Recycling Junk E-tags Into A LoRaWAN AQI Sensor

e-paper display showing hand-drawn fonts attached to a custom controller PCB

[Aduecho] had seen those cheap eBay deals of e-paper-based pricing tags, and was wondering if they could be hacked to perform some other tasks. After splitting the case open, the …read more Continue reading Recycling Junk E-tags Into A LoRaWAN AQI Sensor

Hackaday Prize 2022: Solar Powered LoRa Weather Station For The Masses

[Debasish Dutta] has designed a few weather stations in the past, and this, the fourth version of the system has had many of the feature requests from past users rolled in. The …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: Solar Powered LoRa Weather Station For The Masses

Flexible Radiation Monitoring System Speaks LoRa and WiFi

A black PCB with an ESP32 and an SBM-20 geiger counter

Radioactivity has always been a fascinating phenomenon for anyone interested in physics, and as a result we’ve featured many radioactivity-related projects on these pages over the years. More recently however, …read more Continue reading Flexible Radiation Monitoring System Speaks LoRa and WiFi

Water Level Sensor Does Not Use Water Level Sensor

When interfacing with the real world, there are all kinds of sensors available which will readily communicate with your microcontroller of choice. Moisture, pH, humidity, temperature, location, light, and essentially …read more Continue reading Water Level Sensor Does Not Use Water Level Sensor

Farm Data Relay System: Combine LoRa and 2.4 Ghz Networks Without WiFi Routers And Cloud Dependence

Setting up a wireless sensor network over a wide area can quickly become costly, and making everything communicate smoothly can be a massive headache, especially when you’re combining short range …read more Continue reading Farm Data Relay System: Combine LoRa and 2.4 Ghz Networks Without WiFi Routers And Cloud Dependence