# Amazing Alexa Hacks, Lovely Little LEDs, New Nordic Hardware, and More!

- Show: [The Electromaker Show](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show)
- Published: 2024-01-18
- Length: 20m
- Episode: 134
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2024-01-18-amazing-alexa-hacks-lovely-little-leds-new-nordic-hardware-and-more
- Listen: https://electromaker.libsyn.com/amazing-alexa-hacks-lovely-little-leds-new-nordic-hardware-and-more

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2024-01-18-amazing-alexa-hacks-lovely-little-leds-new-nordic-hardware-and-more#t=1) Introduction and Electromaker Store Sponsor Read

## Topics

- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Hey Jarvis (product)
- Gravity Offline Language Learning board (product)
- DF Mini (product)
- Arduino (company)
- ESP32 Nano (product)
- Arduino Nano 33 IoT (product)
- Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense (product)
- Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect (product)
- Firebeetle2 (product)
- Lixi Labs (company)
- MicroDose (product)
- Sensory Bridge (product)
- WS2812B (other)
- Neopixel (other)
- Nordic Semiconductor (company)
- nRF9161 (chip)
- nRF9160 (chip)
- nRF9131 (chip)
- Thingy 91 (product)
- Thingy 91 X (product)
- Zephyr (other)
- NRF Connect SDK (other)
- Raspberry Pi (company)
- Pi 5 Compute Module (product)
- Evan Upton (other)
- Jeff Geerling (other)

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