# USB-Cereal, New CM4 alternative, Crypto on an ESP8266!

- Show: [The Electromaker Show](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show)
- Published: 2022-05-27
- Length: 26m
- Episode: 82
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2022-05-27-usb-cereal-new-cm4-alternative-crypto-on-an-esp8266
- Listen: https://electromaker.libsyn.com/usb-cereal-new-cm4-alternative-crypto-on-an-esp8266

## Summary

The host announces the winners of the 'Make It Smart with Nordic Thingy:91' contest, highlighting Taifur’s environmental monitoring system, Yens’ water safety project, and a third-place winner’s ride-sharing prototype, all utilizing the Nordic nRF5340 and nRF9160 chips. The episode then covers several maker projects, including Tarantula 3’s Duino Coin mining rig on an ESP8266, a video by KYLXBN on NES sound chip emulation, and pre-launch crowdfunding items like USB-Cereal and ANT BBPS. Finally, the host discusses drop-in replacements for the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, specifically the Banana Pi CM4, Pine64 SO Quartz, and Radze CM3, noting their availability amidst ongoing supply chain shortages.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2022-05-27-usb-cereal-new-cm4-alternative-crypto-on-an-esp8266#t=0) Introduction and Contest Overview

## Topics

- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Crowdfunding & preorders](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/crowdfunding)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Nordic Thingy:91 (product)
- Edge Impulse (company)
- nRF5340 (chip)
- nRF9160 (chip)
- ESP8266 (chip)
- Duino Coin (other)
- NES (product)
- USB-Cereal (product)
- ANT BBPS (product)
- Ink Plate 6 (product)
- Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (product)
- Banana Pi CM4 (product)
- Pine64 SO Quartz (product)
- Radze CM3 (product)
- Rockchip RK3566 (chip)
- Amlogic A311D (chip)
- Nordic Semiconductor (company)
- Electromaker (company)

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