XiaoZhi AI

Voice assistant you build on a breadboard: talk to a large language model, it answers aloud and controls devices.SolderingAbout 1 hESP32-S3 DevKit1 boardBesides the board: I2S microphone INMP441 and 4 moreCan be built in an evening
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Hyperk

Fast Wi-Fi controller for addressable LED strips behind a TV, made for HyperHDR ambient lighting.SolderingAbout 1 hESP32 DevKit and 4 more boards5 boardsBesides the board: Addressable LED strip WS2812B or SK6812 and 1 moreCan be built in an evening

ESPectre

Motion sensor made of Wi-Fi: senses people moving through a room from changes in the radio channel, no camera.No solderingAbout 15 minESP32 DevKit and 4 more boards5 boardsJust the boardCan be built in an evening

ESPHome Web starter

Starter firmware that puts a bare board on your Wi-Fi so ESPHome and Home Assistant can adopt and program it.No solderingAbout 10 minESP32 DevKit and 4 more boards5 boardsJust the boardCan be built in an evening

DroneBridge for ESP32

Wireless telemetry link for drones, planes and rovers: MAVLink or MSP over Wi-Fi or ESP-NOW to your ground station.SolderingAbout 30 minESP32 DevKit and 3 more boards4 boardsBesides the board: Flight controller with a free UARTCan be built in an evening

OpenMQTTGateway

Reads hundreds of Bluetooth sensors, scales and plant monitors around the house and sends them to Home Assistant.No solderingAbout 15 minESP32 DevKit and 3 more boards4 boardsJust the boardCan be built in an evening

Tasmota

Local smart home firmware: sensors, relays, rules and a web page, with MQTT and Home Assistant support and no cloud.No solderingAbout 15 minESP32-CAM and 3 more boards4 boardsJust the boardCan be built in an evening

NerdMiner v2

Solo Bitcoin miner as a lottery ticket: the chance of a block is tiny, the stats screen is the fun part.No solderingAbout 10 minCheap Yellow Display and 5 more boards6 boardsJust the boardCan be built in an evening

TinyGS

Ground station that receives data from small satellites over LoRa and shares it with a worldwide network of stations.SolderingAbout 1 hESP32 DevKit and 2 more boards3 boardsBesides the board: LoRa module SX1278 (Ra-02) or SX1262 and 2 moreCan be built in an evening

Your project could be here

Point Chipnik at your GitHub repository and it picks up the releases. People get a Flash button for their board.