Hackster’s Handpicked Projects of the Week Aug 16, 2019

A Smart Garden System, an Upcycled Car Radio Game Console, a Companion Bot, a Night Vision Camera + More

Hackster Staff
5 years ago

Smart Garden System with Arduino Nano IoT

Use an Arduino Nano 33 IoT board along with a suite of sensors to monitor the weather and automatically water your plants!

1963 Pi Tourer Game Console

This 1963 car radio now has a new life playing RetroPie games in the workshop! It glows different colours and is easily portable.

Prometheus

A big-eyed companion bot that can be easily packed and upgraded.

Night Vision

A homemade night vision camera mash up built with the Raspberry Pi Zero W, Pimoroni HyperPixel and an IR camera.

Solar Tracker 35W with DC Motors

Solar tracking photovoltaic (dual axis) that follows the sun, using LDR sensors and two DC motors.

DIY Ultra Portable Raspberry Pi Laptop

Ultra-portable, ultra fast and ultra cute.

Fetch: A Ferrofluid Display

A 252 electromagnet-matrix that controls ferrofluid.

Send Data with Sound

Control your Arduino using data-over-sound.

Secure Package Reception Box

An IoT smart mailbox for securely receiving parcels and getting notification on app without being present at home.

DIY Benchtop pH Meter

Make a benchtop pH meter with an Arduino Uno and the Gravity analog pH sensor from Atlas Scientific.

NetThermal

A tiny, DIY, WiFi-enabled thermal camera.

Boo Nought (Raffle Device)

A motion-activated raffle device that can draw numbers or names. Users can specify the range of numbers or the list of names through WiFi.

Jenny 5 Robot

Jenny 5 is a fully open source robot. It has a mobile platform, a flexible leg, two arms with 7 degrees of freedom each and a head.

MeArm Controlled by Arduino Uno and TTP229-BSF Touchpad

Instead of using 2-axis joysticks, use a spare TTP229-BSF capacitive touchpad to control a 4-DoF MeArm robotic arm.

Air Compressor Controller

Replace an unreliable cheap pressure switch with an Arduino-controlled high current relay.

Web Weather Forecast Display on ESP8266 and MicroPython

Using a D1 mini to download and show one-week weather forecast data on an LCD 20x4 display.

Program MATRIX Voice ESP32 with VS Code Using PlatformIO

Program the MATRIX Voice’s ESP32 with Visual Studio Code using PlatformIO, an open source ecosystem for IoT development.

Building RISC-V for the Arty 100T

How to build a RISC-V, specifically the SiFive Freedom E310.

DIN Rail Mount for Raspberry Pi 3B and 4B

Use the RasPiBox Open DIN rail enclosure kit to install your Raspberry Pi-based home automation or industry 4.0 project in a cabinet.

Seeed Studio — ICE Tower CPU Cooling Fan

Testing the Seeed Studio — ICE Tower CPU Cooling Fan for Raspberry Pi 4! How well does it cool the toasty new single-board computer?

Arduino — Serial High-Color Display

The PHPoC shield has a built-in web application, called Web Remote Pad. Modify this app just by changing some line of code.

TerbuleR — 100W LED Flashlight

A 100W rechargeable LED flashlight, made using a PVC drain pipe.

M5Stack ThaiQR Code EDC Payment Device

Utilizing an M5stack Faces Calculator as a QR code EDC payment device.

Creating GUI App for the Ultra96 with Qt

How to set up Qt environment to build and debug applications created in Qt Creator for Xilinx Ultra96 board.

Digital Angle Divider

Divider is an instrument for measuring, transferring, or marking off distances, consisting of two straight adjustable legs hinged together.
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