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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Make a Connection </title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection</link><description>Post your Project Competition Entries for the Make a Connection competition</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:52:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection" /><item><title>Alarm with ZIHATEC AZ-Touch, ESP8266 and ESP-NOW communication</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/posts/alarm-with-zihatec-az-touch-esp8266-and-esp-now-communication</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:52:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:cab10ccc-4595-485a-b809-6f88bac535ac</guid><dc:creator>Spain_mtg</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=30075</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/posts/alarm-with-zihatec-az-touch-esp8266-and-esp-now-communication#comments</comments><description>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;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/esp32">esp32</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/hc_2D00_sr501">hc-sr501</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/esp_2D00_now">esp-now</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/touchscreen">touchscreen</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/KY_2D00_024">KY-024</category></item><item><title>FarmShield: A Subscription Free, Solar-Powered LoRa Mesh Network for Remote Environmental and Water monitoring</title><link>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</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:01:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:f88195a8-fb6d-4ccc-a3aa-ee078547499d</guid><dc:creator>Liam_Mitch</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=30054</wfw:commentRss><comments>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#comments</comments><description>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;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/esp32">esp32</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/lowpower">lowpower</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/lora">lora</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/network%2bmonitoring">network monitoring</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/rf">rf</category></item><item><title>A NUT (Network UPS Tools) itch that needed scratching</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/posts/a-nut-itch-that-needed-scratching</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:04:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:68dff1de-81d0-4f43-a942-755e353dba2d</guid><dc:creator>colporteur</dc:creator><slash:comments>6</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=30011</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/posts/a-nut-itch-that-needed-scratching#comments</comments><description>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;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/network%2bmonitoring">network monitoring</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/raspberry%2bpi">raspberry pi</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/b/make-a-connection/archive/tags/usb%2bcommunication">usb communication</category></item></channel></rss>