parts). The main benefit of the project is speeding up firmware testing since doing some on real boards is slow. The hardware must be ready, then the firmware must be flashed to the board each time you want to test it, and if something breaks, developers get a dark LED and no trace. If a firmware project nee…

Banana Pi BPI-R2 Pro is an update to the Banana Pi BPI R2 router board that replaces MediaTek MT7623A quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 processor with a much more powerful Rockchip RK3568 quad-core Cortex-A55 processor. The Banana Pi BPI-R2 Pro board looks very similar to the first generation R2 board with the same dimensions, 2GB RAM, HDMI & DSI display interfaces, five Gigabit Ethernet ports, one SATA port, two USB 3.0 ports, and one mPCIe socket, but it also adds one M.2 socket, support for MIPI CSI cameras, and extra storage with a 16GB eMMC flash. Banana Pi BPI-R2 Pro specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3568 quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 processor @ 2.0 GHz with Mali-G52 GPU, 0.8 …

PikaScript is an ultra-lightweight Python engine that can run on microcontrollers with as little as 4KB of RAM and 32KB of Flash, while the more popular MicroPython requires at least 256kB of code space and 16kB of RAM. PikaScript was initially developed to run on STM32G030C8 and STM32F103C8 MCUs, meaning, for example, it works on the BluePill board, but it has also been ported to other platforms like WCH CH582 RISC-V MCU, WinnerMicro W806 C-Sky microcontroller, as well as other like Raspberry Pi RP2040, ESP32-C3, etc… but those are not quite as well supported with some features missing. PikaScript also permits the binding C function to a Python module through Pika Pre-co…

In our previous post, we presented a project backed by INVEST-AI which introduces a multi-stage neural network-based solution. Now let's dive into the machine learning details of our innovative, open source hand-tracking pipeline. View the full article

In this post, I will show one more example of how easy it is to disrupt performance of a modern CPU, and also run a quick discussion on why performance matters - as well as present a few cases where it shouldn't matter. View the full article