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Amazing Adafruit Sensors, Sign Language Interpreting Glasses, Cellular IoT Devkits and More!

The Electromaker Show · 22 Jul 2024 · 30m · Episode 147

What this episode covers

The host reviews the CODIS Tech Cafe sign language translating glasses, which use a Raspberry Pi 0 2W and Viam's cloud-based AI to convert sign language to speech in real time. He highlights the Adafruit 9-DOF Absolute Orientation IMU Fusion Breakout for its ease of use and pre-filtered data, and the Conexio Stratus Pro, a development board featuring the nRF9161 cellular IoT chip. The episode concludes with the Electromaker of the Month winners for June 2024, including an ESP32-S3 power profiling tool, a polyphonic drum machine, and a BLE door/window alert system.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
CODIS Tech Cafe, Adafruit, Bosch, Conexio, Nordic, Circuit Dojo, Shelly
Products
Adafruit 9-DOF Absolute Orientation IMU Fusion Breakout, Stratus Pro, Power Feather, Wave Trigger, Arduino Nano, Particle Photon
Chips
Raspberry Pi 0 2W, BNO 055, nRF9161, nRF9160, ESP32-S3
Tools
Viam, Push Bullet

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