MiniPC Show #116 – VMWare On RPI is Real, Brett does Screens and New Jetson Board

Direct MP3 Download: MiniPC Show #116 – VMWare On RPI is Real, Brett does Screens and New Jetson Board

ESXi on Arm Fling is LIVE!
The highly anticipated ESXi on Arm Fling has just been announced and is NOW generally available as a new VMware Fling! Head over to https://flings.vmware.com/esxi-arm-edition and be sure to carefully read through the Requirements and documentation before try out the bits.

https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2020/10/esxi-on-arm-fling.html
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Raspberry Pi 4 Mini Desktop Case – Ice Tower Cooler + Secondary PCB Cooling Fan by JISpal01

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4249203
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Noctua NF-A4x10 5V, Premium Quiet Fan, 3-Pin, 5V Version (40x10mm, Brown)

https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-Cooling-Bearing-NF-A4X10-FLX-5V/dp/B00NEMGCIA
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We are approaching the fastest, deepest, most consequential technological disruption in history
In the next 10 years, key technologies will converge to completely disrupt the five foundational sectors?information, energy, food, transportation, and materials?that underpin our global economy. We need to make sure the disruption benefits everyone.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90559711/we-are-approaching-the-fastest-deepest-most-consequential-technological-disruption-in-history
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Internet in a Box?
Internet-in-a-Box brings the power of a free Digital Library of Alexandria into the hands of any school, hospital, or library worldwide.

http://internet-in-a-box.org/
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Xen Project officially ports its hypervisor to Raspberry Pi 4
The Xen Project has ported its hypervisor to the 64-bit Raspberry Pi 4. The idea to do an official port bubbled up from the Xen community and then reached the desk of George Dunlap, chairman of the Xen Project?s Advisory Board.

https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2020/09/29/xen_on_rpi_4/
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Xen: Our hypervisor now runs on Raspberry Pi 4 ? but Pi’s quirks made life tricky
The most significant of these issues is that the Raspberry Pi 4, rather uniquely, has different physical addresses from DMA addresses, which required an address translation solution. ?

https://www.zdnet.com/article/xen-our-hypervisor-now-runs-on-raspberry-pi-4-but-pis-quirks-made-life-tricky/
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Haunted House hacks
Spookify your home in time for Halloween with Rob Zwetsloot and these terror-ific projects! We picked four of our favourites from a much longer feature in the latest issue of The MagPi magazine, so make sure you check it out if you need more Haunted House hacks in your life.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/haunted-house-hacks/
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Intel-based Rock Pi X SBC arrives
Radxa?s has launched its open-spec ?Rock Pi X Model B? SBC for $49 to $75. The Pi-like board runs Ubuntu 20.04 or Win 10 on a Cherry Trail Atom x5-Z8300 plus GbE with PoE, WiFi/BT, 4K-ready HDMI 2.0, 4x USB, and a 40-pin header. Radxa unveiled the Rock Pi X back in Sep.

http://linuxgizmos.com/intel-based-rock-pi-x-sbc-arrives/
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Nvidia Launches $59 Jetson Nano 2GB Single-Board Computer
Single-board computers have become increasingly popular ever since the first Raspberry Pi appeared back in 2012. Even Nvidia produces its own take on these tiny PCs using the name Jetson, and a new, and very cheap Jetson board has just gone up for pre-order.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/nvidia-launches-59-jetson-nano-2gb-single-board-computer?amp=true
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Build an e-paper to-do list with Raspberry Pi
James Bruxton (or @xrobotosuk on Instagram) built an IoT-controlled e-paper message board using Raspberry Pi. Updating it is easy: just edit a Google sheet, and the message board will update with the new data. This smart message board uses e-paper, which has very low power consumption.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/build-an-e-paper-to-do-list-with-raspberry-pi/
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Console Living Room
The Internet Archive Console Living Room harkens back to the revolution of the change in the hearth of the home, when the fireplace and later television were transformed by gaming consoles into a center of videogame entertainment.

https://archive.org/details/consolelivingroom
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Indian RISC-V Chip Is Team?s Third Successful Chip
There was a time when creating a new IC was a very expensive proposition. While it still isn?t pocket change, custom chips are within reach of sophisticated experimenters and groups. As evidence, look at the Moushik CPU from the SHAKTI group.

https://hackaday.com/2020/10/03/indian-risc-v-chip-is-teams-third-successful-chip/
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High-performance ARM chips will be 64-bit only starting in 2022
ARM has been designing chips that support 64-bit software for years, but the company has also continued to support 32-bit code. That?s going to change in a few years. Kind of.

