Published February 12, 2017

Quizmo

A gadget to help your kids practice basic arthematics.

IntermediateShowcase (no instructions)6 hours2,500

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO

Adafruit Standard LCD - 16x2 White on Blue

Adafruit 4x3 Keypad

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE

Story

This project is related to developing a handy gadget to help kids practice basic arithmetic operations. I decided to make it as my kids were very lazy to look into the books and come back very soon saying that they have done it (specially multiplication tables). This gadget randomly asks different questions and evaluate kids performance.

For this you need a 4x3 keypad to interact with the gadget and an LCD to show you results. for connectivity of LCD with arduino, you can follow instructions on below path:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Connecting-an-LCD-to-the-Arduino/

Once you have setup brightness using the rehestat, you can note down the values and replace it with fixed resistors or keep it there if you want the user to adjust brightness as per his/her comfort.

In order to connect keypad with arduino, use guide on this link:

http://www.instructables.com/id/interface-keypad-with-arduino/

Power up Arduino and it will ask you what kind of quiz you want to take. Selec appropriate option and it will start. Once you have input your answer, you need to press * in order to submit and let the gadeget check your answer. In order to finish the quiz or take next one, press # and main menu will appear again. You can increase the difficulty level from the code by changing the maximum range of random number generator. This gadget currently produces random questions by using numbers from 1 to 12.

Code

Arduino Code

#include <Keypad.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>

LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);

long rand1,rand2,ans,ans1,opr,score,total;
char selec,selec1;
boolean quiz=false;
String stringTwo;

const byte ROWS = 4; //four rows
const byte COLS = 3; //three columns
char keys[ROWS][COLS] = {
  {'1','2','3'},
  {'4','5','6'},
  {'7','8','9'},
  {'*','0','#'}
};
byte rowPins[ROWS] = {10, 9, 8, 7}; //connect to the row pinouts of the keypad
byte colPins[COLS] = {6,1,0}; //connect to the column pinouts of the keypad

Keypad keypad = Keypad( makeKeymap(keys), rowPins, colPins, ROWS, COLS );

void setup(){
  lcd.begin(16, 2);
  mk_menu();
  keypad.addEventListener(keypadEvent);
}
  
void loop(){
  selec = keypad.getKey();
  while (selec==NO_KEY){ 
    selec = keypad.getKey();
  }
  lcd.print(selec);
  delay(500);
  if (selec!=NO_KEY){
    switch(selec){
      case '1':
         quiz=true;
         opr=1;
         quiz_sum();
      break;
      case '2':
        quiz=true;
        opr=2; 
        quiz_subt();
      break;
      case '3':
        quiz=true;
        opr=3; 
        quiz_mult();
      break;
    }
  }
}

void mk_menu(){
  lcd.clear();
  lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
  lcd.print("1)+ 2)- 3)x");
  lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
  lcd.print("Choose: ");
}
void quiz_sum(){
    lcd.clear();
    lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    rand1=random(1,99);
    rand2=random(1,99);
    lcd.print("Find ");
    lcd.print(rand1);
    lcd.print("+");
    lcd.print(rand2);
    lcd.print("?");
    ans1=rand1+rand2;
    selec1 = keypad.getKey();
    while (selec1==NO_KEY){ 
      selec1 = keypad.getKey();
    }  
    while (quiz){
      while (selec1==NO_KEY){ 
      selec1 = keypad.getKey();
    }
     switch(selec1){
      case NO_KEY:
         break;
      default:
        lcd.print(selec1);
        stringTwo.concat(selec1);
        ans=stringTwo.toInt();
        //lcd.print(stringTwo);
        selec1=NO_KEY;
        break;
    }
  }
}

void quiz_subt(){
    lcd.clear();
    lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    rand1=random(1,99);
    rand2=random(1,99);
    lcd.print("Find ");
    if(rand1>=rand2){
      lcd.print(rand1);
      lcd.print("-");
      lcd.print(rand2);
      ans1=rand1-rand2;
    }
    else if(rand1<rand2){
      lcd.print(rand2);
      lcd.print("-");
      lcd.print(rand1);
      ans1=rand2-rand1;
    }
    lcd.print("?");
    selec1 = keypad.getKey();
    while (selec1==NO_KEY){ 
      selec1 = keypad.getKey();
    }  
    while (quiz){
      while (selec1==NO_KEY){ 
      selec1 = keypad.getKey();
    }
     switch(selec1){
      case NO_KEY:
         break;
      default:
        lcd.print(selec1);
        stringTwo.concat(selec1);
        ans=stringTwo.toInt();
        //lcd.print(stringTwo);
        selec1=NO_KEY;
        break;
    }
  }
}

void quiz_mult(){
    lcd.clear();
    lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    rand1=random(1,12);
    rand2=random(1,12);
    lcd.print("Find ");
    lcd.print(rand1);
    lcd.print("x");
    lcd.print(rand2);
    lcd.print("?");
    ans1=rand1*rand2;
    selec1 = keypad.getKey();
    while (selec1==NO_KEY){ 
      selec1 = keypad.getKey();
    }  
    while (quiz){
      while (selec1==NO_KEY){ 
      selec1 = keypad.getKey();
    }
     switch(selec1){
      case NO_KEY:
         break;
      default:
        lcd.print(selec1);
        stringTwo.concat(selec1);
        ans=stringTwo.toInt();
        //lcd.print(stringTwo);
        selec1=NO_KEY;
        break;
    }
  }
}

void chk_ans(){
  lcd.clear();
  if (ans1==ans){
     lcd.clear();
     lcd.print("Correct");
     score=score+1; 
  }
  else {
     lcd.clear();
     lcd.print("Incorrect");
  }
}
void keypadEvent(KeypadEvent key){
    switch (keypad.getState()){
    case PRESSED:
        if (key == '*') {
            chk_ans();
            total=total+1;
            stringTwo="";
            delay(400);
            if(opr==1){
              quiz_sum();
            }
            else if(opr==2){
              quiz_subt();
            }
            else if(opr==3){
              quiz_mult();
            }
        }
        else if (key == '#') {
            quiz=false;
            stringTwo="";
            lcd.clear();
            lcd.print("Your Score: ");
            lcd.print(score);
            lcd.print("/");
            lcd.print(total);
            delay(1500);
            score=0;
            total=0;
            mk_menu();
            loop();
        }
        break;
    }
}

Credits

Zeeshan

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