It’s a simple build, pairing the 801s vibration sensor with a Raspberry Pi Zero. Naturally, adapter boards are readily available to make hooking things up easy.

Starter code and library files are also available on the Tarts Sensors website. Benefits of Tarts Wireless Sensors: Wireless gateways for Arduino, Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone Black.

Philip Gutjahr is using a Raspberry Pi 5 to power his Sensorpack project which features an array of sensors that are super useful and fun to tinker with.