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hardware · May 2026
Desk Climate Monitor
An ESP32 + sensor board that logs temperature, humidity and CO₂ at my desk and pushes it to a tiny dashboard. My first proper electronics-meets-software build.
Second example — showing a hardware/engineering project alongside the
software one, so you can see how the kind tag colour-codes them.
Why I built it
Swap in your real story. The tone across the whole site should sound like you, not a spec sheet.
The build
Mix prose with photos of the process — people love seeing the messy bench shots, not just the finished render.
A bit of firmware:
void loop() {
float t = sensor.readTemperature();
float h = sensor.readHumidity();
publish("desk/temp", t);
publish("desk/humidity", h);
delay(60000);
}
Result
What worked, what surprised you, what’s next.