Cen-Tree

Cent-Tree Prototype

Inspiration

One of our team members has an affinity for fidget toys but we wanted it to be more productive than it already was, so that it felt more than just extra stimuli and did good for the planet.

What it does

This gadget has the typical components of a fidget toy but contains an OLED screen who's picture responds to the button clicking, resulting in a tree slowly growing from seed to it's full form.

How we built it

We used an Arduino 101 and programmed it using breadboards, joysticks, button functions, and LED lights, with the Arduino IDE, we were able to run a few scripts of code to be able to change the image displayed on the OLED with every click.

Challenges we ran into

Some of the challenges we ran into were the compatibility and availability for a larger OLED screen, along with the power and storage compatibility for an Arduino 101 to run such a program.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Our team actually built something, we have something that we can take home with us back to SMC, and we know that we made them proud.

What we learned

We learned that our aspirations and plans can be ambitious if we had coordinated to execute them better. We believed that had we given more thought and planning for the project, we would have been able to create something even better.

What's next for Cen-Tree

We hope that Cen-Tree lives on at our home college, Santa Monica College, and we can have a physical representation of what collaboration is for the STEM students here.