https://liliputing.com/2020/10/high-performance-arm-chips-will-be-64-bit-only-starting-in-2022.html
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The September release and EndeavourOS ARM arrived
Now that we?re talking, I want to thank the community and our financial backers for the rock solid support you are giving us in times of trouble. Thank you for having your backs during the good and the hard times we are facing in the world and in our community.

https://endeavouros.com/news/the-september-release-and-endeavouros-arm-arrived/
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ODROID GO Advance Wireless Multiplayer Update!
“In this video, we take a quick look at the all-new ODROID GO Advanced Multiplayer update!
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This allows you to use two ODGA handhelds together to play a single game!
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The video and audio of the host is compressed in real-time using H264 and Opus codecs before being sent over the network to the second p”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De619s7Ghfo&disable_polymer=true
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Introducing ODROID-GO Advance Multiplayer Preview
The Multiplayer Preview brings support for two players on two devices to ODROID-GO Advance (OGA). This allows one player to host a game on an OGA while another player joins in using a second OGA.

https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?t=39913
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Arm wants to obliterate Intel and AMD with gigantic 192-core CPU
Arm has provided an updated roadmap on its Neoverse platform, first unveiled back in 2019, setting out more on what’s to come. Current Neoverse N1 designs reach 128-cores and 128-threads, while future N2 products are expected to cement that design while significantly improving on all other metrics.

https://www.techradar.com/news/arm-wants-to-obliterate-intel-and-amd-with-gigantic-192-core-cpu
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XPI 3128
Geniatech?s XPI_3128 is Quad-core Cortex-A7 1.2GHz SOC,it integrat Mali-400MP2 GPU?Excellent arithmetic and graphics processing capabilities,provide high performance video output,smoothly high-resolution (1080p@60fps) display, HEVC hardware is integrated for support H.265 Decoder,it support 2.

https://www.geniatech.com/product/xpi-3128/
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Argon One M.2 Case for Raspberry Pi 4 Adds SATA Support, Full-Sized HDMI Ports
Yesterday, we noted that DeskPi Pro Raspberry Pi 4 case offered an interesting alternative to Argon One enclosure thanks to support for 2.5-inch SATA SSD/HDD, full-sized HDMI ports, and a PWM fan.

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/09/26/argon-one-m2-case-for-raspberry-pi-4-offers-full-sized-hdmi-ports-supports-for-sata-drives/
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$16 Single Board Computer Kit – The Iconikal Rockchip SBC Recon Sentinel. Is It Worth Buying?
In this video we take a look at a really inexpensive Single Board Computer kit like the raspberry pi known as the Recon Sentinal Or Iconikal Rockchip RK3328 4K 60P Single Board Computer, This is actually an in-home Internet security kit but it’s powered by the Pine64 Rock64 SBC and nothing is stoppi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHsPYea1D58
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Tiny Rock Pi S SBC gets 802.3af PoE & audio HAT add-on board
Powered by a Rockchip RK3308 quad-core Cortex-A35 processor, Radxa Rock Pi S single board computer was launched with specifications listing PoE support via an add-on board. Just one little problem though: it was not available for sale.

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/09/28/tiny-rockpi-s-sbc-gets-poe-audio-hat/
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PicoRio for RISC-V like Raspberry Pi for ARM!
PicoRio is an open-source, RISC-V small-board computer by the RISC-V International Open Source (RIOS) laboratory at Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute. The RIOS Lab works on elevating the RISC-V software and hardware ecosystem.

https://riscv.org/2020/09/picorio-for-risc-v-like-raspberry-pi-for-arm/
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Compact Whiskey Lake system builds on 3.5-inch SBC
Ibase?s fanless, Ubuntu-ready ?ASB200-919? embedded PC is stocked with an 8th Gen UE-series CPU with up to 32GB DDR4, 2x GbE, 2x DP via USB, 4x USB 3.1, and 2x M.2 with NVMe. Earlier this month, Ibase launched an ASB200-918 embedded computer based on its Ryzen Embedded based, 3.

http://linuxgizmos.com/compact-whiskey-lake-system-builds-on-3-5-inch-sbc/
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Physicists Build Circuit That Generates Clean, Limitless Power From Graphene
Paul Thibado, professor of physics, with sample energy-harvesting chips under development. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. ? A team of University of Arkansas physicists has successfully developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene’s thermal motion and converting it into an electrical current.

https://news.uark.edu/articles/54830
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CTL unveils 10th Gen Comet Lake Chromebox CBx2
We knew that more 10th Gen Intel Comet Lake Chromeboxes would eventually hit the market and it looks like CTL is the next one on the list. This comes on the heels of HP being the first out of the gate with the next generation of Chrome OS desktop devices.

https://chromeunboxed.com/ctl-unveils-10th-gen-comet-lake-chromebox-cbx2/