Choose the job before choosing the board. A noticeboard needs a trustworthy last update; an e-book reader needs the right memory and display; a motorized microscope needs coordinated movement. These projects show where small computers and microcontrollers are useful, and where hardware compatibility can stop a build before the first upload.
A focused Pi display experiment with offline behavior.
A complete reader README with hardware configurations.
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Chris Greening (atomic14) · MITResized without cropping and converted to WebP for the project card.
A larger build with assembly and circuit manuals.
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Yuksel Temiz · Apache-2.0Resized without cropping and converted to WebP for the project card.
The ESP32 ePub reader requires a suitable PSRAM configuration. The weather receiver depends on compatible radio and sensor hardware as well as an upstream data source. A board with a similar name is not automatically a replacement. Check the original parts, pin assignments, and firmware environment before ordering.
The Pi noticeboard keeps stale data from looking current. The weather-station guides also distinguish downloaded forecasts from local measurements. Build one local screen or sensor reading first, then add networking. For the larger MicroscoPy build, begin with its assembly manual and circuit documentation rather than attempting every subsystem at once.
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JPL / California Institute of Technology and Open Source Rover contributors · Apache-2.0Resized without cropping and converted to WebP for the project card.
Choose a LEGO microscope, ESP32 oscilloscope, laboratory syringe pump, haptic dial, DIY e-reader, synthesizer, or JPL rover using complete credited source documentation.
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Yuksel Temiz · Apache-2.0Resized without cropping and converted to WebP for the project card.
Yuksel Temiz's modular Raspberry Pi and Arduino microscope, with the complete original guide, assembly animations, circuit instructions, LEGO parts list, and downloadable build manuals.
Yuksel Temiz
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Bojan Jurca · MITResized without cropping and converted to WebP for the project card.
Bojan Jurca's complete setup guide for displaying ESP32 GPIO samples in a web browser, including the original interface screenshot, library requirements, FTP commands, and ADC limitations.
Bojan Jurca
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Jakub Jaszczur · MITResized without cropping and converted to WebP for the project card.
Jakub Jaszczur's complete MQTT receiver guide, with the original finished-build and enclosure photographs, sensor list, display diagram, configuration examples, and PCB schematic.
Jakub Jaszczur
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Chris Greening (atomic14) · MITResized without cropping and converted to WebP for the project card.
Chris Greening's complete DIY reader writeup, with photographs of supported hardware, PlatformIO setup, board porting, ePub parsing, pagination, and deep-sleep design notes.
Chris Greening (atomic14)
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Brian Whitman, Shore Pine and contributors · MITResized without cropping and converted to WebP for the project card.
Brian Whitman's distributed synth, with the full README, speaker-shell assembly photographs, ESP32 flashing guide, Python tutorial, and original wiring and sound-programming examples.
Brian Whitman, Shore Pine and contributors
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Turi Scandurra · MITResized without cropping and converted to WebP for the project card.
Turi Scandurra's complete instrument README, with the original playing photograph, schematic, parts list, compilation instructions, controls, effects, and honest prototype limitations.
Turi Scandurra
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JPL / California Institute of Technology and Open Source Rover contributors · Apache-2.0Resized without cropping and converted to WebP for the project card.
The complete reviewed JPL rover hardware manual: parts lists, wiring, PCB assembly, mechanical chapters, original build photographs and diagrams, optional mast, and downloadable schematics.
JPL / California Institute of Technology and Open Source Rover contributors
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mattwach · Apache-2.0Resized without cropping and converted to WebP for the project card.
Compare a Wi-Fi weather station, an Arduino MIDI sequencer, a GPS e-paper clock, and CNC-milled PCBs, with complete writeups credited to their original creators.
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Daniel Eichhorn, ThingPulse and contributors · MITResized without cropping and converted to WebP for the project card.
Daniel Eichhorn and ThingPulse's compact Wi-Fi weather display, with the full setup instructions, library notes, and original project photograph.
Daniel Eichhorn, ThingPulse and contributors
A Pi Zero noticeboard concept with a local message file, a visible update time, and a useful offline state.
An ESP32 temperature and humidity station concept that tests placement before designing the enclosure.
Leviathan Engineer built a talking, moving Rocky-inspired robot with a Raspberry Pi 5, seven servos, speech recognition, and generated replies.
Monique Evette's Koi-Tar combines a water-simulated resin body, lily-pad touch sensors, and a Raspberry Pi Pico in a playable runway instrument.
David Stein combined a 1928 projector, Raspberry Pi 5, Arduino, microscope lens, and FFmpeg to rescue thousands of frames from decaying football film.