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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-US"><title type="html">Make a Connection </title><subtitle type="html">Post your Project Competition Entries for the Make a Connection competition</subtitle><id>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.9.35025">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.9.35025)</generator><updated>2026-08-01T14:04:40Z</updated><entry><title>Alarm with ZIHATEC AZ-Touch, ESP8266 and ESP-NOW communication</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/posts/alarm-with-zihatec-az-touch-esp8266-and-esp-now-communication" /><id>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/posts/alarm-with-zihatec-az-touch-esp8266-and-esp-now-communication</id><published>2026-08-19T22:52:03Z</published><updated>2026-08-19T22:52:03Z</updated><content type="html">Alarm with ZIHATEC AZ-Touch, ESP8266 and ESP-NOW communication
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;In this project we are going to develop an alarm that detects when a door is opened and the presence of a person or animal in a room due to movement. For its realization we h...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/posts/alarm-with-zihatec-az-touch-esp8266-and-esp-now-communication"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=30075&amp;AppID=492&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Spain_mtg</name><uri>https://community.element14.com/members/spain_5f00_mtg</uri></author><category term="esp32" scheme="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/esp32" /><category term="hc-sr501" scheme="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/hc_2D00_sr501" /><category term="esp-now" scheme="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/esp_2D00_now" /><category term="touchscreen" scheme="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/touchscreen" /><category term="KY-024" scheme="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/KY_2D00_024" /></entry><entry><title>FarmShield: A Subscription Free, Solar-Powered LoRa Mesh Network for Remote Environmental and Water monitoring</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/posts/farmshield-a-subscription-free-solar-powered-lora-mesh-network-for-remote-environmental-and-water-monitoring" /><id>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/posts/farmshield-a-subscription-free-solar-powered-lora-mesh-network-for-remote-environmental-and-water-monitoring</id><published>2026-08-16T01:01:48Z</published><updated>2026-08-16T01:01:48Z</updated><content type="html">Hey everyone! Here is a project that my friend and I have worked on for the past month or so!FarmShield directly addresses the difficulty of monitoring remote environmental and water parameters across large farms and protected areas where manual insp...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/posts/farmshield-a-subscription-free-solar-powered-lora-mesh-network-for-remote-environmental-and-water-monitoring"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=30054&amp;AppID=492&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Liam_Mitch</name><uri>https://community.element14.com/members/liam_5f00_mitch</uri></author><category term="esp32" scheme="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/esp32" /><category term="lowpower" scheme="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/lowpower" /><category term="lora" scheme="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/lora" /><category term="network monitoring" scheme="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/network%2bmonitoring" /><category term="rf" scheme="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/rf" /></entry><entry><title>A NUT (Network UPS Tools) itch that needed scratching</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/posts/a-nut-itch-that-needed-scratching" /><id>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/posts/a-nut-itch-that-needed-scratching</id><published>2026-08-01T19:04:40Z</published><updated>2026-08-01T19:04:40Z</updated><content type="html">I had an IT itch that I needed to scratch. The yard supervisor met me at the office with his phone, he stated, &amp;ldquo;We&amp;rsquo;re performing seed-plant maintenance and received this message.&amp;rdquo; He showed me a screenshot of the control computer fo...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/posts/a-nut-itch-that-needed-scratching"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=30011&amp;AppID=492&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>colporteur</name><uri>https://community.element14.com/members/colporteur</uri></author><category term="network monitoring" scheme="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/network%2bmonitoring" /><category term="raspberry pi" scheme="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/raspberry%2bpi" /><category term="usb communication" scheme="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/usb%2bcommunication" /></entry></feed>