Morning Mojo

Kalinda Wagner, Nick Santucci, Sara Keriakes

This project was developed as part of the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering course ENGR 0716 The Art of Making: An Introduction to Hands-On System Design and Engineering.

What is Morning Mojo?

Morning Mojo is a LittleBits project made for those with busy lives who dislike getting out of bed. With Morning Mojo, your routine will become easier with just the sound of your alarm. Our working prototype of Morning Mojo currently can play music, light up a disco ball, and send your morning routine right to your notes app. Here's a video demo:

AoMLilBitsProj.mov

IMG_7625.MOV

How Morning Mojo Works

Morning Mojo uses four IoT Bits which are connected to the cloud in order to communicate with each other. The first IoT bit is connected to a button. When this button is pressed, it tells the IoT bit to send a HIGH signal to the cloud. The middle two IoT bits then read this signal and sends a HIGH signal to the bits they are connected to. In this case, an IR Transmitter and an MP3 Player and Speaker. The IR Transmitter sends a signal to the IR Sensor which turns on the power to the Disco Ball. The MP3 Player has music installed which is the played on the Speaker. Additionally, using IFTTT we are able to monitor the cloud stream and send notes to a notes app when a HIGH signal is detected. When the user wants to turn off the power, all they have to do is toggle the switch at the end, which will send a LOW signal and cause all bits to turn off. The Threshold bit is required as a LOW signal is still too much power and the bits won't turn off, so a higher threshold is set with the Threshold bit in order to make sure they turn off properly when the LOW signal is sent.

Morning Mojo Anatomy

x4 IoT bits
x2 p4 power
x2 p3 usb power
AC switch
i3 button
o18 ir transmitter
x3 o1 led
x2 i23 threshold
o26 speaker
i25 mp3 player
i2 toggle switch

Other:

disco ball light

The Future of Morning Mojo

With further development, IoT could be used to connect to appliances such as coffee makers, radios, toasters, smart refrigerators, etc., so that the user has the most streamlined routine possible. Some current limitations include the transportability of the littleBits and how generally fragile the system is. The device can be spotty at times as well. This could possibly be improved or fixed by fortifying device with extra securities or by making sure the device is in a location with stable internet at all times