[TriEmbed] Raspberry Pi OS updated! And Digikey augmented reality app to compare small embedded boards.

[Scott Hall]

Just in time to create projects from that huge electronic camera & lens &
electronics donation to SplatSpace, Electronics Weekly magazine just
published an article about the new R-Pi operating system, with video and
camera access improvements:

>From Electronics Weekly: *Raspberry Pi OS updated: camera and video access
simplified*
https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/raspberry-pi-development/raspberry-pi-os-updated-now-based-debian-bullseye-2021-11/

> Raspberry Pi OS, the custom operating system for Raspberry Pis, has had a
> major upgrade. It is now based on Debian Bullseye, which has replaced
> 2-year old Debian Buster.
> [...]
> There are some under-the-hood changes to file systems and printing, but
> most of the changes are patches and upgrades to existing applications and
> features. However, over and above the changes in Debian itself, the
> Bullseye version of Raspberry Pi OS has a number of significant changes to
> the desktop environment and to the support for Raspberry Pi hardware.
> [...]
>
>    - KMS (kernel mode-setting) video driver, an experimental option
>    before, is now the standard video driver in this release. This means that
>    any application written using standard Linux display APIs should run on
>    Raspberry Pi without modification.
>    - The driver used to access camera modules has been replaced with the
>    standard Linux libcamera API, making it easier for third parties to develop
>    camera hardware and software.
>
>
Also from Electronics Weekly: *Digi-Key Makes AR app to support 2021 Boards
Guide*
https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/distribution/digi-key-makes-ar-app-support-2021-boards-guide-2021-11/

> Digi-Key Electronics has partnered with Make – the publishers behind the
> maker magazines and books – to release an augmented reality (AR) app to
> accompany its 2021 Boards Guide.
>


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Scott G. Hall
Raleigh, NC, USA
scottghall1 at gmail.com
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