Nordic Semiconductor said on October 29, 2026 that it is the first company to prove Bluetooth High Data Throughput (HDT) in silicon. HDT is an upcoming addition to Bluetooth Low Energy that raises the top speed from 2 Mbps to as much as 7.5 Mbps. The Bluetooth SIG expects to release it in late 2026, so for now this is a working demo of a draft feat
TP-Link's Tapo brand has launched the C550WS, an outdoor pan/tilt camera with a 4K sensor. It was announced on 28 October 2026 and is listed in the Tapo UK store at £84.99, with shipping from mid-November. Amazon UK lists it at £89.99 with a release date of 20 November.
LILYGO has a new handheld development kit, the T-Display K230, which CNX Software covered on 28 October 2026. Unlike most LILYGO boards it is not built on an ESP32. It uses Canaan's Kendryte K230, a Linux-capable RISC-V processor with an AI accelerator, and pairs it with a LoRa radio on the main board and optional cellular connectivity in a keyboar
Amazon announced five new Alexa devices on 28 October 2026: a new Echo Dot, Echo Studio with Home Camera, Echo Time, Alexa Photo Frame and a redesigned Echo Show 16. For smart home users the Dot is the interesting one, because it is the first Echo Dot with a built-in smart home hub.
Sungrow, the PV inverter and energy storage maker, launched PowerHarbour in Australia on 28 October 2026 at All-Energy Australia in Melbourne. It's an all-in-one residential system that puts the inverter, energy management and stackable battery modules together, and in some configurations an EV charger too. Sungrow ties the launch to Australia's fa
RELOC, a company from Parma, Italy, has built SCINTIX P4, a compute module that runs an ESP32-P4 microcontroller but fits the Raspberry Pi CM4/CM5 footprint. Espressif's developer portal published a write-up by RELOC engineer Leonardo Pedretti on 28 October 2026. The idea is simple: plug the module into a carrier board you already have, such as the
Most wall switches with a colour screen need a neutral wire, because the display has to be powered all the time. Xiaomi's new Smart Display Switch 2, listed in China on 28 October 2026, tries to get round that. It works with or without a neutral, and in single-wire installations it runs the screen from a built-in energy store. Crowdfunding opens on
Wi-Fi HaLow promises something that sounds ideal for a house with a large garden, a detached garage or an allotment: Wi-Fi that reaches about a kilometre, passes through walls and runs a sensor on a battery for months. Modules, Raspberry Pi add-on boards and small routers have started to appear. Before you buy, though, it helps to know that HaLow i
A Raspberry Pi in a DIN-rail case is nothing new, but this one comes with a full set of plug-in I/O modules. On 27 October 2026 CNX Software described the Synergy Logic SLM-RP4, an industrial controller (PLC) built around a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B. It costs $249, with I/O modules sold separately.
