esp32 & esp8266
Build an ESP32-Driven Robot That Hauls Your Beach Gear on Sand
John Boss built a skid-steer robot from an e-bike rack, two 350W motors, and an ESP32 that follows him across the sand hauling every…
robotics
Aliensense NXS Sends mikroBUS Sensors Down One Robot Cable
Aliensense's NXS hub pushes power, video, and sensor data over a single cable up to 40m, linking mikroBUS Clicks and MIPI cameras to your…
uncategorized
Build an ESP32 Water Tank Controller With an Ultrasonic Sensor
An ESP32, an ultrasonic sensor, and a relay turn a manual rooftop water pump into a hands-off system that fills the tank and stops…
esp32 & esp8266
M5Stack PowerHub: An ESP32 Dev Kit That Smartly Manages Power
M5Stack's PowerHub pairs an ESP32 with an STM32 coprocessor and INA226 sensors to measure and switch power per channel, all from a Sony NP-F550…
diy projects
Powered by Raspberry Pi: Smart Vivariums to Drone Shows
From reptile vivariums to Olympic drone shows and a 33-pound RP2350 kit, here's what the newest Powered by Raspberry Pi hardware can teach makers.
iot & smart home
A Raspberry Pi and YOLOv8 Read This Gas Meter Automatically
Cian Gallagher trained a YOLOv8 Nano model on a Raspberry Pi 4 to read his gas meter automatically and log it to Home Assistant.…
arduino
Arduino UNO Q Smart Doorbell Keeps Your Video Off the Cloud
An open-source Arduino UNO Q doorbell runs person-detection AI on-device and pushes snapshots over Telegram, no cloud servers required.
diy projects
ESP32 Bowling Scoring System Beats a $120K Proprietary Quote
An engineer replaced a $120,000 bowling scoring system with $1,600 of ESP32 boards, ESP-NOW mesh, and a Raspberry Pi. Here is how OpenLaneLink works.
diy projects
ESP32 Mesh Replaces a $120k Bowling Scoring System for $1,600
An abandoned 8-lane bowling center needed an $80k scoring system. One builder replaced it with an ESP-NOW mesh of ESP32s for about $1,600 instead.
raspberry pi
Add LoRa Long-Range Radio to Your Raspberry Pi Pico This Weekend
Send sensor data up to 15km from a Raspberry Pi Pico with a plug-in LoRa module and a LiPo battery. A cheap weekend build…
iot & smart home
Inky Bird Frame: A Raspberry Pi E-Paper Display of Local Birds
A Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W and a six-color e-paper frame that auto-displays field-guide art of birds spotted near your home.
arduino
Weekend Build: A Self-Cleaning Solar Tracker on Arduino UNO Q
An Arduino UNO Q panel that tracks the sun, vibrates off its own dust, and hides from storms. Fully open source, and a solid…