Latest Raspberry Podcast Episodes
123: How much CPU do You REALLY Need
Self-Hosted - May 17, 2024 10:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsAlex benchmarks Intel CPUs (and an Arc GPU) to find the ideal balance of age, power, and speed for your home media server. Plus, our thoughts on Immich going full-time.
Arduino Cloud Google Home Integration, Tiny DIY FPV Drone, Pi's own VNC, and More!
The Electromaker Show - May 16, 2024 13:00 - 33 minutesThis week's Electromaker Show is now available on YouTube and everywhere you get your podcasts! Welcome to the Electromaker Show episode 143! Arduino has added Google Home support to the Arduino Cloud opening up a huge array of DIY Smart Home possibilities! We also look at Raspberry Pi Connect...
122: Back to the Future
Self-Hosted - May 03, 2024 10:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsHow Chris created live TV streaming from his local media collection, Alex breaks down the new Open Home Foundation and what it means for self-hosters. Brent's been trying out an open-source AirDrop replacement for all systems, and much more! Special Guest: Brent Gervais.
Pi 5 Giveaway, new LattePanda Compute Module, Flagship Cellular IoT from Nordic, and more!
The Electromaker Show - April 30, 2024 09:14 - 30 minutesThis week's Electromaker Show is now available on YouTube and everywhere you get your podcasts! Welcome to the Electromaker Show episode 142! This week we give away a Raspberry Pi 5, look into Bare Metal Assembly coding on the Arduino Uno, learn about Nordic's new flagship Cellular IoT System ...
121: Forbidden Fruit
Self-Hosted - April 19, 2024 10:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsSpecial guest Casey Liss from the Accidental Tech Podcast joins the show to discuss his homelab, how he uses HomeBridge, and his delightfully complex garage door sensor system. Then Alex and Casey do their "best" to convince Chris the Apple Vision Pro is an excellent remote admin tool. Special G...
Interviews from Embedded World 2024!
The Electromaker Show - April 17, 2024 07:31 - 47 minutesWelcome to a special edition of the Electromaker Podcast. These interviews were conducted live on the Embedded World 2024 conference floor, and feature on our Blog and YouTube channel. This podcast takes a selection of the interviews and gives a little context to each. Enjoy! Welcome to the El...
120: Can a VPS Replace a Homelab?
Self-Hosted - April 05, 2024 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsAlex goes head-to-head with budget VPS providers, which gets us into a classic debate. Plus we sit down with Adam Morales from Unraid to get the inside scoop on recent changes and exciting upcoming features.
Incredible LoRa and 3d Printing Breakthroughs, Best SBCs for AI, and more!
The Electromaker Show - April 04, 2024 08:47 - 34 minutesThis week's Electromaker Show is now available on YouTube and everywhere you get your podcasts! Welcome to the Electromaker Show episode 140! Today's show covers the best SBCs for AI, and two incredible breakthrough projects created not by large companies, but individual Makers. Don't forget t...
119: Why So Many Llamas?
Self-Hosted - March 20, 2024 18:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsAlex rolls back a major server upgrade, and we have fun playing with local large language models. Special Guest: Wes Payne.
The Watch that Never Needs Charging, Raspberry Pi 5 Speed Check, Open source Rockchip NPU, and more!
The Electromaker Show - March 20, 2024 14:56 - 32 minutesThis week's Electromaker Show is now available on YouTube and everywhere you get your podcasts! Welcome to the Electromaker Show episode 139! This week we discover some amazing Crowd Funded projects, meet our Electromaker of the Month winners and find out just how fast a Raspberry Pi 5 can act...
LoRaWAN Showdown, HQ Raspberry Pi Audio, Multifunction Desktop Robot, and More!
The Electromaker Show - March 14, 2024 19:02 - 25 minutesThis week's Electromaker Show is now available on YouTube and everywhere you get your podcasts! Welcome to the Electromaker Show episode 138! This week we look at a fascinating pre-launch tabletop robot on Crowd Supply, get excited about the IQAudio DAC Pro, and discover a wonderful DIY Smart ...
Firebeetle Gas Sensor, Cheap RISC-V Linux, $20 Synth, and more!
The Electromaker Show - March 11, 2024 19:56 - 8 minutesThis week's Electromaker Show is now available on YouTube and everywhere you get your podcasts! Welcome to the Electromaker Show episode 137! Today we explore an incredible STM32 synth, giveaway a Micro:Bit v2 as our product of the week, and look at an incredible SoC devboard that runs RISC-V,...
118: How Hard Could it Be?
Self-Hosted - March 08, 2024 11:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsAlex's new Epyc server build, and Jon Seager from Canonical joins us to chat about Nix in the homelab, packaging Scrutiny, and how Nix fits with existing infrastructure management tools. Special Guest: Jon Seager .
117: Unraid as a Service
Self-Hosted - February 23, 2024 11:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsWe chat about VMware's rug pull with Bret, aka Raid Owl, and then get into Unraid's big changes and more. Special Guest: Raid Owl.
Raspberry Pi IPO, Incredible DIY Smart Medicine, Prize Winning Projects, and More!
