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Laying out goals for this project is daunting as I’m not yet sure how to achieve them. Here are our HMW statements for this project

HMW?

  1. Create a Pomodoro timer with visual feedback that can be easily read at a glance (NeoPixel light ring)
  2. Control the timer using the IMU on the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense or the Circuit Playground Bluefruit boards I already have
  3. Convey this information to another system via serial connection (or Bluetooth??)
  4. Create data visualization in Processing to visualize (in an inspiring, encouraging way) work productivity by showing Pomodoros during a day and where interruptions occurred.

Formfactor

Circuit playground housing in the shape of an egg that has a flattened face so when you turn it over the lights are facing down signifying work is not being done and you shouldn’t feel bad about that. When facing up, timer is running and displays a sequence of lights that indicate time passing and progress is being made!

Stretch goal – use the buttons on the face of the egg to adjust the timer for interruptions or for changing the time interval up by one LED (segment of time currently is 5 min per LED on Circuit playground model as there are 10 NeoPixels).

Encouraging reference information:

Get started with machine learning on Arduino | Arduino Blog

Playground Bluetooth Plotter | Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit | Adafruit Learning System

IMU Controlled LED Cube (Simon Says) – (duino4projects.com)

Overview | Circuit Playground Bike Glove | Adafruit Learning System

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