MiniPC Show #110 – IoT Survey, oDroid revs some hardware and ARM Supercomputer Blows them all away

Lilygo TTGO T-Watch-2020 is a Nicer Looking Arduino Programmable ESP32 Watch
We?ve covered several ESP32 watches over the last year include TTGO T-Wristand, Watchy, and DSTIKE ESP32 watch. Those don?t really have the nicest looking design, and some people complained about various shortcomings including the difficulty to customize/program the watch.

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/05/17/lilygo-ttgo-t-watch-2020-is-a-nicer-looking-arduino-programmable-esp32-watch/
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ODROID-C4
ODROID-C4 is a new generation single board computer that is more energy efficient and faster performing than ODROID-C2 which was introduced over four years ago as the world?s first affordable ARM 64bit computer.

https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-c4/
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ODROID-C4 4GB
Shipping Now! ODROID-C4 is a new generation single board computer that is more energy efficient and faster performing than ODROID-C2 which was introduced over four years ago as the world?s first affordable ARM 64bit computer.

https://ameridroid.com/products/odroid-c4
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PINETAB
We saw the outcry regarding @BitPay and no longer intend to support it. In the coming weeks and months we’ll keep exploring options that will work for us and will be convenient for our community.

https://www.pine64.org/pinetab/
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https://store.pine64.org/?product_cat=pinetab
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ROCKPro64 Cluster Move June 5-10
The process of moving our end-user services to the ROCKPro64 cluster will be taking place in the coming days (5-10 June). I am not going to pretend like this is the best time for the move to be taking place, since it is not.

https://www.pine64.org/2020/06/05/rockpro64-cluster-move-june-5-10/
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$11 HDMI to USB 2.0 Video Capture Dongle Supports up to 1080p30 Resolution
Over the years we?ve covered several HDMI input solutions for PiP, video capture, and/or RTSP streaming and some of the most popular options where Realtek RTD1295 based TV boxes such as Zidoo X9S or LAKE I Home Cloud.

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/06/05/11-hdmi-to-usb-2-0-video-capture-dongle-supports-up-to-1080p30-grabbing/
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RaspController
New life for RaspController !!! The app has been completely redesigned, improved GPIO support and extended functions already present. App multilanguage: English, French, German, Italian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.Ettore.raspcontroller
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Use this script to find a Raspberry Pi on your network
We’ve all been there. “I’m going to get this Raspberry Pi to try out. They look kinda cool.” And then, like tribbles on an Enterprise, suddenly you have Kubernetes clusters and NFS servers and Tor proxies. Maybe even a hotel booking system! Pis cover the desk. They spill out onto the floor.

https://opensource.com/article/20/6/find-raspberry-pi
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IoT Security Is a Mess. Privacy ‘Nutrition’ Labels Could Help
The internet-of-things security crisis has been building for more than a decade, with unprotected, unpatchable gadgets fueling botnets, getting attacked for nation state surveillance, and just generally being a weak link for networks.

https://www.wired.com/story/iot-security-privacy-labels/
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IoT Survey for Greg

Gentoo Linux On The Raspberry Pi4 Is Amazing – GenPi64 Demo and Install Guide
“In this video we take look at Gentoo Linux 64 bit running on the raspberry 4 I also show you how to install Genpi64 on your Pi.
This is GenPi64 by SAKAKI and its running amazingly on the Raspberry Pi 4., It has an auto Update wether and loaded with pretty much everything you for a desktop operating”

https://youtu.be/sKFQO7ace5M
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June Update: postmarketOS CE PinePhone, Shipping & PINE64 Cluster
Open. Friendly. Community Driven. Hello everyone! It has been a really busy time for us here at PINE64 as we?re working hard to deliver outstanding PinePhone UBports Community Edition and Pinebook Pro shipments.

https://www.pine64.org/2020/06/15/june-update-postmarketos-ce-pinephone-shipping-pine64-cluster/
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ODROID-H2+ SBC Gets Celeron J4115 Processor, Offers 2.5GbE Networking
Harkernel ODROID-H2 is an Intel Celeron J4105 Gemini Lake powered SBC that offers great value and performs reasonably well as we?ve seen in our ODROID-H2 Ubuntu review. But there?s an upgraded model coming soon with ODROID-H2+ getting a slightly faster Intel Celeron J4115 processor, 2.

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/06/18/odroid-h2-plus-sbc-gets-upgraded-to-celeron-j4115-processor-2-5gbe/
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Fujitsu, Japan strong-Arm their way to the top with world’s fastest-known super: 415-PFLOPS Fugaku
Japan’s Arm-based 415-PFLOPS, 28MW Fugaku monster was today crowned the world?s most-powerful publicly known supercomputer. The system leads the official Top500 list, knocking America’s IBM Power-based 148-PFLOPS Summit into second place.

https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/22/japan_arm_supercomputer_fugaku/
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Raspberry Pi Zero Sized Kim? Micro SBC is Equipped with a Quad-Core Processor, an mPCIe Slot
The Raspberry Pi Zero (W/WH) board is great because of its size, price tag, and software support, but processing power is limited with Broadcom BCM2735 SoC only offering a single ARM11 core clocked at 1 GHz.

