Fitness Tracker for Cats

Inspiration

The need to monitor my cat's health and activity to lose weight inspired me to create this fitness tracker.

What it does

It monitors my cat's physical activity per day by monitoring the cat's movement.

How we built it

We built it using Raspberry Pi Pico to collect and process data, an accelerometer to monitor the cat's movement, and a small display to show the data.

Challenges we ran into

The main challenge I ran into was the product's weight, which made it too heavy to test on my cat. The second challenge that I ran into was the gravity which the accelerometer also measured along with the movement which ruined the data.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I'm proud of how I successfully built and programmed the fitness tracker to accurately monitor only the movement data and not the acceleration of gravity.

What we learned

I learned how to use and interface an accelerometer with a Raspberry Pi and process only the movement data of the cat.

What's next for Fitness Tracker for Cats

Make the product smaller and lighter to test the product on my cat.

Built With

• esp-32
• python
• raspberry-pi-pico