Productive Pi Hacks, Amazing Arduino Inventions, New Hardware Galore!

The Electromaker Show · 27 Jul 2023 · 32m · Episode 116

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The host of The Electromaker Show reviews several maker projects, including Matthias Wandel’s RP2040-based microwave current sensor and Alisdair Allan’s hack of an IKEA Vindriktning air quality monitor using a Raspberry Pi Pico W. The episode also highlights Arduino Nano projects like cardboard laser tag guns and a persistence-of-vision CD display, before covering new hardware such as the GGTag e-ink RFID device, the Raspberry Breadstick, and the Orange Pi Zero 3.

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Products: Raspberry Pi Pico, IKEA Vindriktning, Raspberry Pi Pico W, Arduino Nano, Arduino Nicla Sense ME, GGTag, Flipper Zero, Raspberry Breadstick, Mango Pi RISC-V Router, Orange Pi Zero 3
Chips: RP2040, BMP 280, Allwinner H618
Also: Matthias Wandel, Alisdair Allan

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Productive Pi Hacks, Amazing Arduino Inventions, New Hardware Galore!

What this episode covers

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