Hardware

Chinese hardware manufacturer Mele has this week launched a new desktop PC in the form of the fanless Star Cloud PCG61 mini PC which comes equipped with an Intel Celeron N3150 Braswell quad-core processor and has a starting price of around $149. Operating System Options The mini PC is capable of … [Read more...] about Star Cloud PCG61Windows 10 – Ubuntu 16.04 Mini PC Launches From £149

Arcano Systems has once again this week taken to the Kickstarter crowdfunding website to launch their new Obscura 8-bit Chiptune Synth 2. Which has been specifically designed to aid with the creation of classic video game tunes, reminiscent of the 1980s. The tiny MIDI synth is capable of … [Read more...] about Obscura 8-bit Chiptune Synth 2 Development Board (video)

Arduino has today announced via the official Arduino blog that the latest Arduino IDE 1.6.10, AVR core 1.6.12 and SAM core 1.6.9 have now been released and are now available to download. The latest release of the Arduino IDE includes an up-to-date toolchain for AVR containing the latest goodies … [Read more...] about Latest Arduino IDE 1.6.10 Released For Download

Ultimaker has this week announced the availability of the source files for its awesome Ultimaker 2+ And Ultimaker 2 Extended+ 3D printers, making them available to the open source community and none that is interested. It has become tradition at Ultimaker that several months after they release a … [Read more...] about Ultimaker 2+ And Ultimaker 2 Extended+ Source Files Now Available Via GitHub

3D printing using different colours on the same object can be a little tricky on some 3D printing systems. But a new 3D printer created by ORD Solutions called the RoVa4D has been specifically built to provide an easy and affordable way to create objects by blended filament colours to create a … [Read more...] about RoVa4D Full Colour Blending 3D Printer (video)

Cider drinkers might be interested in a new desktop craft brewing system called ALCHEMA which has been created to provide an easy way to turn fruit into craft cider, in the comfort of your home. The home-brew system allows users to create their own unique flavours, with the simplicity of making a … [Read more...] about ALCHEMY Craft Brewing System Transforms Fruit Into Cider (video)

Today Patriot Memory has unveiled new variants of its currently available Viper 4 and Viper Elite Series memory which are now available in the form of Viper 4 and high performance Viper Elite DDR4 in 3733 MHz dual kits. As you might expect the new Patriot Viper 4 and Viper Elite 3733 MHz dual … [Read more...] about New Patriot Viper 4 and Viper Elite Series DDR4-3733 Memory Unveiled

Fighting robots are once again in the limelight this year with the release of the new BBC Robot Wars series rebooting this month, providing robot fighting action via the BBC iPlayer on BBC 2. If you’d like to engage in little robot fighting but don’t quite have the skills yet to build your very own … [Read more...] about Ganker Fighting Robots Hit Indiegogo (video)

Electronic enthusiasts enjoy building projects using the BeagleBone development boards but interested in a new open source ADC board which has been specifically created for the BeagleBone. Details of the new open source ADC board for BeagleBone has been posted to the Google's open source student … [Read more...] about Open Source ADC BeagleBone Board