Pomodoro Progress: Millis to go
Creating a visual display on the computer using Processing to read a value from the counting loop on the Arduino and visualize that as a metric of time worked. The…
Pontificating on Pomodoro Project Progress
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? Create a Pomodoro timer…
Serial communication with Arduino
Passing sensor data from the onboard sensors on the Nano to the serial monitor worked fine and I could see them in both the serial monitor and the plotter. Parsing…
Pomodoro Timer Using NeoPixel feedback ring
Creating a Pomodoro timer that works using the delay function from the library was much more difficult than I would have thought it was going to be. The standard delay…
Light Ring Customization
While working on customizing a light ring for my hand-blender prototype I ran into some issues I should have expected. My Arduino Uno board is still driving the LCD screen…
Electronics (batteries) lasted longer than the client!
Trick-or-Treating is serious business. And who wants to let down an excited 4 year old? The brief was to create a robot costume that would be interactive and entertaining to…
NeoPixels for Halloween
I've been tasked with creating some flare for a little person's halloween plans and I'm behind schedule, but once these NeoPixels arrived from Adafruit yesterday I was able to try…