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Raspberry Pi 5, Nvidia Jetson Wheelchair, and Embedded Rust!

The Electromaker Show · 5 Oct 2023 · 40m · Episode 123

What this episode covers

The host discusses the Raspberry Pi 5, highlighting its custom RP1 Southbridge chip, PCIe connectivity, and significant performance improvements over the Pi 4. He also covers the Arduino Giga Display Shield, a new peripheral for the Giga R1 Wi-Fi board, and the return of LTSpice as QSpice. Finally, he reviews an autonomous wheelchair project using an Nvidia Jetson Nano and embedded Rust development for ESP32 microcontrollers.

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Products
Raspberry Pi 5, Arduino Giga R1 Wi-Fi, Arduino Giga Display Shield, MQTT Anywhere, Nvidia Jetson Nano
Chips
RP1, STM32H7, ESP32
Tools
QSpice

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