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If you are a regular viewer of this channel, you’ll have noticed that I haven’t published a video for a while now. And frankly I look a bit like Old Man Logan.

So much has happened recently that the Roundup of New Maker Products is split into two. This is all the rest of the stuff. So, go and hide your wallets!

So much has happened recently that the Roundup of New Maker Products is split into two. This is all the Crowd Funding and Tindie stuff. So, go and hide your wallets!

Aaaaand back in 3. 2. 1.

The first Weekly Roundup of the year and we’re already seeing some really cool things happening in the SBC space. Oh and there’s also some other cool things.

This week’s Weekly Roundup, which hasn’t really been weekly for the past month, we’re seeing a fair amount of retro kit, FPGAs and SBCs. Basically a whole lot of stuff that is really cool that you didn’t know you needed.

This week’s Weekly Roundup is actually a little short, but we have FPGAs, SBCs and other cool things I’ve found in my travels on the interwebs.

This Week’s Weekly Roundup of New Maker Products is pretty quiet. Combined with two back-to-back holidays in China and the great MLC shortage of 2018, I’m not surprised.

This is yet another Weekly Roundup of New Maker Products, but going back to the old time-slot of Wednesday. I’ll be interleaving it with my other mid-week videos, so it’s technically not a Weekly Roundup, but anyway… On with the show.

It’s pretty quiet in this week’s Weekly Roundup, especially on the Crowd Funding side, but we certainly do have wiffeys.

This week’s roundup of new maker products looks at a bunch of new SBCs: Renegade Elite, ClearFog GT 8K, Banana Pi BPI-P2 Zero, BPI-R64, BPI-M2+ V1.2 & Khadas Edge. As well as the Google Edge TPU, and a bunch of cool things from Tindie.

I’m still in reno mode, so only a couple of quick things in this mailbag. The new EEVBlog 121GW multimeter, cheap spycam hacking, the failed WiFi temperature shower head and Unexpected Maker’s WS2812 7 segment display.

The Weekly Roundup of New Maker Products returns after a bit of a hiatus and a lot has happened since my last one. In particular, something that will completely change the electronics Maker community.

This week’s mailbag I’m looking at the Pirl charger, motor sliders and 6,720 LEDs from a dumpster.

A bit of a different mailbag this week. Containing a lot of bits and pieces for upcoming projects and other odds and ends.

Hi, this week’s Weekly Roundup is a little short as I was pretty busy last week with contract work, and I promise… no more trumpets.

After 2 years and 200 videos. Time for another competition!

This week’s Weekly Roundup there’s a serious amount of new SBCs, as well as the usual AI boards and thankfully we’re well past all those stupid robots that we saw last year.

I’ve got some pretty exciting news on a new SBC that’s about to be released. Read on to find out what it is.

This week’s MickMakeMail I’m cracking open the Big Clown IoT kit that was sent to me recently and a couple of AdaFruit 64x64 RGB panels. Just in time for a quick weekend project.

It’s a pretty quiet Weekly Roundup, but there’s still some cool stuff and yes… I need another haircut.

The new Cocoon Create Touch that’s being sold by ALDI Australia has a lot going for it, but can it handle a noob in 3D printing? And where have all the 3D printing crazies gone to? I can certainly answer the first question!

After seeing my review of the ADSM201 microscope, the Andonstar guys sent me a review unit of their newer ADSM302 model. Find out what I thought of it.

In Weekly Roundup #51 we’re taking a look at a bunch of new RK3399 SBCs, FPGAs and the world is still AI mad.

The first Weekly Roundup after Christmas! I have an incredibly messy desk and we’re already seeing an explosion of SBCs hitting the market. There’s also voice recognition, RF and other cool bits.

This week’s MickMakeMail there’s my new PCB from EasyEDA, the FiPy and I reckon I could probably lay claim to be the first person to use an oscilloscope in the shower.

The last Weekly Roundup of the year and that means it’s Christmas time. If you live up top, then Christmas is all about snow falling, wood fires and generally trying to get warm.

But I’m from down-under, where Christmas time is all about 50 degree heat waves, BBQs and trying to stay cool.

