Madara Mangekyou Sharingan eye AlarmClock Proposal
What inspired me how beautiful the transformation of this eye looks like and how the project looked like in my mind (expectations) and the difficulty of making some features that i chose to add and the mechanism that can perform this task since the mechanical design is not one of my superpowers which adds more spice challenge to the plate.
The project is just a simple alarm clock but what is unique and not simple is how it can be communicated through an app to set the alarm and could play something and set of lightings and most importantly the wonderfully difficult and challenging Sharingan transformation mechanism(or it could be a LED matrix @this idea just jumped on my mind @ ) when the alarm is on.
In simple steps:
the user can access the limited user interface in the back of the clock or can access the app
if using the interface there would be a set of buttons show where the HOURS, MINs, ON, OFF, SET, reset are while using the app could be the same with the addition of some features like adding tones, playing music, and editing lightings. (some of these features just jumped on my mind now, I know they could not be added but to make more versions of the project^^).
After setting the alarm and the time has come to ring the Sharingan transformation would take place and the ringtone would play.
Construction Parts
The volume of the project could be 16*10*16 cm^3 and to make it I might use laser cutting and print 3D parts using 3D printers.
Input (Sensing and/or User)
Sensors:
There would be an Ultrasonic sensor/ tactile touch sensor to act like a switch and as a key to open the Iris mechanism to check the clock whenever the user wants.
Tactile inputs:
There would be in the back of the alarm clock a set of buttons/potentiometers to set the HOURS,MINS, set, reset and the ON/OFF switch or the user can access the app and control those parameters along to some other features.
Action
Sound:
When the alarm starts it plays a certain mp3 ringtone or a buzzer would make a certain tone, the sound would go off when the user puts his/her hand away from the ultrasonic sensor at a certain distance or presses the touch sensor.
Motion:
When the alarm starts the iris mechanism would open revealing the clock behind and the lightings.
Light:
The 16*16 matrix display would illuminate when the alarm starts.
7 segment on the back or the LCD screen would display the time.
Brain
The brain to this project for now it would be Arduino Uno R3
Power Management
I would use a 9V adaptor and will not use batteries as this project would be for the disk/table use.
What I am aiming for^^
Frist try...
Second try...
Demo video explaining the face and the internal mechanism of the project..
Minimum Features: are the least amount of features that would demonstrate the coverage of all the technical modules and their complete integration
Complete Features: are the set of features that will complete your original project objective and vision
Nice-to-have Features: are the extra set of features that will make the project cooler, yet they need extra time, effort, and/or resources to finish
Minimum User Features
The Alarm goes on when the time comes
Action: 7 segments lights the time set to be the alarm time, Buzzer sound when the alarm goes on, LCD front display a message and the time.
Sensing: Ultrasonic Sensor/ Tactile touch sensor
User Input: A set of push buttons or potentiometers to set the Alarm time.
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Action:
Sensing:
User Input:
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Complete User Features
The Iris mechanism Opens and closes with a 16*16 Matrix display behind it.
Action: Servo motor, Matrix 16*16 display (Time and Madara pattern)
Sensing: Ultrasonic sensor/Tactile sensor opens/closes the Iris mechanism whenever the user like.
User Input: none
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Action:
Sensing:
User Input:
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Nice-to-have User Features
Wireless communication
Action:
Sensing:
User Input: Mobile app sets the time, tone and the matrix pattern.
Mp3 files Upload
Action:
Sensing:
User Input:
Changeable Matrix pattern RGB 16*16
Action:
Sensing:
User Input:
Task
Sub-Tasks
From:
To:
Working with new things
Learning how to use:
RTC module
LED Matrix
7 segment display
mp3 player
From 12/9
13/9 or 14/9
Puzzle building
Stage (1): Time Display
Using RTC to display the tome on LCD Display and 7 segment
14/9
15/9
Stage (2): Alarm
Using the RTC to make a simple alarm clock
15/9
16/9
Stage (3): INPUT
Using push buttons and potentiometer to input the time of the alarm while displaying this on the 7 segment.
16/9
18/9
Stage (4): Achieve the complete user features(Electronics and coding only)
Connecting the servo motor to the previous stage
18/9
20/9
Stage (5): Designing the enclosure and IRIS mechanism
Starts with designing the iris mechanism and the implement it in the enclosure..
20/9
22/9
Component/Material
Amount
Link
Led Matrix 8x8 + MAX7219 Module for Arduino & Microcontroller OR (16*16 LED Matrix module or RGB matrix 16*16)
4 (8*8matrix) or 1 (16*16 matrix)
https://ram-e-shop.com/product/kit-matrix-max7219/
1
https://ram-e-shop.com/product/kit-ultrasonic-txrx/
1
https://ram-e-shop.com/product/3-24v-piezo-electronic-buzzer-alarm-95db-continuous-sound-beeper/
Mono Speaker 8 ohms / below 3watts
1
Bluetooth module
1
https://ram-e-shop.com/product/kit-bluetooth-hc05/