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The Electromaker Show · 18 Jan 2024 · 20m · Episode 134

What this episode covers

The host of The Electromaker Show reviews several maker hardware projects, starting with Padmalia Raval's 'Hey Jarvis' Alexa hack, which uses a Gravity Offline Language Learning board and DF Mini speaker to trigger custom wake words. The episode features a deep dive into Robin's 'Every Arduino Nano Compared' article, detailing the ESP32 Nano, Nano 33 IoT, Nano 33 BLE Sense, and Nano RP2040 Connect. It also covers the announcement of the Nordic nRF9161 System in Package (SiP) and its development kit, alongside news of the upcoming Raspberry Pi 5 Compute Module.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Arduino, Lixi Labs, Nordic Semiconductor, Raspberry Pi
Products
Hey Jarvis, Gravity Offline Language Learning board, DF Mini, ESP32 Nano, Arduino Nano 33 IoT, Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense, Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect, Firebeetle2, MicroDose, Sensory Bridge, Thingy 91, Thingy 91 X, Pi 5 Compute Module
Chips
nRF9161, nRF9160, nRF9131
Also
WS2812B, Neopixel, Zephyr, NRF Connect SDK, Evan Upton, Jeff Geerling

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