# Google's Carbon Language, ROCK5 Model B, ESP32 Console and more!

- Show: [The Electromaker Show](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show)
- Published: 2022-07-29
- Length: 35m
- Episode: 85
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2022-07-29-googles-carbon-language-rock5-model-b-esp32-console-and-more
- Listen: https://electromaker.libsyn.com/googles-carbon-language-rock5-model-b-esp32-console-and-more

## Summary

The host of The Electromaker Show covers a wide range of maker electronics, highlighting the Eurocircuits PCB design contest and a comprehensive tutorial series on the Raspberry Pi Pico's PIO system by David from Life with David. He showcases the Abacynth, a physical synthesizer by Elias Jar Zombek that uses wooden dowels and time-of-flight sensors for intuitive sound manipulation, and discusses Google's experimental Carbon language as a C++ successor. The episode also reviews the ROCK 5 Model B single-board computer, noting its powerful RK3588 chip but early software limitations, and introduces an ESP32 console library for UNIX-like terminal interaction.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2022-07-29-googles-carbon-language-rock5-model-b-esp32-console-and-more#t=0) Introduction and Eurocircuits PCB Contest

## Topics

- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Eurocircuits (company)
- Raspberry Pi Pico (product)
- RP2040 (chip)
- Abacynth (product)
- Elias Jar Zombek (other)
- Google Carbon (other)
- Imagen (product)
- PIX NII (product)
- Rock 5 Model B (product)
- RK3588 (chip)
- ESP32 (chip)

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