Woohoo! Now I can see if my fingernails are dirty with the Andonstar HDMI microscope.

If you’re one of my Patrons, then you will have noticed an email sent from Patreon that places a new “charge” on to everyone who pledges, effective from the 18th December.

This week’s Weekly Roundup is chock full of SBCs and I’m not going to mention that word that flags my videos with YouTube as being inappropriate.

After a bit of a hiatus MickMake is back with another mailbag. This time there’s some Tindie goodies for the winners of the MickMake/Tindie competition, also a GroupGets backed #LoFive, #IkaScope hi-res photo update and a short look at the #Rock64 and #BananaPiM2Berry.

Despite desperately needing a haircut and a shave, the Weekly Roundup is here. This time we have lots of SBCs. Really a whole bucket load and a couple of other interesting things.

So, who are the winners of the MickMake / Tindie competition? Find out here …

A bunch of goodies arrived. The IkaLogic guys sent me one of their IkaScopes to review, a bunch of Tindie goodies for the MickMake/Tindie competition and a few appliances that I really need to hack.

Yet another MickMake competition. This time my favourite source of electronics goodies, (Tindie), has provided the prizes.

Seems there’s a new Information Technology video out! Wonder if it’ll be funny? Speaking of Information Technology, Weekly Roundup #46 is here with a couple of new SBCs, interesting gossip and a bit of clowning around.

Not much coming in to the MickMake studios this week so I delve in to a 3D printer I received from BangGood a couple of weeks back.

Weekly Roundup number 45 saving you time with all the good stuff from Crowd Sourcing websites, AdaFruit, SparkFun, DFRobot, Seeed, my favourite Tindie and also other places that I’ve managed to find.

This MickMakeMail has the NanoPi Duo from the friendly guys, SiFive from an older mailbag, the MetaMotionR from mbientlab and best of all a music player for dementia patients. Woohoo!

This week’s Weekly Roundup is pretty quiet and a good thing too, since I’m up in the country for a bit of a break. I’m in the dog house at the moment, because I theoretically shouldn’t be working this week.

This week’s Weekly Roundup we’re seeing gesture sensors, ESP32, SBCs, Vehicle OBD boards and buck converters.

This week’s MickMake Mail has a bunch of stuff for a couple of planned projects; 3D printer from BangGood, Beelink AP34 from GearBest, DFRobot have sent me a bunch of kit, and then there’s the HTTM capacitive touch sensors… A lot of them!

This week’s Weekly Roundup is pretty special, because it’s episode number 42! It also has FPGAs, SBCs, even more FPGAs and something that goes up to 11.

Another MickMake Mail! This time I have the #Rock64, #DLP2000, #VolksPC and a #FLiR dumpster dive! Sweet!

This week’s Weekly Roundup is a bit quiet. A few SBCs from some new comers, motor drivers, power control boards, a rogue teapot and I know at least one of my subs is keeping track of how many times I say WiFi.

Seems we have a winner of the great “almost 20,000 subs, almost 100 Patrons and get a haircut you hippie” competition! Check out the video to find out who.

Time for another competition! I haven’t quite reached 20,000 subs yet, so… scrambling for an excuse. It’s time for a haircut. I get a haircut, you get a prize.

In Weekly Roundup #40 we’re seeing sensors, wireless, SBCs and the demise of a Polish physicist.

Another mailbag with lots of interesting stuff. EspressoBin, FireBeetle, UDOO x86, ArduShield, nRF52832 and an extra thank you from one of my Patrons.

Back from vacation and this Week’s Roundup is chock full of stuff! Lot’s of SBCs, plus #LibreComputer #SandmanDoppler #Parral #BuzzBox #tinyLiDAR #NanoPi @h3droid #tinyFPGA.

A couple of interesting things this week - Synology NAS, nRF52832, Sonoffs, and a one-of-a-kind SBC that no one knows about.

This week’s Weekly Roundup shows us lots of FPGA boards, more ESPs and the demise of a Polymath, Inventor and a random guy getting annoyed at caloric theory.

This week’s MickMakeMail had to be split into two! I seem to have gotten a bit carried away and so it’s a little late. This one has the WiThumb, a couple of dust sensors and a cheap logic analyzer.

