Raspberry Pi Pico Database, Nasa backed Robot, Amazon Sidewalk for Makers, and More!

The Electromaker Show · 6 Sept 2023 · 30m · Episode 121

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The host announces the winner of the LattePanda Sigma giveaway, details the launch of the Zimablade crowdfunding campaign starting at $64, and highlights Milk-V's expansion of its RISC-V lineup with a Compute Module 4 alternative and new hardware. The episode also covers community tutorials for connecting a Raspberry Pi Pico W to MongoDB, the M4 Morph Bot robot funded by NASA and Caltech, and the Seeed Studio Xiao nRF52840's integration with Amazon Sidewalk.

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Companies: Caltech, NASA, Milk-V
Products: Raspberry Pi Pico W, M4 Morph Bot, NVIDIA Jetson Nano, Seeed Studio Xiao nRF52840, LattePanda Sigma, Zimablade
Chips: RISC-V
Also: MongoDB, Amazon Sidewalk

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Raspberry Pi Pico Database, Nasa backed Robot, Amazon Sidewalk for Makers, and More!

What this episode covers

Most relevant to

Topics

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