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/06/08/raspberry-pi-zero-sized-kim%cf%87-micro-sbc-quad-core-processor-mpcie-slot/
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GNU Health Embedded Open Source Health Platform Works on Raspberry Pi 3/4, and soon Olimex SBC?s
GNU Health (GH) is a free and open-source Health and Hospital Information System (HIS) that can manage the internal processes of a health institution, such as financial management, electronic medical records (EMR), stock & pharmacies or laboratories (LIMS).

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/06/15/gnu-health-embedded-open-source-health-platform-works-on-raspberry-pi-3-4-and-soon-olimex-sbcs/
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RK3399Pro module available in $199 and up dev kit
Firefly?s open-spec, $119-and-up ?Core-3399Pro-JD4? module runs Linux or Android on a 3-TOPS NPU-enabled RK3399Pro. The module is available as part of a $199 and up ?AIO-3399PRO-JD4? dev kit.

http://linuxgizmos.com/rk3399pro-module-available-in-199-and-up-dev-kit/
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ROScube Pico SBC Runs Ubuntu & ROS on Intel Atom or Rockchip PX30 Processor
ADLINK has launched ROScube Pico SBC designed for robotics projects and powered by either an Intel Atom x5 Apollo Lake processor or a Rockchip PX30 Arm Cortex-A35 processor via their SMARC-compliant system-on-modules namely LEC-AL and as LEC-PX30.

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/06/11/roscube-pico-sbc-runs-ubuntu-ros-on-intel-atom-or-rockchip-px30-processor/
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Orange Pi 4 SBC Gets a $16 4G LTE mini PCIe Card based on Rockchip RM310
Orange Pi 4 SBC is one of the most cost-effective Rockchip RK3399 SBC?s, as it sells for as low as $50 with 4GB RAM, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, and Bluetooth, HDMI 2.0 output, etc..

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/06/12/orange-pi-4-4g-lte-mini-pcie-card-rockchip-rm310/
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Building the World’s Largest Raspberry Pi Cluster
Oracle’s Raspberry Pi Supercomputer, the largest Raspberry Pi cluster known to exist, got awarded one of the Top 10 Raspberry Pi Projects of 2019 from Tom’s Hardware.

https://dzone.com/articles/building-the-worlds-largest-raspberry-pi-cluster
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Pocket Popcorn Computer
Pocket P.C. is your hacker terminal on-the-go. It is a handheld Linux device with a high-definition 1080p display and large battery life.

https://pocket.popcorncomputer.com/
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Critical flaws in embedded TCP/IP library impact millions of IoT devices across industries
Millions of devices, from consumer products like printers and IP cameras to specialized devices used across organizations such as video conferencing systems and industrial control systems, are at risk due to critical vulnerabilities found in an embedded TCP/IP library.

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3562742/critical-flaws-in-embedded-tcpip-library-impact-millions-of-iot-devices-across-industries.html
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Ripple20 vulnerabilities will haunt the IoT landscape for years to come
Cyber-security experts have revealed today 19 vulnerabilities in a small library designed in the 90s that has been widely used and integrated into countless of enterprise and consumer-grade products over the last 20+ years.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ripple20-vulnerabilities-will-haunt-the-iot-landscape-for-years-to-come/
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Connect KubeSail
This step makes it much easier to manage the configurations in the next steps. If you haven’t already signed up for KubeSail, do that now. Its free and just requires a GitHub account to register. Then, to manage your raspberry pi from the KubeSail dashboard, just run

https://kubesail.com/blog/microk8s-raspberry-pi/
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Pinebook Pro Manjaro Update Error
“When you try to update Manjaro, it can be that you run into the following error:
conflicting files:
nss: /usr/lib/p11-kit-trust.so already exists in filesystem
I think this can happen when you have opened the preferences of the Package Manager. Even when you haven’t changed anything in the preferen”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NexyTfO0iuY
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Ubuntu Appliances for Raspberry Pi include AdGuard, MQTT, Nextcloud, openHAB, and PLEX
Canonical has launched an Ubuntu Appliance project for container-like apps based on Ubuntu Core snap packages. The first five free appliances provide AdGuard, mosquitto MQTT server, Nextcloud, openHAB, and the PLEX media server on the Raspberry Pi.

http://linuxgizmos.com/ubuntu-appliances-for-raspberry-pi-include-adguard-mqtt-nextcloud-openhab-and-plex/
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WiFi Networks Turned Targets In This Pocket Game
Looking for a way to make his warwalking sessions a bit more interactive, [Roni Bandini] has come up with an interesting way to gamify the discovery of new WiFi networks.

