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VVenC and VVdeC are open-source software H.266/VCC video encoder and decoder respectively that are optimized to use SIMD instructions on x86 (SSE42/SIMDe and AVX2) and Arm, and the decoder runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android. H.266, aka VCC (Versatile Video Coding) video compression standard was adopted in 2020 promising to reduce data requirements by around 50% compared to the previous H.265/HEVC standard at the same visual quality. H.266 should also outperform the royalty-free AV1 video codec. We hadn’t seen news since the announcement, but this may be changing with the Realtek RTD1319D processor unveiled with support for both 4K H.266 and AV1 video decoding last September, and progress made on the VVenC & VVdeC H.266 open-source software encoder/decoder as been discussed during FOSDEM 2023. The Fraunhofer HHI group has been working on VVdeC and VVenC since the specifications were finalized in 2022. Both are based on VTM reference software [...] The post VVenC & VVdeC H.266 open source video encoder and decoder work on x86 and Arm appeared first on CNX Software - Embedded Systems News. View the full article

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Description Due to possible transitioning from WPA_Supplicant to Intel's IWD daemon for Linux wireless needs hard dependancy was removed. Based on https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4817 (better to fix this in master and then cherry pick to next) Jira reference number AR-1534 How Has This Been Tested? No needed. Without, tool is not installed anymore but we need it. View the full article

