cnx-software.comDec 12

Renesas RA6W1/RA6W2 Cortex-M33 wireless MCUs offer dual-band Wi-Fi 6, BLE, Matter, 15-year availability

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/12/renesas-ra6w1-ra6w2-cortex-m33-wireless-mcus-offer-dual-band-wi-fi-6-ble-matter-15-year-availability/

Renesas RA6W1/RA6W2 Cortex-M33 wireless MCUs offer dual-band Wi-Fi 6, BLE, Matter, 15-year availability

Renesas has added the RA6W1 (Wi-Fi 6) and the RA6W2 (Wi-Fi 6 + BLE) MCUs to its high-performance RA6 family, adding dual-band Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE, as well as Matter connectivity to the series. Both models feature a 160 MHz Arm Cortex-M33 core, dual-band Wi-Fi 6 with WPA3 security, on-chip PA/LNA/RF switch, and a full TCP/IP stack for fast connectivity. They integrate up to 704 KB SRAM, 256 KB ROM, and support eMMC/SD, O-QSPI, and QSPI for external flash and/or PSRAM. The series also includes generic peripherals like SPI, I²C, I²S/PDM, SDIO, 12-bit ADCs, PWM timers, and up to 28 GPIOs. Offered in compact QFN/WLCSP packages, the RA6W1/2 MCUs target smart home, wearables, industrial, and consumer IoT markets where long battery life and wireless connectivity are essential. Renesas RA6W1 specifications: MCU core – Arm Cortex-M33 @ up to 160 MHz, Armv8-M architecture with MPU and SysTick Memory & Storage

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cnx-software.comNov 26

AMD Spartan UltraScale+ SU35P FPGA evaluation kit supports Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Mikrobus, and Pmod expansion

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/11/26/amd-spartan-ultrascale-su35p-fpga-evaluation-kit-supports-raspberry-pi-arduino-mikrobus-and-pmod-expansion/

AMD Spartan UltraScale+ SU35P FPGA evaluation kit supports Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Mikrobus, and Pmod expansion

AMD's SCU35 Evaluation Kit is an affordable ($229) development board powered by the AMD Spartan UltraScale+ SU35P FPGA device, which targets low-power industrial, medical, and data center applications requiring I/O expansion and board management capabilities. Designed for headless applications, the board features a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port and a USB-C port for power, as well as plenty of headers and connectors compatible with off-the-shelf expansion boards or modules, including Arduino UNO headers, two 40-pin Raspberry Pi GPIO headers, two Mikrobus headers, four Pmod connectors, and an HSIO board-to-board connector.   AMD SCU35 evaluation kit specifications: FPGA - AMD Spartan Ultrascale+ SU35P (XCSU35P-2SBVB625E) 36K Logic Cells 304 Max Total I/O• Board Management Controller Memory - 1.93 Mb on-chip memory Memory - 64 Mbit HyperRAM Storage 128 Mbit QSPI flash 64 Kbit EEPROM Networking - 10/100Mbps Ethernet RJ45 port Sensor - 3-axis linear accelerometer Expansion Arduino UNO headers 2x 40-pin Raspberry Pi

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Banana Pi Open Source HardwareAug 14, 2025
Banana Pi BPI-R4 Lite #MediaTek #MT7987A Open Source #Router board public sale.
2GB RAM and 8G eMMC,2.5G #SFP + 2.5G RJ45 WAN (#PoE-ready),Wi-Fi 7 NIC & #5G via M.2 and miniPCIe,2x8 PIN #MikroBUS for expansion
https://www.banana-pi.org/en/product-news/579.html
#bananapi #raspberrypi #WiFi #WiFi7 #OpenWrt
inviridiDec 10, 2024

Spannendes Kickstarter-Projekt: #LoRaWAN mit #esp32 und leichter Erweiterbarkeit via #grove #feather und #mikrobus . Ah ja, und ist #nocode

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inx/wan-4-all-programmable-lorawan-module-and-breakout-board/

FamilienverkehrswendeJul 28, 2024
#Altstadtmobil #inklusiv #muenchen #mikrobus natürlich haben wir das gleich ausprobiert - sehr cool! Mutige Projektpartner, die einfach mal machen. So geht innovativer #Nahverkehr. Lustig: kostenlose Angebote irritieren Menschen.
@[email protected] war da was mit verödender Innenstadt?
https://muenchenunterwegs.de/angebote/altstadtmobil
München unterwegs | AltstadtMobil

Das Projekt „AltstadtMobil“ startet in einen dreimonatigen Testbetrieb. Das Angebot AltstadtMobil besteht aus elektrischen Mikrobussen sowie Rikschas, die die Besucher*innen kostenfrei näher

Jarkko SakkinenApr 9, 2024

Overall I think VisionFive2 is overall better board than e.g. BeagleV for kernel development tasks because:

  • 2/3 of price
  • twice more memory at least in the 8GB version
  • Hat that can supply power and UART through micro-USB is about half price of comparable mikrobus and the overall setup is more compact in price.

I had no idea how the CPU’s compare but for my tasks I neither care :-) I guess they help each other to mature in Linux kernel because the hardware platform are from the same family (jh7100 for beaglev and jh7110 for visionfive2). For some other task, e.g. building something around the SBC, the evalution might different.

I came to these conclusions based on working with VisionFive2 and I do not have BeagleV at my hands so that my cause some dilation but at least this board feels like better bang for the buck.

Still would love to get my hands on BeagleV too and get more familiar with it, and yeah, competition is a great thing, and can’t wait for more Beagleboard RISC-V products.

#riscv #visionfive2 #beaglev #beagleboard #raspberrypi #mikrobus

Chris WilsonJan 2, 2023

TIL about BeagleConnect™, which makes it possible for #mikroBUS based Click boards to be connected wirelessly (e.g. via #6LoWPAN over
802.15.4) to a #linux gateway.

A virtual bus is created on the Linux gateway (e.g. /dev/i2c3) that sends "bridged PHY" #greybus messages to the remote #IoT node. The remote node runs #zephyr firmware on an MCU that speaks the Greybus protocols and translates those messages into I2C, SPI, GPIO, etc on the Click sensor (no drivers on MCU!)

https://git.beagleboard.org/beagleconnect/freedom

BeagleConnect / Freedom · GitLab

BeagleConnect Freedom long-range, low-power wireless connectivity to 1,000s of sensors, actuators and indicators

GitLab
Hackster.ioJun 22, 2022

RT from Wilderness Labs Inc. (@wildernesslabs)

Everything u need to prototype and build in one; Light Snsr, Temp, Humid., Pressure, Air-Quality, Accel, RS-485, Speaker, Display, @seeedstudio #Grove, @mikroel #mikroBUS, @adafruit #Stemma, @sparkfun #QWIIC connectors. Full-color display, buttons, and more!

https://twitter.com/Hacksterio/status/1539636443911528449

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/wildernesslabs/status/1539640171406143488

Hackster.io on Twitter

“.@WildernessLabs launches the open, feature-packed Project Lab Board for its Meadow F7v2 .NET Feather: https://t.co/FjhQR9WbFt”

Twitter