This week’s MickMakeMail had to be split into two! I seem to have gotten a bit carried away and so it’s a little late. This one has a fingerprint sensor, the STEMTerra, SmartiPi, and an update on the heart rate sensor issue.

This week’s Weekly Roundup there’s a number of new SBCs announced as well as a battle between several companies wanting to dominate the IoT market.

MickMake Mail #11 Takes a look at Tindie merch, RAK Wireless WisCore, UDOO x86, and some tests on a cheap LiPo solar charger, Digitech QC1932 and LM2596 step down regulator.

This week’s Weekly Roundup of New Maker Products has SDRs, SBCs, audio, even more RF and a bit of muscle.

Another MickMake Mail! This bag has the GPS clock, (from Tindie), ODROID-XU4Q and I hack around with the DigiSpark and TronClub from a previous MickMake Mail segment.

Weekly Roundup number 35 looks at robotic boards, NAS kits, some new APIs, Wireless, SBCs, a bunch of CANs, and a few things on sale at the moment.

Another mailbag with Hikey960, TinkerBoard and a bunch of cheap GPS modules from SparkFun’s dings and dents.

This week’s Weekly Roundup is super quiet, but there’s a couple of STEM campaigns, interesting tools and a new SBC from one of the fruit shops.

This week’s Weekly Roundup has a bunch of new SBCs, which is good, but not much else.

A lot has happened while I was on holidays over the last two weeks. So I’ve split up my regular roundup into two to avoid people falling asleep half way through. This video contains all the crowd funding products.

A lot has happened while I was on holidays over the last two weeks. So I’ve split up my regular roundup into two to avoid people falling asleep half way through. This video contains all the crowd funding products.

A small mailbag containing the ReflowR, more Sonoff kit, Orange Pi Zero Plus 2, and Orange Pi NAS.

SBCs galore, (which makes up for last week)! Plus LoRa modules and other bits and pieces.

Well, there’s a lot to get through this week with RF transceivers, Bluetooth, LoRa, (ha there’s always LoRa), test kit and only one SBC…. Sad.

The biggest mail haul yet! A bucket load of NanoPi boards, LoRa modules, Firefly RK3399 and Khadas VIM. I’m going to be busy in the coming months!

This week’s roundup we have conference badges, 3D printers, audio boards and a bunch of new SBCs.

This rainy, wet week hasn’t dampened any new Maker Products, with a handful of goodies still showing up.

A very brief MickMake Mail segment giving you a speedy run down on the Raspberry Pi Zero W.

This week there’s a few odd SBCs, some blasts from the past and a swag of Pi stuff.

Another MickMake Mailbag. Not many things this time because I’m excited about one of the packages and couldn’t wait to open it up. I’m also recapping all the stuff I’ve received so far.

Over the Christmas break I revamped my studio so I thought I’d show you what I did and what’s left to do. I know that some people would do things differently, but this is how I did it. There’s also a bit of a Q&A; from my subscribers.

Over the Christmas break I revamped my studio so I thought I’d show you what I did and what’s left to do. I know that some people would do things differently, but this is how I did it. There’s also a bit of a Q&A; from my subscribers.

This week’s roundup was a little rushed, sorry. Someone got a little distracted updating a certain website and lost track of time… but there’s a robot!

This is my sort of 10k subscriber give-away, which has turned into the 12,600 subscriber give-away.

This week’s roundup looks at Robots, FPGAs, LoRa, 3D printing, even more robots and LoRa and I think there’s an SBC in there somewhere.

This week’s Weekly Roundup we’re seeing lots of 3D printing stuff, wireless modules and a gamers watch.

This week’s Weekly Roundup there’s a cool digital oscilloscope and a new SBC and lots of STEM. It’s everywhere! You can’t get away from it!

This week’s Weekly Roundup we’re seeing another mish-mash of stuff; from power monitoring, to LoRa, to SODIMM based SBCs.

Oh, I’ve also added an index in the YouTube description so you can look things up quickly.

Episode 20 of the Weekly Roundup we have radios, IMUs, audio boards and a couple of new SBCs.

This week’s Weekly Roundup is fairly light. Not much happening, but there’s a few interesting things. It’s a case of the good, bad and ugly.

