How to Harness High-tech Hardware @ HackMIT
Venture beyond the mortal realm of 2D GUIs. Transcend into the world of haptics, real-world sensing, and actual stuff. Try your hand at a hardware hack! Believe it or not, most of the world is made of the physical stuff that you can touch, smell, and feel. With it, you can create amazings things — gas and smoke sensors for fire-fighters, deconfliction systems for delivery drones, low-cost bacteria sensors to monitor water quality in developing countries, etc. We want to support your hardware innovations, whatever they may be.
HackMIT’s goal is to provide a comprehensive supply of electronics that can fuel a variety of projects. From basic Arduino boards for those getting their start in hardware, to complex microcontrollers with wireless and embedded machine-learning capabilities, to Raspberry Pi’s for heavy-duty embedded Linux systems, we want to support it all. In addition, we’ll provide lots of peripheral components like cameras, sensors, servo motors, LEDs, and more. We’ll also have a network of mentors and judges from a variety of both software and hardware-industries.
The equipment that will be provided at the event includes (roughly):
- 5x Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with pre-burned Buster Lite OS
- 7-inch Touch Screen Displays
- Raspberry Pi Cams
- Mice and Keyboards - 15x Arduino Mega
- 16x Arduino Uno
- 5x Arduino GIGA R1 WiFi
- 15x Arduino Portentia C33
- 6x Arduino Nicla Voice
- 6x Arduino Nicla Vision
- 50x ESP32 WROOM Kits
- 5x Teensy 4.1
- 37x Sensor Kit (https://www.elegoo.com/products/elegoo-37-in-1-sensor-kit)
- 10x LCD Displays
- 8x NFC Tags and Detectors
- 8x USB Webcams
- 6x I2C Cameras
- Force-Sensitive Resistors/Flex Sensors/Velostat
- LEDs & LED strips
- Breadboards and Jumper Wires
- Resistor Kits
- Gaffers Tape
- 2x soldering equipment and multimeters
- Logic Analyzer available for use
- VR headsets (details in the works)
- Access to laser cutter (details in the works)
There’s certainly a lot missing from our list, and for that reason, hackers are allowed to bring their own materials. Typical hackathon rules apply — nothing pre-built/pre-coded. If you’re unsure whether something would be allowed or will be provided (or want something to be provided), please ask an organizer in the discord!
We’re excited to see what you’ll build at HackMIT — happy hacking :)
