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The Electromaker Show · 2 Dec 2022 · 40m · Episode 93

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The host reviews the Electromaker of the Month winners, highlighting Sector 7’s sci-fi short film documenting the build of Project Lumen, a smart headboard with voice assistant and coffee brewing capabilities. The episode covers the Pocket Integrator, a device for Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators that adds MIDI sync and USB power, and Infineon’s battery-less NFC padlock. It also features Stephen Hawes introducing the Lumen PNP, an open-source desktop pick-and-place machine priced at $1,745.

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Companies: Teenage Engineering, Infineon, Opulo
Products: Project Lumen, Pocket Integrator, Pocket Operator, BlueIO832 Mini, Lumen PNP, LOLIN S3 Pro, Orange Pi
Chips: Raspberry Pi Pico, nRF52832, ESP32-S3
Also: Sector 7, Stephen Hawes

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