Winners Announcement for the 2025 Halloween Competition

It is time to announce the winners of the 2025 element14 Community Halloween Hackathon!

Before we dive in, let’s quickly recap the prizes on offer and the competition rules.

FIRST PLACE (choose one of the below)
Multicomp Pro Bench Power Supply Learn More Buy Now	Diligent Analog Discovery 3 Series PC USB Oscilloscope Learn More Buy Now	Multicomp Pro Thermal Imager Learn More Buy Now
SECOND PLACE (choose one of the below)
Analog Devices Active Learning Module Learn More Buy Now	Multicomp Pro Handheld Digital Storage Oscilloscope Learn More Buy Now	Multicomp Pro Bench Top Linear Power Supply Learn More Buy Now
RUNNERS UP (choose one of the below)
Wera 39-piece Socket & Bit Set Learn More Buy Now	Weller Fume Extractor Learn More Buy Now	Heat Gun + Mini Heat Gun Learn More / Buy Now

Don't worry if a prize is out of stock in your region or does not have the right plug for you. We can ship from global stocks, include a plug adaptor, or find a local equivalent of a prize.

The Rules

Create a project using electronic components that ties into Halloween and however you plan on celebrating the occasion…and surviving the night.

Submit an electronics project, using one write-up to cover all the aspects of your project:

Explain step-by-step how you built it.
Explain how your creation relates to the theme of creating a Halloween-related project using electronic components.
Originality, innovation, and technical merit are all considered when evaluating each project.
Demonstrate your project's capabilities with a video and pictures. High-quality images and videos are always appreciated.

Now, without further ado, here are this year’s Halloween Hackathon Winners.

First Place

foxbat - Automated Trick-or-Treating: One Man, Many Dogs, and a Delightfully Overengineered Halloween

Second Place
In no particular order

rsc - Screaming Halloween Scary Mask with TFT Eyes and image capture

robogary - Halloween Crabby Crabapple Tree animatronics

Hacktech - The Vessel—An Interactive Haunted Box of Fog, Fear & Light

Runners Up
In no particular order

me_Cris - The third eye

colporteur - Basement Dragons

vishalsoniindia - SoulCage - the Digital Trapped Soul Pendant

A big congratulations to all of our winners and well done to everyone who took part and submitted a project. Thank you for sharing some spooky seasonal vibes with the community

Winners - select your prize and let E14Alice know your choice, we will get those shipped to you.

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foxbat 1 day ago

Thank you so much!!!! I’m genuinely appreciative of being selected as the winner, even if I’m still double-checking that the announcement wasn’t meant for someone else. The other entries were superb and have given me far too many ideas for future tinkering (my to-do list is now alarmingly long).

As a relative newcomer to the element14 community, I have to say: it’s a great place to be, and I’m really pleased to have stumbled in. I’ll be sure to put together a project or write-up once I get my hands on the prize.

Speaking of which… who wants to guess which one I’m going to pick?
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balajivan1995 1 day ago in reply to foxbat

Ok, I'll guess. If I fail, you've to give me two more chances.

I say, Digilent Analog discovery kit.
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balajivan1995 1 day ago in reply to foxbat

Ok, I'll guess. If I fail, you've to give me two more chances.

I say, Digilent Analog discovery kit.
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foxbat 1 day ago in reply to balajivan1995

Not even warm........ ;-)
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balajivan1995 1 day ago in reply to foxbat

Hmmm, maybe I need the thermal imager to get closer to the correct option...
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cstanton 1 day ago in reply to foxbat

The secret 4th option of scorpion chilli peppers.
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foxbat 1 day ago in reply to cstanton

Now that's an idea for my writeup.....!
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foxbat 1 day ago in reply to balajivan1995

I'm a little too excited about that! I've always wanted a TIC but never managed to justify buying one
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