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

- Show: [The Electromaker Show](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show)
- Published: 2024-07-26
- Length: 30m
- Episode: 148
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2024-07-26-arduino-plug-and-make-kit-fpga-mixing-console-on-1990s-os-2-and-much-more
- Listen: https://electromaker.libsyn.com/arduino-plug-and-make-kit-fpga-mixing-console-on-1990s-os2-and-much-more

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2024-07-26-arduino-plug-and-make-kit-fpga-mixing-console-on-1990s-os-2-and-much-more#t=0) Introduction and Arduino Plug and Make Kit Overview

## Topics

- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Open-source hardware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/open-source-hardware)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Arduino (company)
- Arduino Plug and Make Kit (product)
- Arduino Uno R4 Wi-Fi (product)
- Modulinos (product)
- SparkFun (company)
- Adafruit (company)
- Stemma QT (product)
- Chris Nerding (other)
- Behringer Ultranet (product)
- Arduino MKR Vidor 4000 (product)
- OS/2 (other)
- Nordic Semiconductor (company)
- Power Profiling Kit II (product)
- Unihiker (product)
- jester 88 (other)
- ESP32 (chip)
- Jasper Devreker (other)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [Ep046: Bring Us Your Nonsense, Hack NES Clones, Grasping FPGAs, Music Hacks, & Fish Tank of Random](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-12-13-ep046-bring-us-your-nonsense-hack-nes-clones-grasping-fpgas-music-hacks-fish-tan) (Hackaday Podcast)
- [Ep 173: EMF Camp Special Edition](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-06-17-ep-173-emf-camp-special-edition) (Hackaday Podcast)
- [100: Unintentional Radiator](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2015-05-06-100-unintentional-radiator) (Embedded.fm)
- [129: Atoms Not Bits](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2015-12-09-129-atoms-not-bits) (Embedded.fm)
- [Ep002: Curious Gadgets and the FPGA Brain Trust](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-01-15-ep002-curious-gadgets-and-the-fpga-brain-trust) (Hackaday Podcast)

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