Hacked E-Paper Price Tags, Raspberry Pi MCU Dev HAT, Arduino Robot Arm, and More!

The Electromaker Show · 18 Jan 2023 · 29m · Episode 96

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The host reviews several maker projects and products, including a hack of e-ink price tags from Maker's Fun Duck and a low-cost flex sensor alternative using an LDR created by a student at Gord Payne's High School. He announces the November Electromaker of the Month winners, highlighting Liminus Reductor's modular robot dog, a plant-identifying wrist device by 'donuts or else', and a hexabit-based distance meter. The episode also covers new hardware releases such as the Inkplate 2 e-paper kit, a Raspberry Pi prototyping breakout kit on Kickstarter, Elephant Robotics' Arduino-based Ultra Arm P340, and the Raspberry Pi Camera Module v3.

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Companies: Nordic Semiconductor, Elephant Robotics
Products: Inkplate 2, Hexabits, Ultra Arm P340, Raspberry Pi Camera Module v3
Chips: Sony Spresense, STM32, NRF52840, IMX219
Also: Maker's Fun Duck, Liminus Reductor, Arduino

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Hacked E-Paper Price Tags, Raspberry Pi MCU Dev HAT, Arduino Robot Arm, and More!

What this episode covers

Most relevant to

Topics

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