StarFive sent me one of their VisionFive 2 RISC-V SBC for evaluation and review. I got the model with dual Gigabit Ethernet and 8GB RAM, and I’ll report my experience with the Debian 12 “bookworm” image. But note that won’t exactly be a review since the board is unreviewable at this time. It’s really for early adopters and there are many issues to solve, and in this post, I’ll report what works and what doesn’t, and some of the challenges I encountered just to install the OS… VisionFive 2 unboxing The board comes in a package that reads “Embrace change, embrace the future”. The bottom side has some useful links and QR codes, and what you’ll want is the GitHub repository with the source code and instructions to build the image from source (Note: Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, or 20.04 x86_64 recommended), as well as the RVspace forum section for the [...] The post Hands-on experience with StarFive VisionFive 2 RISC-V SBC using Debian 12 appeared first on CNX Software - Embedded Systems News. 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? [x] Compiled the kernel 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 Cosmetic / useful - not flooding logs. Jira reference number AR-1533 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Not needed 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 Remove un-needed packages. Jira reference number AR-1516 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build base Gnome desktops: Focal, Jammy, Bookworm, 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 Those patches are coming to 6.2 / 6.3, reworked patch for clock phase by @rpardini Jira reference number AR-1532 How Has This Been Tested? Armbianmonitor: https://paste.armbian.com/ahinakixad [x] Generate image and boot [x] Install to eMMC [x] Verify wireless 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 Adds i2c3, pwm1, pwdm2, spi0 and uart1 nodes to rk3568-odroid-m1.dts. Adds patch to remove spi-dev warning Adds patch with support for overlay compilation Adds DTS overlays for spi, uart0, uart1, pwm1, pwm2, pwm9, i2c0 and i2c1 How Has This Been Tested? This was tested with a 4GB M1 board. The [x] SPI0: tested with a SPI OLED display [x] uart0, uart1: loopback test [x] pwm1, pwm2, pwm9: with scope [x] i2c0, i2c1: with scope 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 This fixes reboot on Odroid C4 boards which boot from UHS microSD cards. The issue has been discussed before here: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/19340-odroid-c4-will-not-reboot-after-any-sort-of-kernel-update-have-tried-running-nand-sata-install/ A previous pull request removed a version of this patch here: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/3154/files#diff-8530e3af79cd8a35329d7d1a44b2a8006ad0cd70deefb0341a9933233673a9b6 The previous version of the patch was broken by upstream changes in the kernel, and this commit contains the minimal changes needed to fix it. Standard PSCI reset functions are now called in mainline, so the patch has been updated to reflect that. The patch now registers a reboot handler which gets called before the standard PSCI functions and toggles some GPIO lines to reset the SD card. If the card is a UHS card, then this puts it back into a state which the bootloader can deal with, and the board can reboot cleanly. This patch might be applicable to other boards, but I can't test them. They can be tested by adding some code to the device tree, to add in the odroid,reboot driver. I'd like to work on getting this change added to the kernel. but I'll try to make it more general, so it might not be a board-specific patch by the time it gets that far. When that eventually happens, this patch can be removed again. How Has This Been Tested? This has been tested by booting the board with a UHS-I SD card using the kernels compiled for odroidc4 targeting both BRANCH=current and BRANCH=edge. Both versions of the patched kernel allow a clean reboot. 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 Print the CPU frequency correctly without privileges. Some CPU's have two clusters and at the same time are not representatives of the "Big.Little" architecture. It will be correct to print about the presence of adjustment of two clusters How Has This Been Tested? Before the changes: leo@bananapim3:~$ armbianmonitor -m 1 Running unprivileged. CPU frequency will not be displayed. Stop monitoring using [ctrl]-[c] Warning: High update frequency (1 sec) might change system behaviour! Time big.LITTLE load %cpu %sys %usr %nice %io %irq CPU C.St. 10:46:45: --- 0.05 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 45,0 °C 0/5 10:46:46: --- 0.05 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 44,8 °C 0/5 10:46:47: --- 0.05 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 45,3 °C 0/5 10:46:48: --- 0.05 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 45,0 °C 0/5 10:46:49: --- 0.13 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 45,2 °C 0/5^C After: leo@bananapim3:~$ armbianmonitor -m 1 Two CPU clusters are available for monitoring Stop monitoring using [ctrl]-[c] Warning: High update frequency (1 sec) might change system behaviour! Time CPU_cl0/CPU_cl1 load %cpu %sys %usr %nice %io %irq Tcpu C.St. 15:31:08 1152/1152 MHz 0.25 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 30,2 °C 0/5 15:31:09 1152/1152 MHz 0.25 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 30,4 °C 0/5 15:31:10 768/ 768 MHz 0.25 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 30,3 °C 0/5 15:31:11 768/1152 MHz 0.25 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 29,3 °C 0/5 15:31:12 1344/1152 MHz 0.23 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 29,5 °C 0/5 15:31:13 1344/1152 MHz 0.23 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 29,9 °C 0/5 15:31:15 768/1152 MHz 0.23 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 29,4 °C 0/5 15:31:16 1152/1152 MHz 0.23 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 29,9 °C 0/5 15:31:17 1344/1344 MHz 0.23 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 30,4 °C 0/5 15:31:18 1344/1152 MHz 0.21 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 30,2 °C 0/5 15:31:19 768/1152 MHz 0.21 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 30,0 °C 0/5 15:31:20 1344/1152 MHz 0.21 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 29,4 °C 0/5 15:31:21 1344/1152 MHz 0.21 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 29,6 °C 0/5 15:31:23 1152/1152 MHz 0.19 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 29,8 °C 0/5 Time CPU_cl0/CPU_cl1 load %cpu %sys %usr %nice %io %irq Tcpu C.St. 15:31:24 1344/1152 MHz 0.19 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 30,2 °C 0/5 15:31:25 768/1152 MHz 0.19 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 30,0 °C 0/5 15:31:26 1152/1152 MHz 0.19 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 30,1 °C 0/5 15:31:27 1344/1152 MHz 0.18 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 30,3 °C 0/5^C Checklist: [x] Test works on board bananapim3. CPU control of the two clusters. View the full article

9Tripod Pico Pi V2.0 is the third Rockchip RK3588S SBC offering a powerful alternative to Raspberry Pi 4 while keeping the same form factor. It follows the Cool Pi 4 and Radxa ROCK5 Model A single board computers introduced in the last couple of months. The Pico Pi SBC, not to be confused with the Raspberry Pi Pico :), comes with 1GB to 32GB RAM, 4GB to 128GB eMMC flash, and pretty much the same port layout as the Raspberry Pi 4, except for one of the micro HDMI ports being replaced by a USB Type-C port with support for DisplayPort. 9Tripod Pico Pi V2.0 specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3588S CPU – Octa-core processor with 4x Cortex-A76 cores @ up to 2.2-2.4 GHz, 4x Cortex-A55 cores @ up to 1.8 GHz GPU – Arm Mali-G610 GPU with OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.2, and Vulkan 1.2 support VPU – 8Kp60 video [...] The post 9Tripod Pico Pi V2.0 SBC features Rockchip RK3588S SoC in Raspberry Pi 4 form factor appeared first on CNX Software - Embedded Systems News. View the full article

