Professional developers and hobbyist tinkerers have both enjoyed a boost this week, with the introduction of two new development boards. MIPS-peddler Imagination Technologies has launched the follow up to its Ci20, and the Raspberry Pi Foundation has unveiled the rather tiny Pi Zero. These sorts of developer boards play a vital role in prototyping all manner of devices, any one of which could have a transformative impact on the IoT. In addition to laying the groundwork for those sorts of potential changes via their affordable hardware and software environments, these kinds of projects also have a significant educational value, and are often found in schools and colleges. While Imagination’s Ci40 is a lot more expensive than the new Raspberry Pi,…