Alternatives

Products that do what SensorCast does

Every phone sensor, streamed to your microcontroller

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   Our new $149 hackable Bluetooth wristwatch▲460

   2011 · getinpulse.com

2. 2
   Iriun Webcam▲81

   Use your Android phone as a wireless webcam

   2021

3. 3
   Moonsense Recorder▲210

   Build live prototypes faster using mobile device sensor data

   2021

4. 4
   1 Sheeld▲61

   Turn your smartphone into a a sensor box for prototyping.

   2014

5. 5
   WyzeCam▲408

   A $19.99 tiny smart home camera

   2017

6. 6
   Watchspot TV▲80

   Play videos in tv directly from phone without screen casting

   2022

7. 7MA
   MobSquid, an SDK that makes it easier to interpret phone sensors▲28

   2011 · mobsquid.com

8. 8V1
   Version 1.1 of our $99 hackable Bluetooth smartwatch▲139

   2011 · wwww.getinpulse.com

9. 9
   Pocket Science Lab▲88

   Science and engineering experiments in your pocket

   2018

10. 10JA
    JanOS – A new OS that turns your smartphone into an IoT board▲123

    2015 · janos.io

11. 11
    Tic Watch S&E Edition▲93

    Most affordable ($119) and trendy Android Wear Smart Watch

    2017

12. 12
    Tipcast▲72

    The easiest way to show and tell from a smartphone.

    2014

13. 13
    Inirv React▲143

    Control your stove from your smartphone

    2017

14. 14IB
    I built a Raspberry Pi/Android driven toy car▲64

    I am not sure if this is fits the HN community, but I am posting it here if people are interested. This is the current iteration of the car: http://i.imgur.com/ko8YBh.jpg Details: I wrote a simple android app that streams the accelerometer data from the phone to the pi over a simple socket. The pi then uses this data to drive the DC motor and the servo motor. Tilting the phone to control the car feels very natural. In this[0] pic you can see the wifi dongle I've used. I am using Adafruit Occidental v0.2[1] as my OS because it has support for my wifi dongle. It also makes some hardware…

    2012

15. 15
    vybe▲71

    $49 faceless smart-watch / notification smart band

    2014

16. 16
    Vaavud▲80

    Wind meter for smartphones

    2014

17. 17
    Structure▲84

    3D Sensor for iOS

    2013

18. 18IC
    I created a PoC for live descriptions of the surroundings for the blind▲73

    The difference in cost between products that are developed as accessibility tools compared to consumer products is huge. One example is camera glasses where the accessibility product costs ~$3000 (Envision Glasses), and the consumer product costs ~$300 (Ray-Ban Meta). In this case the Ray-Ban Meta is getting accessibility features. The functionality is promising according to reviews, but requires the user to say "Hey meta what am I looking at" every time a scene is to be described. The battery life seem underwhelming as well. It would be nice to have an cheap and open source alternative to…

    2025 · github.com

19. 19
    uSound▲86

    Converts smartphones into digital hearing aids

    2015

20. 20OS
    Open source Android app building a network of barometers▲27

    2011 · market.android.com

21. 21AH
    A home environment sensor from a Raspberry Pi and an e-paper device▲55

    2014 · visionect-epaper.com

22. 22AA
    Audobox – Android Voice Recorder▲77

    2013 · audobox.com

23. 23DA
    Directional antenna alignment using phone motion sensors▲67

    2024 · star.conor.link

24. 24CA
    Connect a voice agent to your phone as a Bluetooth headset with a ESP32▲5

    Just a bunch of sub-$20 ESP32-A1S components and you can snap a voice agent into your smartphone and take all the calls for you

    Jul 2026 · github.com

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