Vecow ECX-3200 is an expandable, fanless embedded system powered by Intel 13th generation Core i9/i7/i5/i3 Raptor Lake-S processor or 12th generation Alder Lake-S processor designed for rugged Machine Vision, AMR, Rolling Stock, Smart Retail and Edge AI applications. The ECX-3200 supports up to 64GB DDR5, SATA & NVMe storage, offers four 2.5GbE RJ45 or M12 ports with PoE+ on the rear panel, plus one additional Gigabit Ethernet port and a 2.5GbE port on the front panel, four video outputs up to 8Kp60 resolution, several USB 3.2 ports up to 20 Gbps, some serial ports, as well as isolated I/Os. Vecow ECX-3200 specifications: SoC Up to 24-core 13th Gen Intel Core i9/i7/i5/i3 Raptor Lake-S processor with Intel Xe graphics Up to 16-core 12th Gen Intel Core i9/i7/i5/i3 Processor Alder Lake-S processor with Intex Xe graphics System Memory – Up to 64GB DDR5-4800 (2x 32GB) via 2x SO-DIMM sockets Storage 2x SATA [...] The post Vecow ECX-3200 expandable fanless embedded system is powered by a 13th Gen Raptor Lake-S processor appeared first on CNX Software - Embedded Systems News. View the full article

The Balthazar Personal Computing Device (BPCD) is an open-source hardware 13.3-inch laptop with a RISC-V, Arm, or FPGA module and designed to be upgradable, expandable, and sustainable. The developers say the laptop is based on a few concepts inspired by the EOMA68 project. The EOMA68 is a CPU module based on the PCMCIA form factor, and an Allwinner A20 EOMA68 module was showcased in a prototype of the Rhombus Tech 15.6-inch Libre Laptop but I don’t think the project was ever manufactured. Balthazar laptop features: SoM with RISC-V, FPGA, or Arm Cortex-A7x processor plus memory and flash Storage – SATA SSD, eSATA connector, microSD card socket Display – 13.3-inch non-glare display Video Output – HDMI Audio – Speakers, detachable microphone array Camera – Detachable webcam Connectivity – Ethernet, WiFi USB – 2x USB 3.0 ports, Micro USB OTG port, Micro USB port User input Waterproof keyboard with an illuminated track-point [...] The post Balthazar – An open-source hardware modular RISC-V, Arm, or FPGA laptop appeared first on CNX Software - Embedded Systems News. View the full article

Puya Semiconductor (Shanghai) PY32 Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontroller family may be the world’s cheapest 32-bit Arm MCUs with one of the parts – PY32F002AL15S6TU – selling for under 8 cents per unit in 5K+ orders with 3KB SRAM, 20KB flash in an 8-pin SOP-8 package. Back in 2016, when I searched for the world’s cheapest MCU, I found Holtek HT48R002 8-bit microcontroller, and a few years later (2019), Padauk PMS150C “3 Cents” MCU came to my attention. However, both are 8-bit microcontrollers that come with OTG (One-Time Programming) ROM, meaning they can’t be easily used for development or updated. The Puya PY32 microcontrollers are in the same price range but offer a 32-bit Arm Cortex-M0+ core clocked at 24 to 48MHz, 16KB to 64KB flash storage, and 2KB to 8KB SRAM. There are three PY32 sub-families, but let’s check out the PY32F002 family in detail since those are the cheapest parts. [...] The post 8 cents for an Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontroller. Meet Puya PY32 series MCUs appeared first on CNX Software - Embedded Systems News. View the full article

Description switch CURRENT to v5.15.93 EDGE to 6.1.11 How Has This Been Tested? | __ )| _ \(_) | \/ |___ / | _ \| |_) | | | |\/| | |_ \ | |_) | __/| | | | | |___) | |____/|_| |_| |_| |_|____/ Welcome to Armbian 23.02.0-trunk Bullseye with Linux 6.1.11-sunxi Checklist: [x] Test build for sunxi-current, sunxi-edge and works on board bananapim3 [ ] Test build sunxi64 View the full article

