Hackster.io member “t ps” has created an Internet of Things (IoT) Raspberry Pi rain checking system complete with a light sensor to provide a way of triggering other devices or code using the ...

First things first, Moser got an ambient lighting setup working with XBMC and the Pi, then rigged up a system so he could split various HDMI inputs together.

The project is completely open source and based on a Raspberry Pi base station which connects to ESP32 based sensor nodes and online services to nicely present the data on a 7″ touch screen display.

Raspberry Pi add-ons are often popular, and here is one for increased I/O. It's created by Pi 2 Design, "to deliver on the promise of the 'Internet of Things' for real world projects," they say.