Tomata Chickena
cute chicken pet that will increase your productivity!
Day 1
I was thinking really hard and I got an idea- so its the Tomata Chickena, a cute pet that would increase productivity. Well, lets just say I procrastinate a bit too much and its a bit of an issue, and I kind of ignore to-do lists. So, I tried to have virtual pets! They worked for a bit... but not much, because I don't get emotionally attached to something.. virtual. [vine boom]
wut if it was physical, just like a pet? not just any pet, one that could potentially... live forever!
So, this chicken changes it all! Its a (pomodoro)tomato (rooster)chicken, and its a clock! (just like how those chicken wake you up in the morning), but this one will scream on top of its lungs (or speaker) to make you do your work!! :D Here's a thing I drew while brainstorming
Brainstorm
As I think, many ideas rush in my brain, so, here are some functions I'm going to add! (hopefully)
- able to mount onto a pegboard
- able to clip onto my bed railing
- silent mode (uses headphones so doesn't disturb people)
- a screen; shows what work to do
- connects to computer to add to-dos or track wakatime maybe
- gotta do work to feed chicken
- voice chicken, and maybe beg friends with some ramen for other random chicken sounds... (or duck)
- pomodoro timer :D
- has a motor and could swing itself
- some buttons to interact with screen
- very, very loud speaker to play the noise!! :D
Anddd here's a little drawing of how I would make the chicken... next time, imma continue more!! byee
[end of day 1 <3]
Day 2
Weeeel, I've been procrastinating a bit lately. I decided that enough is enough and today, I will start with the bom, pcb, etc. I did some brainstorming on paper and I am going to use a Raspberry Pi Zero 2w I got from high seas! (:D) and here's a little pic of the chicken i did in figma! I will refer to this for future things. The idea is to make the back acrylic and use some colorful jumper wires for some of the parts!!
Components and link
I'm going to find components on Cytron for now, it will be expensive but its easy to find, and I will find the exact same stuff on Taobao for cheaper :3
- Speaker: https://www.adafruit.com/product/1314
- Amplifier: https://www.adafruit.com/product/3006
- LED thing: https://my.cytron.io/p-1w-high-power-led-beads-6000k-cool-white
- Screen (oled?): -
- Joystick: https://my.cytron.io/p-2-axis-analog-and-button-ps2-joystick-module
- Button: (maybe the one from solder but make a cap and use springs?)
- Servo: (already owned)
- Touch sensor: (owned)
- Toggle switch?: https://my.cytron.io/p-hl8211-push-to-on-button
- Battery: https://my.cytron.io/p-3.7v-5000mah-li-ion-battery-with-jst-ph2.0
- Charge controller: https://my.cytron.io/p-lithium-battery-tp4056-1a-usb-c-charger-with-protection
This would wrap up for day 2, I spent ~1 hour researching and drawing the thing! There's also a bit ~1 hour thinking these days but might not count that...