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By: Lauren Harrington, Evan Tipton, Tyler Kenney, and Berfin Bircan
The Food Dood
The Food Dood is the ideal grocery list companion. It has several buttons, each associated with a food. When the user runs out of a certain food, they can simply press the button associated with the food and have a light turn on. This is useful because it allows the user to easily look at the Food Dood and quickly compile a grocery list. Further, when a button is pressed, a song plays to help you remember which foods you've run out of!
How It Works
When a button is pressed, it sends a signal to the codeBit which allows the button to act as a toggle to power an LED. The LED is hidden behind a picture of each food, which gives a nice backlight to the image. The images of the food were drawn onto sticky notes. The powered output then runs through a wireless transmitter, which sends the signal to a wireless receiver, which can be placed anywhere in the room. This current enters a second codeBit, which plays a song associated with whatever food's switch has been turned on through a speaker.
This module will be placed on the fridge itself. It contains the buttons, LEDs, a codeBit, and a wireless transmitter.
Attach the Module to the fridge by using velcro.
This module can be placed anywhere (even on a different floor!). This module receives the transmitter signal from the module on the fridge and plays the music.
List of all LittleBits parts and any other significant parts used
2 Power Bits
Fork
3 Push Buttons
3 LEDs
Wireless Transmitter
Wireless Receiver
2 CodeBits
Speaker
Notice: This project was developed as part of the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering course ENGR1716 The Art of Making: An Introduction to Hands-on System Design and Engineering
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