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Quake on an Arduino Nano Matter, new Raspberry Pi SSD kits, Nordic nRF54L series, and more!

The Electromaker Show · 25 Oct 2024 · 27m · Episode 160

What this episode covers

The host of The Electromaker Show covers several maker hardware updates, highlighting a Quake port on the Arduino Nano Matter board using Silicon Labs' EFR32 MG24 chip, which runs on less RAM than a Game Boy Advance. He also discusses Nordic Semiconductor's new nRF54L15 BLE chip, designed to replace the nRF52 series with higher performance and lower power, and Raspberry Pi's launch of branded M.2 SSDs and the M.2 HAT+ kit. Additionally, the episode features the Seeed Studio ReSpeaker 2-mic HAT for Raspberry Pi, enabling offline voice assistant features through directional audio sensing.

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Seeed Studio
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Arduino Nano Matter, ReSpeaker 2-mic HAT, Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+, Raspberry Pi SSD, M5Stack Cardputer
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Silicon Labs EFR32 MG24, Nordic nRF54L15

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