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Dmytro Panin is at it again, creating a teeny system monitor for his MacBook from scratch with help from our favorite microcontroller, the Raspberry Pi Pico . This plug-and-play system monitor (opens in new tab) lets him keep a close eye on resource usage without having to close any windows or launch any third-party programs. The device is Pico-powered and plugs right into the MacBook to function. It has a display screen that showcases a custom GUI featuring four bar graphs that update in real-time to show the performance of different components, including the CPU, GPU, memory, and SSD usage. It makes it possible to see how hard your PC is running at a glance. Panin released a demo video of the module in action that is available on Twitter (opens in new tab) . In the demo, we see the hardware stats update automatically on the Pico Display Pack without the need to launch a third-party application on his machine. To the side of the bar graphs are more details for … [Read more...] about Raspberry Pi Pico Used in Plug and Play System Monitor

Oppo has just announced its promised duo of smartwatches featuring Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 chip — the first wearables to adopt the new platform since Qualcomm announced it last month. Contents The Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 is here A familiar design with a twist Battery life, storage capacity, and more China only, for now The new Oppo Watch models build on last year’s Oppo Watch 2. However, neither is a direct successor to that earlier model. Instead, it looks like Oppo has split the difference, with the Oppo Watch 3 moving the specs down a notch to make room for a new Oppo Watch 3 Pro on the higher end. The Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 is here Oppo has notably gone for the lesser of Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon wearable chips , the W5, rather than the W5+. Interestingly, this is the chip that Qualcomm has targeted at “segment-specific wearables” rather than “mainstream smartwatches,” but Oppo likely considers that good enough for its target market. It’s … [Read more...] about Oppo’s new Apple Watch clone has an important spec inside | Digital Trends

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