# Raspberry PI 500 released! Arduino Nano Matter released! AI Scale... prototyped!

- Show: [The Electromaker Show](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show)
- Published: 2024-12-17
- Length: 28m
- Episode: 164
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2024-12-17-raspberry-pi-500-released-arduino-nano-matter-released-ai-scale-prototyped
- Listen: https://electromaker.libsyn.com/raspberry-pi-500-released-arduino-nano-matter-released-ai-scale-prototyped

## Summary

The host reviews the release of the Raspberry Pi 500 and Pi Monitor, highlighting the Pi 500's RP2040-based keyboard running QMK firmware and Jeff Geerling's teardown findings regarding M.2 and PoE potential. He then discusses the Arduino Nano Matter board, explaining how it enables DIY Matter and Thread border routers using ESP32s to bypass proprietary hubs. Finally, he covers an AI-enabled smart scale prototype by Engineering Dads that uses local TensorFlow Lite inference on Raspberry Pi hardware to identify food and calculate macros.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2024-12-17-raspberry-pi-500-released-arduino-nano-matter-released-ai-scale-prototyped#t=0) Introduction and Raspberry Pi 500 Overview

## Topics

- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Wireless & RF](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/wireless-and-rf)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Raspberry Pi 500 (product)
- Pi Monitor (product)
- Jeff Geerling (other)
- Arduino Nano Matter (product)
- ESP32 (chip)
- Engineering Dads (other)
- Raspberry Pi Zero (product)
- Raspberry Pi 4 (product)
- QMK (tool)
- TensorFlow Lite (tool)

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