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has just adopted the Bluetooth 5.4 Core Specification with features such as PAwR and EAD designed for Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) systems. The Bluetooth 5.3 Core Specification was adopted in August 2021 with various improvements, and Bluetooth 5.4 now follows with features that appear to be mainly interesting for large-scale Bluetooth networks with support for bi-directional communication with thousands of end nodes from a single access point, as would be the case for Electronic Shelf Label or Shelf Sensor systems. Four new features have been added to Bluetooth 5.4: Periodic Advertising with Responses (PAwR) – PAwR is a new Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) logical transport that provides a way to perform energy-efficient, bi-directional, communication in a large-scale one-to-many topology with up to up to 32,640 devices. Devices can also be allocated to groups allowing them to listen only to their group’s transmissions. An Electronic [...] The post Bluetooth 5.4 adds electronic shelf label (ESL) support appeared first on CNX Software - Embedded Systems News. View the full article

Guy on an IRC asked about armbian on the board and it has bunch of weird legacy things when it should work with current if something doesn't work i try to fix it ^-^ View the full article

Google has just released the first developer preview of Android 14 with productivity improvements for developers, as well as enhancements to performance, privacy, security, and user customization. Android 14 aims to work better across devices and form factors with improved support for tablets and foldables and adds window size classes, sliding pane layout, Activity embedding, and box with constraints, etc… To help developers, the company also published “Get started with large screens” documentation and released a Cross-device SDK preview. The new version of the mobile operating systems also further streamlines background work to optimize system health and battery life and provide a better end-user experience. This is achieved through updates to JobScheduler and Foreground Services, optimized broadcasts most of which are internal to Android 14, and a new “Exact alarms” permission since it consumes more resources. Android 14 also introduced some user-facing changes with bigger fonts up to 200% with [...] The post Android 14 developer preview brings enhancements to performance, privacy, security, and user customization appeared first on CNX Software - Embedded Systems News. View the full article

Only a few years ago, 5G was only found in premium smartphones, but with the launch of the Snapdragon X35, Qualcomm aims to bring 5G cellular connectivity to wearables, industrial IoT applications, and eXtended Reality (XR) glasses. The Snapdragon X35 specifically supports 5G NR-Light, aka RedCap, which is described as ” a new class of 5G” that “fills the gap in between high-speed mobile broadband devices and extremely low-bandwidth NB-IoT devices” and delivers link rates of up to 220 Mbps. Snapdragon X35 modem key features and specifications: Cellular Technology: 5G NR-Light, FDD, SA (standalone), TDD, sub-6 GHz, HD-FDD, LTE Multi-Mode NR – Sub-6 SA, LTE Cat 4 3GPP Release 17 “RedCap” modem Number of Antennas: 1 Tx antenna, 2 Rx antennas Cellular Modem-RF Specs: 20 MHz bandwidth (sub-6 GHz), 1RX/2RX, 1TX, and Half-Duplex FDD (HD-FDD) Calling Services: VoLTE, VoNR Peak Upload QAM – 64 QAM Peak Upload Speed: 100 Mbps [...] The post Qualcomm Snapdragon X35 modem to bring 5G NR-Light to smartwatches, industrial IoT, XR glasses appeared first on CNX Software - Embedded Systems News. View the full article

Improved support for hardware accelerated video decoders, new GTK+ integration for Wayland rendering, and further Meson enhancements to make GStreamer shine on embedded, Collabora's multimedia team made a number of key contributions for this latest release. View the full article

The ComfilePi CPi-C070WR4C is a 7-inch industrial Panel PC powered by a Raspberry Pi CM4 module with GPIO, RS-232, RS-485, and I2C interfaces as well as the ability to add two more RS232 interfaces and several 12V-24V DC inputs and outputs through an I/O board connected to the GPIO port of the panel PC. The new panel PC is an update to the ComfilePi Industrial Touch Panel PC introduced with a Raspberry Pi CM3 module in 2017. Besides upgrading to a more powerful Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, COMFILE also makes use of an RS-485 port that utilizes a full UART interface that does not exhibit the limitations of the mini-UART interface, and also added the CP-IO13-4C I/O board for even more expansion capabilities. ComfilePi CPi-C070WR4C specifications: SoM – Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 with SoC – Broadcom BCM2711 quad-core Arm Cortex-A72 processor @ 1.5GHz with VideoCore Vi GPU supporting [...] The post Raspberry Pi CM4 based 7-inch industrial Panel PC takes IO board with RS232, 12V-24V inputs and outputs appeared first on CNX Software - Embedded Systems News. View the full article

