IoT Projects

Boston Bus and Train Prediction Board

All aboard! Dufus2506 built an LED matrix display that shows a prediction for when the next Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) subway, bus, or commuter rail train will be leaving a stop. An internet-connected MatrixPortal M4 pulls data from the MBTA’s official API. - Adafruit Playground

A mmWave Presence Detector Blends Seamlessly with an Old Home

Modern home presence detection sensors look too futuristic when mounted in an older home. Chris built a presence detector using the newest mmWave technology that matches and preserves his home’s aesthetics. - renaissance-design

The Many Possibilities of Adafruit IO Actions and an Arcade Button

Tyler Cooper was inspired by the new Adafruit IO Actions feature to create multiple IoT projects using only a glowing arcade button and no programming. The projects range from a Pomodoro timer to a way to visualize the weather. - Adafruit Playground

A Quantum Number Generator

This project is too interesting to not include in this issue! This is a quantum True Random Number Generator. It publishes the number it generates over an MQTT channel so an API can be built on top of it. - GitHub

IKEA Death Star Lamp gets an Upgrade

Every time I go to IKEA, I find myself staring at the PS 2014 lamp. It looks like the Death Star from Star Wars and opens to disperse light in a room. Sephalon’s project takes the PS 2014 and motorizes it so it can open and close when the sun rises or sets. - GitLab

IoT News and More!

Bringing back an Internet-connected Kid’s Toy

The Jooki was a screen-free audio player that let kids listen to music and stories by placing specific tokens on top of it. When the company went out of business, the Jooki device could no longer connect to its cloud-based services. Security researcher “nuit” is working on bringing this product back from the dead. - hackaday

Internet-in-a-Box Learning Hotspots

Internet-in-a-Box hotspots are a way to bring the “Best of the Internet” to regions without Internet. Websites like Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Khan Academy, etc, are locally hosted and distributed to community members as they connect to the hotspot. - internet in a box

Support Adafruit

Here at Adafruit, we sell all of these amazing components, but we couldn’t find a good way to interact with them over the Internet. So, we decided to create our own IoT platform, and that’s Adafruit IO. It’s built from the ground up to be easy to use and platform agnostic (connect any development board or device!). For those who want to get a project off the ground without programming - Adafruit IO offers a No-Code interface for building IoT electronics projects using WipperSnapper, our open-source IoT firmware. Support Adafruit’s open-source development by subscribing to Adafruit IO Plus, the upgraded, all-systems-go version of the Adafruit IO service.