Guide to Boards 2026: Indie Boards
With low-cost single board computers and tools for hosting your own cloud server, 2025 had some exciting indie dev boards.
Single Board Computer
Guide to Boards 2026: No Computer Required
Microcontrollers and single board computers continue to get better as 2026 barrels toward us with more power and more capabilities that are perfect for amping up your next build.
Movin’ on Up to AAEON’s UP 7000 Intel-Powered Pi-Shaped SBC
The UP 7000 is a compelling Raspberry Pi alternative that brings impressive Intel power to the familiar form factor.
DFRobot Launches UNIHIKER All-In-One Single-Board Computer Lab
Products like the Arduino UNO and Raspberry Pi have proven nothing short of revolutionary in the maker community by taking something which already existed in various forms and just doing it that much better that it changed the world. DFRobot may be hoping to spark a similar revolution with their unique new single-board computer (SBC), […]
DFRobot Launches LattePanda Sigma Hackable Single-Board Server
In our 2022 Boards Guide, we described the LattePanda 3 Delta as a “beast mode” Windows/Linux Single Board Computer (SBC), with a class-leading 11th-generation Intel Celeron N5105 processor and 42 types of I/O. This year, the LattePanda team have outdone themselves significantly in the form of the 13th-generation Intel Core i5-1340P Raptor Lake-powered LattePanda Sigma […]
When Chips Are Scarce: Maker Ingenuity in Uncertain Times
The past few years have been … unprecedented. Supply chain failures manifest themselves visibly around us, from parking lots in Detroit full of cars that can’t be finished for lack of a single part, to immense backlogs of container ships at the Port of Long Beach. From consumers all the way up to foundries, it feels […]
DFRobot Launches LattePanda 3 Delta Pocket-Sized Hackable Computer
When the first maker-focused single-board computers (SBCs) from BeagleBoard and Raspberry Pi started appearing, it felt like a tiny revolution. While makers had been hacking on microcontrollers for decades, the prospect of a Linux-capable device with ample GPIO and connectivity brought new possibilities, applications, and accessibility. And while current-generation boards are often based around powerful […]