Eoxys Xeno+ Nano ML is a wireless machine learning (ML) board with either Nuvoton NuMicro M2354 or STMicro STM32L4 microcontroller, InnoPhase IoT’s Talaria TWO ultra-low power Wi-Fi and BLE 5.0 module, and the Syntiant Core 2 NDP120 neural decision processor we first noticed in the Arduino Nicla Voice module a few weeks ago. The boards/modules are designed for intelligent and secure IoT devices for smart home, industrial, and medical automation applications, and the company claims it can be used in Wi-Fi IoT sensors with up to 10+ years thanks to the low-power chips and circuitry used in the design. Eoxys Xeno+ Nano ML specifications: General purpose MCU (one or the other) STMicro STM32L4 Arm Cortex-M4 microcontroller at 80MHz with 1MB flash, 128KB/352KB SRAM Nuvoton NuMicro M2354 Arm Cortex-M23 microcontroller at 96MHz with 1MB flash, 128KB SRAM. Wireless module Innophase Talaria TWO ultra-low-power 2.4GHz 802.11b/n/g WiFi 4 and Bluetooth LE 5.0 [...] The post Eoxys Xeno+ Nano ML board combines NuMicro M2354 or STM32L4 MCU with Talaria TWO ultra low power WiFi & BLE 5.0 module appeared first on CNX Software - Embedded Systems News. View the full article

ASRock Industrial has just launched the 4X4 BOX 7000/D5 Series mini PCs powered by AMD Ryzen 7000U-Series laptop APUs offering up to eight Zen3+ cores clocked at up to 4.75GHz. The mini PC supports up to 64GB dual-channel DDR5 4800MHz memory and SATA 3.0 plus M.2 NVMe storage, offers four display outputs with one 8K capable HDMI 2.1 port and three DisplayPort 1.4a outputs, five USB ports including two USB4 ports, as well as 2.5GbE and Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity. Two models are currently available, 4X4 BOX-7735U/D5 and 4X4 BOX-7535U/D5, with the following specifications: SoC (one or the other) 4X4 BOX-7535U/D5 – AMD Ryzen 5 7535U hexa-core/12-thread processor up to 4.55GHz with 6-core AMD Radeon 660M @ 1900 MHz; TDP: 28W 4X4 BOX-7735U/D5 – AMD Ryzen 7 7735U octa-core/16-thread processor up to 4.75GHz with 12-core AMD Radeon 680M @ 2200 MHz; TDP: 28W System Memory – [...] The post ASRock introduces 4X4 BOX 7000/D5 mini PCs with AMD Ryzen 7000U-Series APU appeared first on CNX Software - Embedded Systems News. View the full article

Variscite VAR-SOM-AM62 is a System-on-Module (SoM) powered by a Texas Instruments Ti AM625x quad-core Cortex-A53 processor @ up to 1.4 GHz with a 400MHz Cortex-M4F cores and 333MHz PRU real-time co-processors to control I/Os. The module also supports up to 4GB RAM and 128GB eMMC flash, features a single or dual-band WiFi + BT/BLE5.2 module, and offers up to 3x CAN Bus, dual GbE, audio, camera in, and dual USB, among other interfaces. It is designed for industrial applications with a -40 to 85°C operating temperature range. VAR-SOM-AM62 specifications: SoC – Texas Instruments Sitara AM62x (AM6252 or AM6254) with Up to 4x Arm Cortex-A53 @ 1.4 GHz 1x Ar, Cortex M4F up to @ 400 MHz 1x PRUSS up to @ 333 MHz (only in industrial-grade modules) GPUs – 3D GPU with OpenGL ES 3.1 & Vulkan1.2, 2D graphics engine System Memory – 512MB to 4GB DDR4-3200 RAM @ 800MHz [...] The post VAR-SOM-AM62 System-on-Module features TI AM625x Cortex-A53/M4 SoC appeared first on CNX Software - Embedded Systems News. View the full article