Inspiration
Shake Weights got incredibly viral in the late 2000's/early 2010's, and we wanted to see if we could not only recreate it's function involving technology, but also adding other functions to it to make it more complex.
What it does
It tracks every motion using the built in gyroscope sensor, as well as tracks your heart rate.
How we built it
We used an Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Rev 2 board and a MAX30100/30102 sensor chip to build this project.
Challenges we ran into
Each of us in the group hasn't done anything hardware-related, so it was a challenge right from the start, just to see what each individual part does, how to connect them together, how to code it so that each part does what we want, just as a few examples. We definitely ran into a lot of problems along the way.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We're proud of how quickly we were able to grasp the basics of Arduino building and programming, as we thought it would be a much more difficult task than we thought it would be.
What we learned
We learned the basics of Arduino building, programming, as well as a lot of cool, little details that come with programming hardware.
What's next for Shake Weight App Simulator
We would like to connect the Arduino board to an app and show the data there, as currently, it only displays the data in the Serial Monitor.
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