# Ep 173: EMF Camp Special Edition

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2022-06-17
- Length: 42m
- Episode: 173
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-06-17-ep-173-emf-camp-special-edition
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-173-emf-camp-special-edition-0

## Summary

Managing Editor Tom Nardi hosts a special edition of the Hackaday Podcast from EMF Camp, featuring interviews with makers including Look Mum No Computer, who discusses his modular synth museum and church organ projects, and Alex Nicks, who demonstrates a motorized slide whistle organ. The episode also covers Noel Sector's interactive robots controlled via pose estimation and Matthew Harold's copper telephone network using Cisco hardware and a CT2 base station. Back at the studio, contributors Al Williams and Ryan Flowers review recent stories, including 3D printed mechanisms, open-source FPGA toolchains, and a Raspberry Pi Pico PlayStation memory card adapter.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-06-17-ep-173-emf-camp-special-edition#t=7) Introduction: Tom Nardi and EMF Camp Setup
- [2:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-06-17-ep-173-emf-camp-special-edition#t=167) Look Mum No Computer: Modular Synth Museum and Church Organ
- [9:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-06-17-ep-173-emf-camp-special-edition#t=580) Alex Nicks: Motorized Slide Whistle Organ and Servos
- [15:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-06-17-ep-173-emf-camp-special-edition#t=923) Noel Sector: Interactive Robots, Jetson, and DMX Control
- [22:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-06-17-ep-173-emf-camp-special-edition#t=1355) Matthew Harold: Copper Telephone Network and CT2 Base Station
- [32:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-06-17-ep-173-emf-camp-special-edition#t=1939) Al Williams: 3D Printing, FPGAs, and Glass Science
- [34:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-06-17-ep-173-emf-camp-special-edition#t=2047) Ryan Flowers: Pi Pico Memory Card and Pop Pop Boats
- [40:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-06-17-ep-173-emf-camp-special-edition#t=2433) Conclusion and Show Notes

## Topics

- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Wireless & RF](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/wireless-and-rf)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- EMF Camp (other)
- Look Mum No Computer (other)
- Alex Nicks (other)
- Noel Sector (other)
- Matthew Harold (other)
- Al Williams (other)
- Ryan Flowers (other)
- Tom Nardi (other)
- Jenny List (other)
- Elliot Williams (other)
- Cisco (company)
- Jetson (chip)
- Raspberry Pi (product)
- CT2 (other)
- PlayStation (product)
- FPGA (chip)
- 3D printing (other)

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- [223: Gregorian Chants and Things](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-11-16-223-gregorian-chants-and-things) (Embedded.fm)
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