The Electromaker Show - February 14, 2024 13:09 - 31 minutesThis week's Electromaker Show is now available on YouTube and everywhere you get your podcasts! Welcome to the Electromaker Show episode 136! This week we peruse a plethora of pristine prizewinning projects, go deep with the ADC readings of popular MCUs, and the Zimablade gets our product of t...
116: Making it all Connect
Self-Hosted - February 09, 2024 11:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsAlex has been deep-diving into container networking, and Chris is trying to steelman Plex's new rental service. Plus, why are we building our containers with Tailscale networking now, and the latest from the Home Assistant project?
115: A NAS in Every Home
Self-Hosted - January 26, 2024 11:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsBrian Moses joins us and shares his most recent NAS build and love for 3D printers. Then Alex gets into the hardware he's deploying around the house, and why we don't see eye-to-eye on ZigBee. Special Guest: Brian Moses.
Arduino Cloud IDE, Raspberry Pi vs Water, Absurdly Powerful Devboards!
The Electromaker Show - January 25, 2024 13:44 - 23 minutesThis week's Electromaker Show is now available on YouTube and everywhere you get your podcasts! Welcome to the Electromaker Show episode 135! This week we investigate how a Raspberry Pi survived a multi year bath, how Arduino are bringing their IDE to the cloud, and look at one of the most pow...
Amazing Alexa Hacks, Lovely Little LEDs, New Nordic Hardware, and More!
The Electromaker Show - January 18, 2024 23:01 - 20 minutesThis week's Electromaker Show is now available on YouTube and everywhere you get your podcasts! Welcome to the Electromaker Show episode 134! Today we explore an elegant Alexa hack, get wowed by some tiny addressible LEDs, announce the Firebeetle2 winner, and look at Nordic's new Cellular IoT ...
114: Unintended Consequences
Self-Hosted - January 13, 2024 04:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsWe kick off the new year with new apps in our home lab you’ll want to try and a new way to do networking.
Arduino Light Lock, Raspberry Pi Pico Cluster, Multiplayer BLE DOOM, and more!
The Electromaker Show - January 09, 2024 11:45 - 35 minutesThis week's Electromaker Show is now available on YouTube and everywhere you get your podcasts! Welcome to the Electromaker Show episode 133! This week we catch up on December's Electromaker of the Month winners, see some truly ingenious Arduino and Pi projects, and giveaway a Blues Starter ki...
113: State of the Homelabs 2023
Self-Hosted - December 29, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsWe look back at what has changed, what's failed us, and what's sticking around in our homelabs. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.
112: Red Light, Green Light
Self-Hosted - December 15, 2023 11:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsAlex shares a new build integrating WLED, and Chirs reviews hardware that can get you started with WLED in 45 seconds. Then, one last big update on the Year of Voice and our thoughts on self-hosting push notifications.
111: pfSense Makes no Sense
Self-Hosted - December 01, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsWe break down the state of the pfSense changes and the red flags we see. Plus, we're joined by Wolfgang from Wolfgang's channel to dig into his homelab and much more. Special Guest: Wolfgang.
Wifi 6 on Arduino with Nordic, MQTT on Raspberry Pi, and More!
The Electromaker Show - November 26, 2023 08:06 - 20 minutesThis week's Electromaker Show is now available on YouTube and everywhere you get your podcasts! Welcome to the Electromaker Show episode 131! This week we delve deeper into Nordic's Arduino compatible WiFi 6 IC, learn about MQTT on the Raspberry Pi, and discover the Robo Uno+ - a stem focused ...
Raspberry Pi 500, Robot Roadies, Huge 3d Printers and Car Hacking!
The Electromaker Show - November 26, 2023 08:04 - 23 minutesThis week's Electromaker Show is now available on YouTube and everywhere you get your podcasts! Welcome to the Electromaker Show episode 130! this week we discover christopher barnett's wonderful raspberry pi 500 build, announce the winner of our arduino competition, learn about he future of r...
110: Google Photos Replacement
Self-Hosted - November 17, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsThat man behind the Google Photos killer joins us to chat about the latest release of Immich. Plus, Alex's first impressions of 45Homelab's HL15. Special Guests: Alex Tran and Brent Gervais.
Arduino TinyML board, Nordic's Arduino Comptible Wifi 6 expansions, ESP32 Rover, and More!
The Electromaker Show - November 17, 2023 08:08 - 26 minutesThis week's Electromaker Show is now available on YouTube and everywhere you get your podcasts! Welcome to the Electromaker Show episode 129! This week we discover space with CircuitMess, check out Nordic's new Wi-Fi 6 expansion cards, and learn about the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense - our prodcu...
Embeetle IDE for MCUs, new Blues Starter Kit, BeagleV Fire RISC V and FPGA SBC!
The Electromaker Show - November 10, 2023 06:25 - 33 minutesThis week's Electromaker Show is now available on YouTube and everywhere you get your podcasts! Welcome to the Electromaker Show episode 128! This week we look at the Embeetle IDE - a programming environment purpose built for microcontrollers. We also get excited about the new Blues kit and th...
109: Alex’s Backups Disaster
Self-Hosted - November 03, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsHow we almost lost valuable data this week, and a Chat with Doug and Mitch about their new home lab server.