What can you do with our Meadow Hack Kits?
about 6 years ago
– Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 04:14:01 PM
Our hack kits give you everything you need to get up and building awesome connected things. If you're new to building connected things, you may be thinking "what could I possibly build?" For inspiration, we put together a list of potential projects you might be interested in.
On our campaign page, see the "Sample Tutorials Using our Hack Kits" and "Sample Projects Using our Hack Kits" sections, or:
Sample Tutorials Using our Hack Kits:
- LGB LED. Learn to control a RGB LED with Meadow.Foundation to make different effects and animations with couple lines of code.
- WiFi Controlled RGB LED. With Meadow's WiFi network capabilities, you can control a simple RGB LED through your network or over the internet.
- WiFi-Controlled Flag. with Meadow's WiFi network capabilities, you can control a servo motor through your network or over the internet to wave a small flag with a mobile app.
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IO Expansion with MCP 23008**. When running out of pins on your Meadow board, you can expand these using an IO Expander such as a MCP23008, to extend the board.
** Suitable with Hack Kit Pro only.
Sample Projects Using our Hack Kits
- Smart Piano**. Use multiple piezos and push buttons to make simple chords and melodies.
- Simon Says-Inspired Game. Build a compact-size Simon Says-inspired game on half a breadboard with LEDs, push buttons, and a piezo speaker.
- Plant Monitor**. Make your own soil humidity plant monitor that checks the soil moisture.
- Soccer**. Build a soccer game with servos and push buttons.
- Auto-Dimming Night Light. Use a proximity sensor to brighten a RGB LED to light your way in the dark without needing to turn the lights on.
- Memory Game**. Build a memory game with an OLED display and a 4x4 push button keypad.
- Tetris**. Using an OLED display and push buttons, learn how to build a tetris game using DisplayGraphics.
- Proximity Sensor**. Simple example project to learn how to use the proximity sensor to detect objects. Traffic Light Controller. Write a simple traffic light model using simple, colored LEDs.
- Alarm Intruder Alert**. With a motion sensor, you can detect movement on an empty room to trigger an alarm with a Piezo speaker. Weather Monitor. Query a weather web service to display the weather and temperature on an LCD screen.
- Wireless Appliance Controller**. Control your coffee maker remotely! Create a connected coffee maker using household electricity with .NET, Meadow, and Xamarin.
- Pong**. Using an OLED display and push buttons, build the classic pong game using DisplayGraphics.
- Breakout**. Using an OLED display and rotary encoders, build a breakout game using DisplayGraphics.
- Water Level Alert System**. With ultrasonic sensor on the Hack Kit Pro, track water levels on a tank and trigger an alarm when reaching critical values.** Suitable with Hack Kit Pro only.
** Suitable with Hack Kit Pro only.