The regular Weekly Roundup of New Maker Products returns for the year with a whole bunch of wireless modules, power control, robotic arms and some cool video processing boards.

All coming from a freshly rebuilt new studio.

This week’s Weekly Roundup we have the #NexD1 #IMUtion #RhinoSmart #Airblock #Tsubasa #RetroEngine #MKRZero #FlipPin

This week’s Weekly Roundup is Christmas themed. OK. It seemed like a good idea on paper.

This week’s Weekly Roundup we’re seeing noise makers, more LEDs, no robots, the fastest RISC based Arduino compatible board and a new SBC that’ll raise the bar even further.

MickMake’s Weekly Roundup #14! We have 3D printing, LoRa and Bluetooth modules, a CAN bus logger, and… robots… again… What is it about robots? Haven’t we learnt our lesson from Skynet?

This week’s Weekly Roundup we have GPS & GSM modules, battery management, SBCs, the usual Robots, (again), and a desktop laser cutting machine.

In the Weekly Roundup this week we have RAMPS boards, FPGA boards, obscure sensors, a Kickstarter 2nd attempt and a Unicorn.

This week’s Weekly Roundup we’re seeing wireless devices, a handful of the usual robots, FPGA boards, the new Orange Pi boards and the results of the HackADay 2016 competition.

The Weekly Roundup for New Maker Products has a pocket oscilloscope, a cheap 3D resin printer, a bunch of CortexM0 boards, a new type of CNC machine and the new UpBoard.

Number 9 of the Weekly Roundup has more robots, (surprise!), home automation, wireless transceivers and a nice stepper motor controller.

This week’s Weekly Roundup we’re seeing sensors, STEM teaching aids, a blast from the past, the CHIPpro and also a holographic display.

This week’s Weekly Roundup we’re seeing small routers, tiny Arduinos, high resolution positioning boards, small robots, big robots, and also some creepy ones.

This week’s Weekly Roundup has a couple of interesting Maker products; WiFi motors, power monitors, the new BeagleBone SBC and a desktop pick and place machine.

What? Another update? Well, I thought I’d let you know of a couple of things coming up.

The Weekly Roundup has a few interesting products with LIDARs, Arduinos, audio and video processing, MESH networks and even an open source power supply.

This week in the Weekly Roundup we have some desktop fabrication devices, robots and other great stuff.

This is the start of a series that I’ll be publishing every week letting you know of some interesting Maker products you can get on Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Tindie, and all the popular and non-popular vendor sites and anything else I can find.

I’ll highlight some of the more interesting products in my video, and put the rest up here. My aim is to give you a heads up so you don’t have to go searching.

Robowars was on this weekend in Canberra. I didn’t get a chance to get down to cover it, but Maker’s Muse did a live stream of the event.

I thought I’d give you all a heads up on what to expect from MickMake in the coming months. So here it is…

Updated every Monday: Summary of new or updated products released by the most popular stores worldwide. Unfortunately last week was missed and so have been combined in this list.

Seems that the Raspberry Pi Foundation has risen to the challenge of the flood of “look-alikes” hitting the market. Is the new Raspberry Pi 3 enough to fulfil the needs of Makers that these other boards have been filling up until now? Let’s see….

This year Embedded World will be running from the 23rd to 25th of February in Nuremberg. For those who have already booked your trip the following is a taste of what you will see. For those who aren’t going, (myself included)…. well we just have to think happy thoughts.

Not much happening in the world of embedded electronics, but a few surprises. There were also a couple of interesting KickStarter projects that were missed from last week that have been included. Read on…..

Wait, what? Did you say a fully functional 3D printer for only AU$499! Yes indeed. At that price, if you have the cash on hand, get it. Read on….

Updated every Monday: Summary of new or updated products released by the most popular stores worldwide.

This week has seen a few new products released by manufacturers, but nothing out of this world. Read on….

It would seem that the Single Board Computer, (SBC), has reached it’s popularity peak, (or almost at it’s peak). A look at the top three crowd funding websites GoFundMe, KickStarter and IndieGoGo tells the tale. Here are some of the more interesting SBCs that you can find.