After a brief browsing of project pages at Hackaday, it’s easy to lose count of the amazing number of purple circuit boards! So, we decided to make a link roundup highlighting this outstanding overlap of our communities.
While extensive, we found it impossible to list all the projects shared. Did we miss yours? Please leave a link to it in the comment section below.
Daniel Taylor:
A Simple Runner’s GPS Logger
Henrik Alexandersson:
Prototype that OP! Prototype board for type 741 operational amplifiers
Rjpope42:
AM/FM Transmitter Pair- A pair of Altoids-tin sized transmitters, designed to be a cheap way to get music to an old device with no audio input.
Fyber Labs: The following projects are largely for their Flex modules, which are “Standard low-cost rigid PCB modules with 2.54mm castellations for breadboard and direct implementation on flexible PCB for wearable projects.”
PCA9685 Motor Driver Flex Module- The PCA9685 with forward current configuration to driver up to 16 motors (with the help of Darlington arrays).
4P-RGB-Strip Flex Module- A Flex Module 4 pin connector that supports RGB strips with 4 leads (as well as many other 1 or 2 pin I/O peripherals).
LRA Driver Flex Module- An attempt to develop a small BGA based LRA driver Flex Module.
Social Light Flex Module- An identification system that transmits a partial unique ID through light to augment radio based ID systems.
ECG ADC Buffer Flex Module- ECG Sensor summing amplifier and RC filter with 2.54mm castellation
Flex Sensor ADC Buffer Flex Module- 2.54mm 4 channel voltage converter opamp and RC filter for Spectra Symbol Flex Sensors
nRF51822 BLE Flex Module- nRF51822 implemenation utilizing Johanson balun with 2.54mm castellations. Available in 1dB, 2dB, and 3dB antenna implementations.
10-axis Flex Module- Initial version in 2.54mm castellation. 9-axis gyro and barometer (10-axis).
STM32F401 Flex Module- Smallest Cortex-M4 of the STM32 line with Espruino support in a flex module.
spetku:
Robot Army : Light Play- An interactive field of 100 dancing delta robots
Kevin Krieger:
CAN-obd2 started as a way to display and save information from my 2008 Honda Civic’s OBD2 port.
Peter Ogden:
Network PDU-S, Network Power Distribution Unit with Sequencing
DaveDarko:
fixietube clock- 30ml jam jars hopefully turned into beautiful LED displays – nixietube like looking without the higher voltage fuzz – fake LED nixietubes
Sonic Screwdriver
i.abdalkader:
OpenMV, Python-powered machine vision modules
Peter Jansen:
Open Source Science Tricorder
Mathieu Stephan:
Mooltipass, offline password keeper
Luke Weston:
Simple, low-cost FMCW radar- A basic radar system makes radar accessible at low cost for experiments with range finding & navigation of autonomous aircraft or spacecraft.
Nathaniel VerLee:
Solar Energy Generator, a solar energy system up to 500W in power for use with lithium batteries.
Kevin Neubauer:
Raspberry Pi Serial + Relay + LCD Board- All-in-one Raspberry Pi integration shield with 4 relays, switchable RS-232/485 serial, LCD output, power button, and graceful shutdown.
Paul Stoffregen:
Teensy 3.0 & 3.1, 32 bit ARM-based boards for use with the Arduino IDE. Want a 3.1? They’re available in our store!
Really bright addressable RGB LED
Meizhu:
A even smaller Nanite, a downsized replica of Tim’s brilliant Nanite 85 board
Thomas Wilson:
Hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar) alert system, a compact Bluetooth device that acts as a safety net for sleeping type 1 diabetics, detecting hypoglycaemia and calling for help.
Digital Corpus:
D-DAQ, automotive parameter & performance monitor & logger based on the Doniol Boost Gauge.
askoog89:
A Watch, PCB LED Tilt activated watch
Tilt Touch Time- A tilt and touch activated wristwatch using a “retro” style bubble 7 segment display.
