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

- Show: [The Electromaker Show](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show)
- Published: 2024-01-09
- Length: 35m
- Episode: 133
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2024-01-09-arduino-light-lock-raspberry-pi-pico-cluster-multiplayer-ble-doom-and-more
- Listen: https://electromaker.libsyn.com/arduino-light-lock-raspberry-pi-pico-cluster-multiplayer-ble-doom-and-more

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2024-01-09-arduino-light-lock-raspberry-pi-pico-cluster-multiplayer-ble-doom-and-more#t=0) Introduction and Show Overview

## Topics

- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Wireless & RF](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/wireless-and-rf)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Crowdfunding & preorders](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/crowdfunding)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Spark Fun (company)
- Thing Plus Matter (product)
- Silicon Labs (company)
- EFR32MG24 (chip)
- Raspberry Pi (company)
- Pico (product)
- Ben Everett (other)
- Blues Wireless (company)
- Note Card (product)
- Qoitech (company)
- Fire Beetle 2 (product)
- ESP32-E (chip)
- Merko Pavlevsky (other)
- Arduino (company)
- LDR (other)
- Microchip (company)
- ATmega328P (chip)

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- [Ep102: Raspberry Pi Microcontroller, Microphone Killswitch, and a 45-Degree 3D-Printer](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-01-22-ep102-raspberry-pi-microcontroller-microphone-killswitch-and-a-45-degree-3d-prin) (Hackaday Podcast)
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