Shotokutech Tiny Tech Trends

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2022: A Look Ahead for DIY Tech Gadgets. 2022: A Look Ahead for DIY Tech Gadgets Hi. Welcome back to ShotokuTech. Yes it's 2022. I am not doing a "best of 2021" or "2022 predictions". Instead, I want to share some observations that may have impact our hobby and put forth an action plan with you, the community that I value being a part of. I'm sure you have heard the words 'chip shortage' and 'supply chain issues' recently. Here is a couple of headlines from this week alone. Chip manufacturing equipment vendor ASML reports fire at Berlin factory. China Locks Down City Containing One of World's Busiest Ports, Could Impact Supply Chain. We are in a global economy. It takes years to expand chip manufacturing whether building new or expanding existing plants. But if ASML can't sell you the photolithography system you need to turn silicon into integrated circuits, well one can only imagine the impact. Of course due to restrictions meant to ...

This week: Sparkfun Micromod, Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, M5Stack ESP32 Basic Core, M5Stack LoRa Module(868MHz), TTGO T-Watch Upgraded Version with Touch Sensor, Repurpose Old Gadgets, Mozilla IoT WebThings Gateway   Shotokutech Tiny Tech Trends 25 October 2020 https://youtu.be/eoOaeHZXdfs These next two items are new from SparkFun and they look interesting: MicroMod is a modular interface ecosystem that connects a microcontroller “processor board” to various “carrier board” peripherals utilizing the M.2 standard. https://www.sparkfun.com/pages/micromod The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 represents a huge change for the Compute Module line. The biggest change being the move from the DDR2 SODIMM connector form factor to a high density connector on the bottom of the board. But true to the line, the Compute Module 4 packs all the best features of the Raspberry Pi Model B 4 into a more favorable form-factor for embedded or OEM applications. https://www.sparkfun.com/categories/tags/...