# Amazing hacks, singing MCUs, Raspberry Pi AI camera, tiny robot ESP32 devboards, and more!

- Show: [The Electromaker Show](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show)
- Published: 2024-10-03
- Length: 23m
- Episode: 157
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2024-10-03-amazing-hacks-singing-mcus-raspberry-pi-ai-camera-tiny-robot-esp32-devboards-and
- Listen: https://electromaker.libsyn.com/amazing-hacks-singing-mcus-raspberry-pi-ai-camera-tiny-robot-esp32-devboards-and-more

## Summary

Ian from Electromaker reviews several maker projects, including Mellow Labs' automated washing machine detergent dispenser and aesthetic's thermal-sensor-driven Mr. Krabs violin. He highlights Carl Bugeja's tiny ESP32-C3 devboard with an integrated IMU and the Makerdiary iMX RT1011 Nano, a $15 board featuring an NXP Cortex-M7 processor. The episode also covers the Raspberry Pi AI Camera Module for edge detection and Ollie Q's internet-controlled Roomba project.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2024-10-03-amazing-hacks-singing-mcus-raspberry-pi-ai-camera-tiny-robot-esp32-devboards-and#t=0) Introduction and Mellow Labs Washing Machine Hack

## Topics

- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Mellow Labs (company)
- Seeed Studio Xiao RA4M1 (product)
- ESP32-C3 (chip)
- Raspberry Pi AI Camera Module (product)
- Sony IMX 500 (chip)
- Makerdiary iMX RT1011 Nano (product)
- NXP (company)
- Arduino (other)
- CircuitPython (other)
- Zephyr (other)

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