# AI Generative Camera, Pi Pico W Bluetooth, Swift on Hardware, and more!

- Show: [The Electromaker Show](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show)
- Published: 2023-06-14
- Length: 35m
- Episode: 112
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2023-06-14-ai-generative-camera-pi-pico-w-bluetooth-swift-on-hardware-and-more
- Listen: https://electromaker.libsyn.com/ai-generative-camera-pi-pico-w-bluetooth-swift-on-hardware-and-more

## Summary

The host discusses the Raspberry Pi Pico W gaining full Bluetooth support in MicroPython, followed by Paragraphica, a generative AI camera by Bjorn Carmen that uses location data and Stable Diffusion to create images without capturing light. The episode also covers CNLohr's addition of USB programming to a 10-cent RISC-V MCU, the Grove IR Camera, and the SwiftIO Playground, a hardware dev kit for Swift programmers. Finally, the host reviews the Inkplate 5 e-paper display and the Unihiker single-board computer from DFRobot, highlighting their features and pricing.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2023-06-14-ai-generative-camera-pi-pico-w-bluetooth-swift-on-hardware-and-more#t=0) Introduction and Pi Pico W Bluetooth Update

## Topics

- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Wireless & RF](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/wireless-and-rf)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Raspberry Pi Pico W (product)
- Paragraphica (product)
- Bjorn Carmen (other)
- Stable Diffusion (other)
- CNLohr (other)
- Grove IR Camera (product)
- Seeed Studio (company)
- SwiftIO Playground (product)
- Mad Machine (company)
- NXP (company)
- Inkplate 5 (product)
- SOLID (company)
- DFRobot (company)
- Unihiker (product)

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