Published October 13, 2020 © GPL3+

Protest Object for Young Introverts

For this project I made a small framed board that when tilted towards an emotion, lights up the corresponding light.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Adafruit Circuit Playground Express

Li-Ion Battery 1000mAh

Story

I was brainstorming ideas of social justices that get overlooked consistently and can have a major impact over someone's life. I am talking about introverts, who can develop social anxiety through common misunderstandings that come with being introvert. I decided to focus on the younger age demographic of kindergarten and elementary school. I made a small board that can help shy students grab the attention of their teacher or mentor and express one of four common emotions so start a conversation.

When making this board, I looked at a tutorial from Adafruit using the accelerometer that comes with the Circuit Playground Express. I have it set to the four cardinal direction and when tilted, it will light up a color that corresponds with an emotion which I wrote and color-coded on the board. Hopefully younger students can create more opportunities to express themselves and grow to be the amazing individuals they are.

Materials

Board

Battery in Frame

Completed

JavaScript

light.setBrightness(10)
forever(function () {
    if (input.acceleration(Dimension.Y) >= 350) {
        light.showRing(
        `purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple`
        )
    } else if (input.acceleration(Dimension.Y) <= -350) {
        light.showRing(
        `green green green green green green green green green green`
        )
    } else if (input.acceleration(Dimension.X) >= 350) {
        light.showRing(
        `blue blue blue blue blue blue blue blue blue blue`
        )
    } else if (input.acceleration(Dimension.X) <= -350) {
        light.showRing(
        `red red red red red red red red red red`
        )
    } else {
        light.clear()
    }
})

Protest Object for Young Introverts

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Story

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JavaScript

Credits

Connor Wardell

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Protest Object for Young Introverts

Protest Object for Young Introverts

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Story

Code

JavaScript

Credits

Connor Wardell

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