Does An Even Smaller Raspberry Pi Offer New Digital Signage Uses? April 9, 2014 by Super User The teeny $45 Raspberry Pi micro-computers just got smaller, with a new mini module that shrinks down the size of the device and opens up some new possibilities for digital signage applications. The Pi devices were already quite small, but the new module is small enough to fit inside a small display enclosure, opening up …
Samsung’s 2nd Gen Smart Sign Out In May March 31, 2014 by Super User I am in a very chilly and white Calgary, Alberta, and heading to what may well be an even chillier and just as snowy Edmonton, on a quick Western Canada swing. The Calgary part of the trip was a presentation by me to a room full of regional Samsung integrators and partners, talking about where …
The Smart Digital Sign Developers Daydream About March 27, 2014 by Super User Bryan Mongeau runs the tech and developer teams at Broadsign and keeps an eye on the smart TV and all-in-one display markets in Asia, ever on the lookout for big-ass panels that would fully meet his aspirations for a truly smart digital sign. He spotted and sent along a Liputing post, via Engadget, about a …
Screenly Q&A: Optimization Crucial For Raspberry Pi Digital Signage March 24, 2014 by Super User I caught up by email this weekend with Viktor Petersson, the guy behind Screenly,which is arguably the most commercial digital signage management platform on the market that’s been built specifically around Raspberry Pi micro PCs. Certainly, there are other options, but in some instances Pi devices are supposed along with others, or the efforts are open-sourced, …
$150 Matrix Mini-PC Can Hop Between Android, Linux March 13, 2014 by Super User Here’s a possible alternative for the crowd using HDMI sticks and Raspberry Pi kits to restrict hardware costs on their digital signage networks: the Matrix Mini-PC. The Chinese-made Matrix, from a company called TBS, is a single board mini-computer with an ARM A9 quad core processor and quad core graphics, and a set-up that allows …
The Android Digital Signage Invasion Continues March 6, 2014 by Tom Graczkowski Guest Post: Bryan Mongeau, BroadSign I saw a lot of people and handled a lot of questions about Android at last month’s Digital Signage Expo, and one of the most persistent ones was whether we were selling many Android boxes and licenses. Yes, BroadSign has been selling a lot of Android devices. In the year …
Raspberry Pi Turns 2, 2.5M+ Units Now Shipped March 2, 2014 by Super User The Raspberry Pi people marked two years of having the teeny $35 Linux computers on the market with news that more than 2.5 million units have shipped worldwide. The project was first intended as a means to get schoolkids tinkering with affordable computing gear, but everyone from hobbyists to engineering companies have also invested in the …
Behold The Android Digital Signage Swamp February 27, 2014 by Super User The official Sixteen:Nine count of digital signage player and management platforms that now use low-cost Android/ARM devices is at 62, but I operate with the idea that it is damn near impossible to stay on top of all the little guys here, there and everywhere that have also got on this particular development bus. A …
Lightning Review: Dell’s Cloud Connect HDMI Stick & Nanonation February 25, 2014 by Super User Let’s get one thing out of the way from the get-go. I don’t have a test bench or thingies that analyze voltage or heat or duty cycles or Higgs boson mass. I have a big-ass 50-inch plasma in the rec room, and it has a spare HDMI slot. So my lab test is not your …
Via Announces New Board Optimized For Android Digital Signage February 24, 2014 by Super User VIA Technologies is showing off a new Pico-ITX (Pico = teeny) board later this week at Embedded World 2014 in Nuremberg, Germany that’s optimized for applications like digital signage. Via has for years been selling micro PCs with conventional x86 processors, but has started also marketing products based on the ARM reference design. The 1.0GHz …
