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

- Show: [The Electromaker Show](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show)
- Published: 2023-09-06
- Length: 30m
- Episode: 121
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2023-09-06-raspberry-pi-pico-database-nasa-backed-robot-amazon-sidewalk-for-makers-and-more
- Listen: https://electromaker.libsyn.com/raspberry-pi-pico-database-nasa-backed-robot-amazon-sidewalk-for-makers-and-more

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2023-09-06-raspberry-pi-pico-database-nasa-backed-robot-amazon-sidewalk-for-makers-and-more#t=0) Introduction and LattePanda Sigma Winner

## Topics

- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Crowdfunding & preorders](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/crowdfunding)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)

## Most relevant to

founders before launch

## Mentioned

- Raspberry Pi Pico W (product)
- MongoDB (other)
- M4 Morph Bot (product)
- NVIDIA Jetson Nano (product)
- Caltech (company)
- NASA (company)
- Seeed Studio Xiao nRF52840 (product)
- Amazon Sidewalk (other)
- LattePanda Sigma (product)
- Zimablade (product)
- Milk-V (company)
- RISC-V (chip)

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