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Barilla Embraces Open Source, Tinycircuits Kickstarter, Pi Pico Iron Man, and more!

The Electromaker Show · 28 Oct 2022 · 35m · Episode 90

What this episode covers

The host reviews community projects from the Electromaker Discord, including Colin Ventine’s QR code RC car, Kevin’s Arduino tubular bells orchestra, and Ashok’s Matter/Thread floating water sensor using a Nordic Thingy:53. The episode highlights Barilla’s open-source passive pasta cooker, which uses an Arduino Nano 33 BLE and a thermistor to optimize cooking energy. It also covers Tinycircuits’ tiny TVs on Kickstarter, the Bee Motion S3 motion-sensing board, and a Raspberry Pi Pico Iron Man Arc Reactor tutorial by maker-in-residence Toby.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Barilla, Tinycircuits
Products
Nordic Thingy:53, TinyTV 2, Bee Motion S3
Chips
Arduino Nano 33 BLE, ESP32-S3, Raspberry Pi Pico
Also
Matter, Thread

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