Pocket Pet

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  Inside the case

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  Turned on, in midst of animation

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  Turned off

Inspiration

We were inspired by playing with Tomogachis.

What it does

Simulates a pet that you need to feed, otherwise it will starve

How we built it

Used Arduino and C++ programming knowledge, along with modeled and printed a plastic case to hold the electronics.

Challenges we ran into

Accidentally wiring it backwards and burning a screen, as well as making it keep the hunger even when off.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• Getting the whole project put together
• Finishing the code
• Seeing our pet be animated on screen for the first time ## What we learned
• Pixel art and animation
• Uses of LCD screens
• EEPROM on Arduino
• CAD softwares
• Arduino IDE ## What's next for Pocket Pet
• Making it smaller
• Adding more functions (defecating, playing games, step counter, making it encourage physical activity)

Built With

• arduino
• c++
• github