# DIY Smart Lock, MNT Pocket Reform, Orange Pi 5 and more!

- Show: [The Electromaker Show](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show)
- Published: 2023-03-29
- Length: 29m
- Episode: 104
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2023-03-29-diy-smart-lock-mnt-pocket-reform-orange-pi-5-and-more
- Listen: https://electromaker.libsyn.com/episode-104

## Summary

Host Robin Mitchell covers several maker projects, including a flow rate monitoring system using TinyML on a Wio Terminal and a DIY smart lock by Mellow Labs that retrofits existing hardware using an ESP32. The episode highlights the MNT Pocket Reform crowdfunding campaign, which has raised over $200,000, and introduces the Haxophone, an open-hardware saxophone interface for Raspberry Pi. The show concludes with reviews of Paperd.ink's e-paper displays with Home Assistant integration and the Orange Pi 5, a high-performance single-board computer based on the Rockchip RK3588S.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2023-03-29-diy-smart-lock-mnt-pocket-reform-orange-pi-5-and-more#t=0) Introduction and Electromaker Shop Support

## Topics

- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Crowdfunding & preorders](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/crowdfunding)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)

## Most relevant to

founders before launch, early-stage companies, makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Wio Terminal (product)
- Edge Impulse (tool)
- Mellow Labs (company)
- ESP32 (chip)
- MNT Pocket Reform (product)
- Crowd Supply (company)
- Haxophone (product)
- Raspberry Pi (product)
- Enviro (product)
- Paperd.ink (company)
- Home Assistant (product)
- Orange Pi 5 (product)
- Rockchip (company)
- Phoronix (company)

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- [Ep 221: The Future of the Raspberry Pi, Sniffing a Toothbrush, Your Tactical Tool Threshold](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-06-02-ep-221-the-future-of-the-raspberry-pi-sniffing-a-toothbrush-your-tactical-tool-t) (Hackaday Podcast)
- [Ep 261: Rickroll Toothbrush, Keyboard Cat, Zombie Dialup](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-03-08-ep-261-rickroll-toothbrush-keyboard-cat-zombie-dialup) (Hackaday Podcast)
- [Ep 150: Blackberry Runs Out of Juice, NODE has your pinouts, Rats learn DOOM, and 2021 is Done](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-01-07-ep-150-blackberry-runs-out-of-juice-node-has-your-pinouts-rats-learn-doom-and-20) (Hackaday Podcast)
- [Ep 257: The Hacks and Just the Hacks](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-02-14-ep-257-the-hacks-and-just-the-hacks) (Hackaday Podcast)
- [319: Squidly Tentacles](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2020-02-07-319-squidly-tentacles) (Embedded.fm)

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