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IoT Projects
WiFi Jellyfish Lanterns with WLED
Create your own luminescent jellyfish out of iridescent vinyl and NeoPixel LEDs. Easily add endless light patterns with the free, and easy-to-use WLED software, with no coding required. You can even make multiple jellyfish and sync them up over your WiFi network. – Adafruit Learning System
Using Plumbing Valves as Heavy Duty Analog Inputs
Alistair Aitchison of Playful Technology shows how to repurpose plumbing valves for use as inexpensive, heavy-duty, analog inputs. – Arduino
ESP32 Thin Client
A DIY thin client with a tiny keyboard and a 320×240px touchscreen display. – Hackaday
No-Code IoT Soil Sensor
A soil stake that monitors plant vitals using Adafruit’s No-Code WipperSnapper firmware. – Adafruit Learning System
Pothole Detection with Sony Spresense Camera
A project that uses the Sony Spresense module to detect and log the GPS location of potholes. – Hackster
IoT News and More!
Matter 1.0 is finally finalized — so what’s next?
Matter, the latest smart home standard, opened for certification last month. Jennifer Tuohy writes about “what’s next” for this standard. – TheVerge
Home Assistant’s SkyConnect Dongle Offers Plug-and-Play Zigbee, Matter, and Soon Thread Support
SkyConnect, a $29.99 dongle designed to add Zigbee, Matter, and Thread support to a server running Home Assistant OS. – Hackster
Everything we know about the White House’s IoT security labeling effort
The White House is working towards a “national cybersecurity certification and labeling authority” for all electronics, including IoT devices. – arstechnica
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Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
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