The Electromaker Show · 23 Feb 2023 · 39m · Episode 100
The host of the Electromaker Show reflects on the first 100 episodes, tracing the show's evolution from a pandemic-era attic recording to covering major industry events like Maker Faire Rome and Embedded World. He highlights key hardware milestones including the Raspberry Pi Pico, BBC Micro:Bit V2, and various Arduino boards, while announcing a massive giveaway for the milestone episode. The episode also features recaps of interviews with Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton, Head of Documentation Alasdair Allan, and Arduino co-founder Massimo Banzi.
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Chris Gammell and Dave Jones discuss the Maker Faire, covering the stigma against makers, the commercialization of the event, and specific projects like Jeff Kagan's Geiger counter and Jerry Hsu's roller-skating base. Gammell then interviews Eben Upton of the Raspberry Pi Foundation about the board's EMC certification, the Broadcom BCM2835 chip, the upcoming Model A, and the educational mission to get computers into schools.
Hackaday Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Managing Editor Tom Nardi review the year's top hardware hacks, including NODE's open-source pinouts book and a research project by Victor Toth that trains rats to play DOOM in a VR arena. They discuss practical engineering projects such as David's modular ping-pong ball LED display using laser-cut wire stripping, and Ben Lim's use of a 3-cent PicoW microcontroller to drive salvaged inkjet printer motors. The episode concludes with a retrospective on 2021 trends, highlighting the rise of the Raspberry Pi Pico, the cyberdeck movement, and the pushback against manufacturer control over owned devices.
Managing Editor Tom Nardi hosts a special edition of the Hackaday Podcast from EMF Camp, featuring interviews with makers including Look Mum No Computer, who discusses his modular synth museum and church organ projects, and Alex Nicks, who demonstrates a motorized slide whistle organ. The episode also covers Noel Sector's interactive robots controlled via pose estimation and Matthew Harold's copper telephone network using Cisco hardware and a CT2 base station. Back at the studio, contributors Al Williams and Ryan Flowers review recent stories, including 3D printed mechanisms, open-source FPGA toolchains, and a Raspberry Pi Pico PlayStation memory card adapter.
Hackaday editors Elliot Williams, Al Williams, Dan Maloney, Christina Panos, and Tom Nardi discuss their personal projects, tools, and opinions in a round-table format. They cover topics ranging from Tom's salvaged 18650 battery protection circuits and Dan's Meshtastic mesh network nodes to Al's 1802 emulation on a Raspberry Pi Pico and Elliot's custom 3D-printed 'Springosaurus' keyboard. The group also debates the utility of the 555 timer versus modern microcontrollers, shares hacks that inspired them, and answers listener questions about their daily driver keyboards and favorite fictional robots.
Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi discuss the shutdown of the RPiLocator.com tool, a nostalgic time capsule from the chip shortage era. They review listener hacks including a fake bike counter, a graphics upgrade for the Nintendo Entertainment System using a second Picture Processing Unit, and building dynamic RAM from discrete components. The episode also covers a drop-in replacement PCB for the Casio G-Shock watch, DIY robot actuators, and the evolution of the 'hero nerd' archetype in film.
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