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Arduino Plug and Make Kit, FPGA mixing console on 1990s OS/2, and much more!

The Electromaker Show · 26 Jul 2024 · 30m · Episode 148

What this episode covers

The host reviews the Arduino Plug and Make Kit, a solderless beginner system using Modulinos and an Arduino Uno R4 Wi-Fi, highlighting its educational resources and cross-compatibility with SparkFun and Adafruit connectors. He details Chris Nerding’s FPGA mixing console project, which uses an Arduino MKR Vidor 4000 to hack a Behringer audio interface and runs an OS/2 GUI on retro IBM hardware. The episode also covers automating the Nordic Semiconductor Power Profiling Kit II with a Unihiker single-board computer, a DIY Tempest spinner built from an optical mouse, and Jasper Devreker’s open-source ESP32 MAC layer project.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Arduino, SparkFun, Adafruit, Nordic Semiconductor
Products
Arduino Plug and Make Kit, Arduino Uno R4 Wi-Fi, Modulinos, Stemma QT, Behringer Ultranet, Arduino MKR Vidor 4000, Power Profiling Kit II, Unihiker
Chips
ESP32
Also
Chris Nerding, OS/2, jester 88, Jasper Devreker

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