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Arduino Light Lock, Raspberry Pi Pico Cluster, Multiplayer BLE DOOM, and more!

The Electromaker Show · 9 Jan 2024 · 35m · Episode 133

What this episode covers

The host reviews several maker projects, including a Spark Fun Thing Plus Matter running multiplayer BLE Doom on a Silicon Labs EFR32MG24, and a Raspberry Pi Pico cluster built by Ben Everett using I2C. The episode announces the December 2023 Electromaker of the Month winners: Dark Sam's Farm Guard, Ravi Neck Hill's Package Handling Assurance System, and Buck Naller's Cellular Bilge Alarm, all utilizing Blues Wireless Note Cards. It also highlights Merko Pavlevsky's Arduino Light Lock, which uses millisecond-precise smartphone flashlight signals, and a hack for measuring Arduino power via internal ADC.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Spark Fun, Silicon Labs, Raspberry Pi, Blues Wireless, Qoitech, Arduino, Microchip
Products
Thing Plus Matter, Pico, Note Card, Fire Beetle 2
Chips
EFR32MG24, ESP32-E, ATmega328P
Also
Ben Everett, Merko Pavlevsky, LDR

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