MINISFORUM S5, ePaper Smart Badge, and Mudita: Liliputing News Roundup

Posted inNews, RoundupHere’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.The MINISFORUM S5 is a fanless PC or NAS with 16GB LPDDR5 RAM, an Intel Core 3 304 chip, 5 M.2 slots for PCIe 4.0 x1 NVMe storage, 10 GbE and 2.5 GbE LAN, WiFi 7, 40 Gbps USB4, plus a compact aluminum chassis with heatsink fins. store.minisforum.com/products/min…TICKEY is a color ePaper smart badge with an ESP32-S3 chip, WiFi, Bluetooth and NFC, and a 3.7 inch, 720 x 480px, 48-color display with 3-13 second refresh rates and support for 3rd-party firmware and apps. It’s going for $50 on Kickstarter, with an expected ship date in November. https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/17/enilinx-tickey-esp32-s3-color-e-paper-badge-with-open-firmware/ #ePaperSmartBadgeCNX Software – Embedded Systems NewsENIAC (operating as ENILINX) has launched the TICKEY, a 3.7-inch color e-Paper smart badge and desk display built around an ESP32-S3 MCU. The device features…Minimalist phone company Mudita is working on MuditaOS K 2.0, an updated OS with a choice of a “Standard” launcher or a “Kalm” launcher with a simple text-based UI, plus a set of InkApps that are designed to work well on phones with E Ink displays. www.mudita.com/community/bl…First previewed at IFA Berlin 2026, MuditaOS K 2.0 brings InkApps, new launcher options, Google Calendar sync, customizable Offline+ Mode, and more. Discover how the…The Onyx BOOX Picco isn’t available yet, but based on an early look at pre-release for the firmware for the tiny $100 eReader, it looks like it’ll run a custom fork of the open source CrossPoint Reader that’s popular with Xteink X3 and X4 users. www.readme.club/news/readme-…We managed to get hold of the Boox Picco firmware and confirmed it!Keep up on the latest headlines by following Liliputing on Bluesky or @[email protected] on Mastodon. You can also follow Liliputing on Threads and Facebook.