Hacker NewsMay 24, 2025

The Xenon Death Flash: How a Camera Nearly Killed the Raspberry Pi 2

https://magnus919.com/2025/05/the-xenon-death-flash-how-a-camera-nearly-killed-the-raspberry-pi-2/

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The Xenon Death Flash: How a Camera Nearly Killed the Raspberry Pi 2

The bizarre story of how taking flash photos could instantly crash the Raspberry Pi 2, the community detective work that solved it, and why this strange bug revealed fundamental flaws in modern chip design.

Notes from the Rabbit Hole
RISC-VJun 30, 2022

RT from Electropages: Electronics News (@electropages)

Recently at @embedded_world, @openhwgroup demonstrated their latest #RISCV development board that shows off their CORE-V MCU. In this article, we ask what role does RISC-V play in open hardware?

https://www.electropages.com/blog/2022/06/openhw-group-announces-risc-v-core-v-mcu-kit
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Original tweet : https://twitter.com/electropages/status/1542414382927269890

OpenHW Group announces RISC-V CORE-V MCU kit

What advantages will RISC-V present to the microcontroller world, what specifications does the new board have, and what role does RISC-V play in open hardware?