Notices by CNX Software (cnxsoft@noc.social)

The Librephone project aims to remove proprietary blobs from smartphones running an open-source OS

Some of you may already be running an open-source operating system on your smartphone, which could be Android-based, such as LineageOS, GrapheneOS, and e/OS, or Linux-based like postmarketOS and Ubuntu Touch. However, due to closed-source firmware files/proprietary blobs, you’re only r…
https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/11/18/librephone-project-remove-proprietary-blobs-smartphones-open-source-os/

Adapter allows users to connect an M.2 NVMe SSD to a microSD Express card slot

The SD Association released the SD 7.1 standard with support for cards compliant with the microSD Express standard, enabling SSD-like performance on microSD cards by using a PCIe/NVMe interface, and more recent updates to the standard even enable speeds of up to 2GB/s. Saying that adoption has bee…
https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/10/adapter-allows-users-to-connect-an-m-2-nvme-ssd-to-a-microsd-express-card-slot/

Intel Celeron N4020 dual-core mini PC sells for $45 with 4GB RAM, 128GB eMMC flash

We’ve seen x86 mini PCs for under $100 a few times, but I don’t think ever seen one going for under $50, and that’s exactly what the Wo-we HU-MNPC05-L mini PC has to offer as the system is sold for $44.99 on Amazon with an old Intel Celeron N4020 dual-core Gemini Lake Refresh processor first…
https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/06/intel-celeron-n4020-dual-core-mini-pc-sells-for-45-with-4gb-ram-128gb-emmc-flash/

Orange Pi RV RISC-V SBC with StarFive JH7110 SoC launched for $30 and up

The Orange Pi RV SBC powered by a StarFive JH7110 RISC-V SoC was first introduced at the Orange Pi Development Conference 2024, a little over one year ago. But somehow, the company first launched the Orange Pi RV2 SBC based on Ky X1 SoC (rebranded Spacemit K1) earlier this month, and has only started taking orders for the O…
https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/01/orange-pi-rv-low-cost-risc-v-sbc-with-starfive-jh7110-soc/

ESP32-S3 USB dongle integrates 1.47-inch TFT LCD display

Waveshare ESP32-S3-LCD-1.47 is an ESP32-S3 USB dongle with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, high-capacity Flash and PSRAM, and a 1.47-inch LCD. Additionally, it has an onboard microSD card slot used for storage and some RGB LEDs for visual feedback. All these features make this tiny device suitable for applications like interactive displays, IoT devices, …
https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/09/06/esp32-s3-usb-dongle-integrates-1-47-inch-tft-lcd-display/

Raspberry Pi releases RP1 peripheral controller datasheet and block diagram

The Raspberry Pi 5 was recently introduced with the Broadcom BCM2712 CPU and the RP1 chip handling I/Os designed in-house by the Raspberry Pi just like they did for the RP2 (RP2040) microcontroller, and we now have more details about the Raspberry Pi RP1 including a (draft) datasheet and a block diagram. The RP2040 came out before the RP…
https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/10/07/raspberry-pi-rp1-datasheet-block-diagram/