Crowdfunded Pilet handheld PC redesigned to use Raspberry Pi CM5 for brains… even though backers expected it to work with a Raspberry Pi 5 Model B

More than a year after launching a crowdfunding campaign for a pair of Raspberry Pi-powered handheld computers, the folks at Soulsircuit have announced a major change… and backers aren’t particularly pleased.

The Pilet 5 and Pilet 7 handhelds were originally positioned as handheld computer that would use a credit card-sized Raspberry Pi 5 Model B computer for brains. But this week […]

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Sentinel Core mini ITX board lets you use a GPU with a Raspberry Pi CM5 (crowdfunding)

The Raspberry Pi CM5 computer-on-a-module features support for single-lane PCIe 2.0 or PCIe 3.0 connections. Most of the existing carrier boards for the CM5 use that to give you an M.2 slot that allows you to connect an SSD. But the Sentinel Core is a mini ITX board that gives you a full-sized PCIe x16 connector, allowing you to connect a desktop graphics card, among other things.

The board is […]

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This board turns a Raspberry Pi CM5 into a NAS with support for 5 HDDs

The Radxa Taco is a carrier board for a Raspberry Pi Compute Module that gives you ethernet, USB, and HDMI ports plus a microSD card reader and M.2 2280 and M.2 2230 slots. But this board also has SATA connectors that let your compute module to power a network-attached storage system with up to five hard drives.

When Radxa first launched the Taco board in 2022 it supported the Raspberry Pi […]

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Raspberry Pi CM5 TV Stick Lite Adapts Compute Module 5 for HDMI Dongle Use

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-cm5-tv-stick-lite-adapts-compute-module-5-for-hdmi-dongle-use/

Turn a Raspberry Pi CM5 into a TV stick with this carrier board

Many modern TVs ships with software that will let you stream video from Netflix, YouTube, and other services. And if you’re looking for something a little different, there’s no shortage of cheap media streaming devices running Amazon, Google, or Apple software.

But if you want something a little more versatile, you may want to consider plugging a full-fledged computer into your TV. Enter the […]

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Waveshare’s CM5-based mini PC has an M.2 slot, dual Ethernet ports, and HDMI output

Waveshare is a company that gives its products descriptive names, not brief ones. So the full name of the company’s new mini PC kit is longer than the headline for this article. But in a nutshell, the new Waveshare CM5-DUAL-ETH-BOX-B is a carrier board and an aluminum case for a Raspberry Pi Compute Module that lets you turn the tiny module into a pretty versatile little computer.

Among other […]

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Lilbits: Zinwa’s Android-powered BlackBerry Key2 clone, Razer’s laptop sleeve with wireless charging, and Android 17 Beta 2

A small Chinese team called Zinwa have been making modern BlackBerry-style smartphones in small batches for a little while… first by literally stuffing the actual shells of old BlackBerry phones with modern motherboards running Android software, and more recently by developing new phones with designs that are heavily influenced by BlackBerry.

Now Zinwa has shared a teaser for an upcoming […]

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This 170 x 120mm Raspberry Pi CM5 carrier board features two SATA 3 connectors, and support for a PCIe 3 x1 SSD or AI accelerator, and 9 Ethernet ports (1 x 2 5 GbE + 8 x Gigabit), plus much more. https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/26/raspberry-pi-cm5-mini-itx-compatible-carrier-board-features-up-to-nine-ethernet-ports-for-nvr-smart-home-and-edge-ai-applications/ #RaspberryPi #RaspberryPiCM5 #EXAVIZCruiser

The Argon40 ONE UP is a modular laptop powered by a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, and according to this review, it's pretty good at what it does. But due to rising component prices you can get a much faster laptop with an Intel or AMD chip for less money. https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/the-first-good-raspberry-pi-laptop/#fn:1 #Argon40OneUp #Argon40 #RaspberryPi #RaspberryPiCM5 #JeffGeerling

Raspberry Pi CM5-powered Argon One laptop is now shipping to Kickstarter backers

The Argon ONE UP is a modular laptop with a 14 inch FHD+ display, a 55 Wh battery, and an M.2 slot for an SSD. What makes the Argon ONE UP unlike most laptops though is that it has a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 for brains.

Argon Forty launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the Argon ONE UP last summer, and now the company has begun shipping the laptop to backers. Folks who missed […]

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