https://hackaday.com/2020/06/20/wifi-networks-turned-targets-in-this-pocket-game/
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Arm And Japan Get Their Day In The HPC Sun
There is a constant push and pull between budget and architecture in supercomputing, and the passing of time has not made anyone?s arms tired as yet on both sides of the bargaining table.

https://www.nextplatform.com/2020/06/22/arm-and-japan-get-their-day-in-the-hpc-sun/
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Raspberry Pi-like Zynq-7020 SBC sells for $72
Sipeed has launched a $72, open-spec ?Sipeed TANG Hex? SBC that runs Linux on an FPGA-enabled Zynq-7020 with 1GB RAM, 256MB flash, 10/100 Ethernet, 4x USB 2.0 ports, and an early RPi-like 26-pin GPIO header.

http://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-like-zynq-7020-sbc-sells-for-73/
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Tiny NanoPi NEO3 SBC Targets Networked Storage with GbE and USB 3.0
Once upon a time, FriendlyELEC launched a Raspberry Pi Zero competitor for headless applications with Allwinner H3 powered NanoPi NEO, which was then followed with NanoPi NEO2 equipped with a more powerful Allwinner H5 processor and Gigabit Ethernet, and less than two years ago, NanoPi NEO4 was laun

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/06/29/tiny-nanopi-neo3-sbc-targets-networked-storage-with-gbe-and-usb-3-0/
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Install the Android Operating System on Raspberry Pi 3 with LineageOS #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi
To get Android to run on a Raspberry Pi, we will be using a special build of LineageOS developed by konstakang. Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit! Be sure to check out our posts, tutorials and new Raspberry Pi related products.

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/07/03/install-the-android-operating-system-on-raspberry-pi-3-with-lineageos-piday-raspberrypi-raspberry_pi/
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ptitSeb/box86
Box86 will let run x86 Linux program (games) on non-x86 Linux, like ARM (needs to be 32bits little-endian). Also, Box86 use native version for some “system” libraries, like libc, libm, or SDL and OpenGL, leading to more performance and easier integration with host system.

https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86
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The nanoPi Is A DIY Synth Based On The Raspberry Pi
The nanoPi is a DIY synth project, based on the Raspberry Pi microcomputer. It combines a raspberry Pi Zero W, 10000mAh battery, and a Korg nanoKEY2 into a single portable synthesizer. Because it runs on a raspberry Pi, the possibilities for software are open. This build is based on fluidsynth.

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2020/07/03/the-nanopi-is-a-diy-synth-based-on-the-raspberry-pi/
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Raspberry Pi 4 & Manjaro Plasma 20.04 – Jolly good?
As you know, I’ve embarked on a peaceful crusade of trying to establish whether Raspberry Pi 4 can be used as an ordinary mini desktop. So far, I’ve shown you the first steps in my effort.

https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/rpi4-manjaro-kde-2004.html
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HAT Hacker HAT review ? The MagPi magazine
Supplied fully assembled, it?ll work with any 40?pin Raspberry Pi model. Pimoroni has thoughtfully included six metal PCB standoffs (with screws) for spacing and securing it, and/or the attached mini or full-size HATs, via pairs of the eight mounting holes provided.

https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/articles/hat-hacker-hat-review
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Website hosting on Raspberry Pi 4 with Mythic Beasts
Here?s Mythic Beast?s Pete Stevens to talk about how we run the Raspberry Pi website on Raspberry Pis, and how Mythic Beasts can run your site on Raspberry Pis too! In late 2016, Mythic Beasts launched a Raspberry Pi cloud, allowing you to rent a Raspberry Pi 3 as a service.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/website-hosting-on-raspberry-pi-4-with-mythic-beasts/
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UASP makes Raspberry Pi 4 disk IO 50% faster
A couple weeks ago, I did some testing with my Raspberry Pi 4 and external USB SSD drives. I found a USB 3.0 SSD was ten times faster than the fastest microSD card I tested. In the comments on the video associated with that post, Brad Manske mentioned something I never even thought about.

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2020/uasp-makes-raspberry-pi-4-disk-io-50-faster
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Running Rosetta@home on a Raspberry Pi with Fedora IoT
The Rosetta@home project is a not-for-profit distributed computing project created by the Baker laboratory at the University of Washington.

https://fedoramagazine.org/running-rosettahome-on-a-raspberry-pi-with-fedora-iot/
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Tiny IOGEAR GUD3C460 USB-C docking station turns your Android smartphone into a desktop
As Ultrabooks become increasingly thinner year after year, more are shipping with fewer port options and the expectation that users will have adapters and docking stations ready to go. However, not all docking stations have to be bulky as there are a number of small and light options to choose from.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Tiny-IOGEAR-GUD3C460-USB-C-docking-station-turns-your-Android-smartphone-into-a-desktop.480571.0.html
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