Projects
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M5StickC Plus21
ESP32-C3 SuperMini9
Seeed XIAO ESP32S32
M5Stack Atom Lite1
ESP32-C6 DevKit4
ESP32-C5 DevKit3
LilyGO T-Display1What it does
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Relay switch that turns on when someone pays a Lightning invoice: vending machines, arcade games, lights.SolderingAbout 20 min
2 boardsBesides the board: Relay module 3.3 V or 5 VCan be built in an eveningAudio Stream Server
Live audio from the Cardputer microphone to any browser on your network: a pocket baby monitor or room mic.No solderingAbout 5 min
1 boardJust the boardCan be built in an eveningPrusa Connect ESP32 Cam
Official Prusa firmware that turns an ESP32-CAM into a camera for Prusa Connect: watch your prints from anywhere.No solderingAbout 15 min
2 boardsJust the boardCan be built in an eveningCYD Weather Dashboard
Weather station on the yellow display: five-day forecast, hourly timeline, graphs and the current conditions.No solderingAbout 10 min
1 boardJust the boardCan be built in an eveningESP32 MFA Authenticator
Offline two-factor code generator on the yellow display: your TOTP secrets stay on a board you own, behind a PIN.No solderingAbout 15 min1 boardBesides the board: microSD cardCan be built in an eveningSmart Remote+ for CYD
Touch screen Wi-Fi remote for LG webOS TVs: power, volume, inputs and app tiles, with your own layouts.No solderingAbout 10 min1 boardJust the boardCan be built in an eveningSensorStation3
Indoor climate station on the yellow display: temperature, humidity, pressure and CO2 with 24-hour graphs.SolderingAbout 30 min1 boardBesides the board: I2C sensor BME280, SHT31 or SCD40Can be built in an eveningXiaoZhi AI
Voice assistant you build on a breadboard: talk to a large language model, it answers aloud and controls devices.SolderingAbout 1 h
1 boardBesides the board: I2S microphone INMP441 and 4 moreCan be built in an eveningBoard photoESP32 BLE2MQTT
Bridge between Bluetooth LE gadgets and MQTT: read and control any GATT characteristic from your smart home.No solderingAbout 20 min1 boardJust the boardCan be built in an eveningBoard photoHyperk
Fast Wi-Fi controller for addressable LED strips behind a TV, made for HyperHDR ambient lighting.SolderingAbout 1 h5 boardsBesides the board: Addressable LED strip WS2812B or SK6812 and 1 moreCan be built in an eveningESPectre
Motion sensor made of Wi-Fi: senses people moving through a room from changes in the radio channel, no camera.No solderingAbout 15 min5 boardsJust the boardCan be built in an eveningESPHome 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 min5 boardsJust the boardCan be built in an eveningSpotMicro ESP32 Leika
Brain for a 3D printed four-legged robot dog: walking gaits, a 3D model in the browser and a camera stream.SolderingAbout 20 h3 boardsBesides the board: Servo MG996R or similar and 3 moreDroneBridge 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 min4 boardsBesides the board: Flight controller with a free UARTCan be built in an eveningOpenMQTTGateway
Reads hundreds of Bluetooth sensors, scales and plant monitors around the house and sends them to Home Assistant.No solderingAbout 15 min4 boardsJust the boardCan be built in an eveningLoRa APRS iGate
Ham radio gateway that hears LoRa APRS trackers nearby and forwards their positions and messages to aprs.fi.No solderingAbout 15 min3 boardsBesides the board: 433 MHz antennaCan be built in an eveningTasmota
Local smart home firmware: sensors, relays, rules and a web page, with MQTT and Home Assistant support and no cloud.No solderingAbout 15 min4 boardsJust the boardCan be built in an eveningNerdMiner 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 min6 boardsJust the boardCan be built in an eveningCYD Ham Dashboard
Ham radio desk display: band conditions, a day and night map, DX spots and solar data on the yellow screen.No solderingAbout 10 min1 boardJust the boardCan be built in an eveningTinyGS
Ground station that receives data from small satellites over LoRa and shares it with a worldwide network of stations.SolderingAbout 1 h3 boardsBesides the board: LoRa module SX1278 (Ra-02) or SX1262 and 2 moreCan be built in an eveningCYD-Klipper
Touch screen remote for 3D printers running Klipper, OctoPrint or Bambu Lab firmware.No solderingAbout 10 min1 boardBesides the board: 3D printer with Klipper and Moonraker, OctoPrint, or a Bambu Lab printerCan be built in an eveningYour project could be here
Point Chipnik at your GitHub repository and it picks up the releases. People get a Flash button for their board.