Dodecatimer

Arduino

The Dodecatimer is a unique timer. It is a dodecahedron with numbers on each side. Each number represents a value of time. For example, the number 10 represents ten seconds. When the Dodecatimer is picked up and reset, by simply shaking it, and placed down, the timer begins with whatever value is facing upwards. The Dodecatimer will recharge its batteries via wireless charging (qi compatible). It uses a gyroscope to detect which face is facing upwards. To give feedback to the user while they use the Dodecatimer, it has a vibration motor and a speaker. This will allow the user to know that the Dodecatimer has successfully recognized their action such as resetting the Dodecatimer. The Dodecatimer utilizes an Arduino to control the gyroscope, vibration motor, and audio amplifier for the system. The major accomplishment was the code for the Dodecatimer and how it is able to distinguish all twelve faces. One area that could be improved in the future is the audio feedback. The sound could potentially be altered to play an mp3 instead of a constant tone. A person can have their favorite song play to signal that the timer has ended.

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Artifacts

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Project Summary Video This is a video that gives an overview of what our project is and highlights some of the key challenges we faced.   Link
Project Closeout This document is made up of our design impact statement, project timeline, scope and engineering requirements summary, risk register, and future reccomendations.   Download
Executive Summary This document describes what the goal was for the project and describes how we approached it. It includes our project timeline and a few key lessons we learned from this experience.   Download