Ceady:
Integrated Room Sunrise Simulator, an alarm clock that provides dawn simulation using your rooms existing lighting
Jac Goudsmit:
Software-Defined 6502 Computer, “Propeddle” is a single-board computer kit with a 6502 controlled by a Propeller.
Andreas Dahlberg:
USB DAC with amplifier- A USB DAC with a 3-W x 2 amplifier
RasmusB:
CANPi- CANBUS adapter for the Raspberry Pi
Benchoff:
Unhappy Hacking Keyboard- Why have a Happy Hacking Keyboard when you can have an Unhappy Hacking Keyboard. Real programmers only need a 1 and 0 key. Perfect for trying out Cherry MX switches.
Pure Engineering:
Flir Lepton Thermal Camera Breakout- This is a Breakout board for the Lepton Thermal Camera Module.
Radu Constantin:
NANDfarm => RFarmer- Small, easy to use, cheap ZigBee developement board for the internet of things.
Eric Evenchick:
seCANt- Hardware to connect to a car’s CAN buses.
DatanoiseTV:
Cumulus Wireless Sensor Platform- The wireless customizable low-cost home automation solution
Neven Boyanov:
The Tinusaur- The Tinusaur is a small board with ATtiny85 microcontroller and the minimum components to run properly plus shield headers and a battery
Tim Wilkinson:
BlueBasic: BASIC for Bluetooth- Embedded BASIC interpreter for CC2540 and CC2541 Bluetooth LE modules
tshen2:
DSP 01: hi-fi audio signal processor- a digital signal processor with integrated quad-channel amplifier for high-fidelity speakers.
ehughes:
Internet of “Thing”- Thing…. Internet Enabled. With command line and GUI over a TCP connection
Fabricate.IO:
Practical Home Automation- We’ve connected our entire apartment, DIY style.
Neil Movva:
Pathfinder – Haptic Navigation, Wearable Navigation Assistance for the Blind
Johan Lans:
MIDI2VC- Connects a MIDI keyboard to an analogue synthesizer
tomcircuit:
HD6309 Singleboard Computer- Hitachi HD63C09 clocked at a blistering 3 MHz with a capacious 64K of RAM! Retroputing bliss
Pierce Nichols:
MultiSpork- A wireless analog/digital multitool & data recorder
akupila:
Captain Pugsley – Smart motion sensor, Smart wifi connected motion tracker & iOS app with a personality!
gamaral:
Raspberry Pi – PSU, Add a soft-power switch to your Raspberry Pi
shimniok:
PIPduino, a ‘duino especially for putting in projects.
AndyTallack:
T-Board: uc Prototyping- Simplified AVR Prototyping with a breadboard-friendly breakout
Don Smith:
PASS- (personal ambient space sensor) humidity, pressure and temperature logger
Rodmg:
Aquila IoT Platform- Internet of Things rapid prototyping platform.
mpare:
Watson – 120dB RF Measurement System- Watson is a relatively simple RF power meter based on the “120 dB Measurement System” outlined in the Analog Devices (AD) AD8307 data sheet.
megahercas6:
Smart Solder reflow oven- This would be blog post how to make smart solder reflow oven step by step
Mandy Zheng:
Adapative Nodes- Instant prototyping without a single line of microcontroller code
kd8ssf:
ATX-Pi- An unholy marriage of an Arduino, an ATX power supply and a Raspberry Pi.
facelessloser:
One button TV remote- A TV remote with one button that cycles thought a list of preset channels based on a attiny85
duanebenson:
Universal Screw-Block Proto-Shield for Arduino- Quickly, easily, and securely connect your Arduino Unos, Leonardos, Dues, and Megas to the outside world..
JamesW_001:
Simple, Extensible Home Security System- A modular home security setup utilizing ZigBee sensor nodes, a security camera/DVR system and a host server.