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Crucial Bluetooth Add-ons for Your iPhone

fantastic 3-in-1 wireless chargers for the iPhone – not to mention the array of MagSafe devices available. Nevertheless, you can significantly enhance your iPhone’s functionality by incorporating Bluetooth accessories, such as wireless earbuds, an Apple Watch, or a smart hydration bottle.

These gadgets can greatly increase your iPhone’s usefulness. Wireless earbuds enable you to listen to music or participate in calls while your iPhone charges; the Apple Watch monitors your health even during sleep; and a Bluetooth hydration bottle indicates if you’re consuming enough water throughout the day.

Unlike in earlier years, there’s no requirement to disable Bluetooth on an iPhone when not in use, nor on other tech devices. The connectivity is so energy-efficient that keeping it off could be more problematic than leaving it on, as you won’t be able to enjoy its connectivity without activating it manually each time. The gadgets featured below represent a selection of my favorite Bluetooth accessories, which I use every day with my iPhone. I’ve also highlighted some of the most sought-after products you can frequently see people using on the streets.

Wireless earbuds

SONOFF NSPanel Pro Gen2: 86-Type Smart Home Control Panel with Two Relays, Dual-Band WiFi, Zigbee 3.0, Matter Support – CNX Software

SONOFF NSPanel Pro Gen2

SONOFF NSPanel Pro Gen2 is an 86-type Smart Home control panel featuring a 3.95-inch touch display, two relays supporting up to 10A, and dual-band WiFi 4, Bluetooth LE, and Zigbee 3.0 connectivity. The device also integrates a 1.5W speaker and a microphone for voice interaction, light and proximity sensors, and runs Android on a Rockchip RK3326-S SoC paired with 2GB RAM and 32GB eMMC flash. SONOFF NSPanel Pro Gen2 specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3326-S CPU – Quad-core Cortex-A35 processor @ 1.5 GHz GPU – Arm Mali-G31 GPU System Memory – 2GB DDR3 Storage – 32GB eMMC 5.1 flash Display – 3.95-inch capacitive touchscreen color TFT display with 480×480 resolution Audio – 1.5W speaker, digital microphone for two-way communication (intercom) Connectivity Zigbee 3.0 support via EFR32MG24 Dual-band 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi + Bluetooth Matter support Relay – Dual-gang relay up to 5A per gang, or 10A in total (resistive […]

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Spain’s Solaria Raises €300m to Power Data Centres with Solar and Battery Storage

The Spanish solar developer is betting that co-locating renewable generation with battery storage adjacent to data centres is the answer to AI’s power hunger, and investors are oversubscribed at 6.7x. Europe has a data centre problem. Electricity grids across the continent are struggling to keep pace with the power demands of the AI boom, planning […]

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Rockchip RK3326-S Quad-Core Cortex-A35 SBC Aims at Smart Audio Devices – CNX Software

Rockchip RK3326S SBC

Boardcon EM3326S is a single board computer powered by a Rockchip RK3326-S quad-core Cortex-A35 processor paired with up to 4GB LPDDR4 memory and 128GB eMMC flash. With a 3.5mm audio jack and a speaker connector, Fast Ethernet, WiFi, and Bluetooth connectivity, the company says the board mainly targets smart audio applications. But it could certainly be used for a wider range of applications with RGB LCD and MIPI DSI display interfaces, MIPI CSI and DVP camera interfaces, an RS485 terminal block, a mini PCIe socket plus a SIM card slot for 4G LTE connectivity, and more. Boardcon EM3326S specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3326-S CPU – Quad-core Cortex-A35 @ 1.5GHz with 512KB L2 cache GPU – Arm Mali G31-2EE with support for OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0/3.2, DirectX 11 FL9_3, OpenCL 2.0, and Vulkan 1.0 VPU Video Decoder – MPEG-4, H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP8, VC-1 up to 1080p60 Video Encoder – H.264 video encoder […]

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