Hackster’s Handpicked Projects of the Week

A Sound Detector, a Leak Monitor, a Game-Enabled Pen Stand + More!

Hackster Staff
Jul 28, 2017 · 3 min read

Sound Detector With Visual Alerts

Create a Wi-Fi-enabled sound detector that sends your phone notifications using Prowl and Python!

Using Python to Control Servo Motors for IoT Projects

Use Zerynth Studio to program the microcontroller-based board in Python and Zerynth App to run the JQWidget-based graphical user interface.

MKR FOX 1200 Movement Trigger

Use your MKR FOX 1200 as a movement trigger to keep an eye on your belongings.

Bare Conductive Leak Detector

Use Bare Conductive Electric Paint, an Arduino, and the anduinoWiFi shield to make a system that sends a text when a leak is detected!

ESP32 Solar Weather Station

Get the temperature, humidity and pressure, and display them over the internet; everything is powered by the sun.

Pen Stand: Gaming Enabled

It’s a simple pen stand but with a twist. Every time someone removes the pen from the stand, it displays an LED animation, counts how many time pen has been removed and can also play slot machine game.

Sense and Display With Android Things and Kotlin

This project shows how to get started to read I2C temperature sensor and display the reading to OLED display using Android Things and Kotlin.

Trigger Google Assistant on Pi Using Ultrasonic HC-SR04

Trigger Google Assistant SDK on RPi using ultrasonic sensor HC-SR04 on Raspberry Pi.

SmartEverything Fox Weather Station

This weather station project utilizes the full potential of the SmartEverything Fox module through the use of the gen4 HMI Displays.

Automated Photo Frame for iOS/Android Photos and Emails

Easily turn a small LCD into your own personalized side desk photo memories center using a 3.5" or 5" LCD display on the Raspberry Pi.

Analog Hamburger Phone Repair

A teardown and repair log of my analog phone that happens to be in the shape of a hamburger.

Space Invaders

A classic arcade game built using two TI microcontrollers.

DMX RGB LED Outdoor

Low-cost outdoor lights with DMX control.

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