Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Welcome to the Electromaker Show episode 152! Today we discover just how far someone will go for the perfect Stroop Waffle, receive a home automation mission from Gandalf, discover modular laptops and e-ink typewriters and learn about just how powerful the new 2GB variant of the Raspberry Pi really is!


Tune in for the latest maker, tech, DIY, IoT, embedded, and crowdfunding news stories from the week.








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Featured in this show:


• LoRaWAN Starter Kit Giveaway is ongoing! (youtu.be/bJtRHe-tBsQ)

• Stroop Waffle Over Engineering Win! (electromaker.io/project/view/waffle-detection-system-the-perfect-time-to-leave-a-stroop)

• Lord of the Rings Home Assistant Notification One Ring and Mount Doom (electromaker.io/project/view/christoferjhthe-one-ring)

• Funding Website Things: Crowd Supply! (electromaker.io/search?query=teardown)

• GenBook RK3588 Arm Laptop (crowdsupply.com/shenzhen-tianmao-technology/genbook-rk3588)

• Zerowriter Ink (crowdsupply.com/zerowriter/zerowriter-ink)

• Raspberry Pi 5 gets a 2GB variant (raspberrypi.com/news/2gb-raspberry-pi-5-on-sale-now-at-50/)

• Pi 5 2GB Benchmarks (tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-5s-new-2gb-model-benchmarked-do-you-need-2-4-or-8gb-we-test-against-the-4-and-8gb-versions)

• Single Board Computers in the Electromaker Store (electromaker.io/shop/product-category/single%20board%20computers)

• Adafruit moves to Industry City in Brooklyn (youtube.com/watch?v=PF7yu-xr9mQ)

• Adafruit New Products Video including Metro RP2530 (youtube.com/watch?v=4dBD49N8M88)