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New Arduino Board, No More Pi Shortages, Absurdly Tiny Resin Printers, and More!

The Electromaker Show · 12 Jan 2023 · 30m

What this episode covers

The host discusses the end of Raspberry Pi supply chain shortages, noting that single-unit sales are returning but prices for the Pi 0 and Compute Module 4 have increased. He highlights December's Electromaker of the Month winners, including a soft body robotics hand by Blight 3D28 and a LoRaWAN soil sensor by Maker Fabs 01. The episode also covers new hardware such as the Lite 3DP Gen 2 resin printer, an Adafruit RP2040 Neopixel driver board, and the Arduino Nicla Voice edge AI module.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Raspberry Pi, Adafruit, Arduino, Nordic Semiconductor
Products
Lite 3DP Gen 2, Feather RP2040 Neopixel Driver, Nicla Voice, Thingy:53
Chips
nRF21540, nRF52840, RP2040, STM32, ESP32
Also
Blight 3D28, Maker Fabs 01, LoRaWAN, Bluetooth Low Energy, Zigbee, Thread

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