Meadow projects recap in 2020

Hello fellow makers,

This post is to showcase the most interesting and useful Meadow projects on Hackster released throughout this year:

Working with µGraphics on a ST7789 Display

Learn how to connect an SPI LCD display to your Meadow board to draw shapes, text and images with the Meadow. Foundation Graphics Library. With the latest release, there’s even more shapes and better rendering performance, so you should definitely check this project if you haven’t.

Build Your Own Temperature Monitor with Meadow

This simple yet powerful project drew a lot of attention this year. You can see how easy is to setup the LM35 Analog Temperature Sensor and create a simple UI with Meadow.Foundation Graphics Library.

Expanding IO Ports of a Meadow with a 74HC595

IO Expanders are very popular to increase the number of IO ports on a micro controller. It drew a lot of attention on Netduino, and in Meadow it was no different. The main takeaway of this project is to learn how powerful the Unified GPIO pattern we have in Meadow, making the port handling seamless between the Meadow itself with an IO Expander.

Send Data From Meadow to an ASP. NET Server via WiFi

We call this the Clima project. It teaches how easy is to connect Meadow to a WIFI network and send data to a ASP. NET server using an HttpClient and (de)serialize with Json. WIFI connectivity onboard, no need for extra add-ons or shield!

Weather Station Using Public Web Service Using Meadow

With the same circuit setup as Clima, by changing the logic, you can do GET API requests to a public web service on the internet to gather weather data anywhere around the world, by connecting to your home WIFI network.

Build an Interactive Menu with TextDisplayMenu

This project was released recently, but I think its worth mentioning here, since I think having an interactive menu is really useful for IoT projects. Learn how easy is to create interactive menus with editable values and submenus using TextDisplayMenu with a ST7789 display and push buttons

Meadow Rover Part 1: Motor Control

This is another project you should look out for. This one teaches you how to build a 3 wheel rover using an HBridge motor controller and LEDs to indicate which direction the car is moving. When Bluetooth is enabled on Meadow, you’ll be able to pair it to your phone and control the rover with a mobile app.

That’s all I have for you today, but please check other awesome Hackster project we have there, and keep an eye on our social channels for when new projects are released.

Happy new year, everybody!

Jorge