The Cursed Pumpkin

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  Knackered night

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Our first hackathon.

What it does

Powered by an Arduino in C code, the pumpkin has an ultrasound speaker that measures distance (apparently accurate to 12metres) that then sends requests to a server that determines state changes, forwarding to a speaker with sounds on it and plays sounds depending on the distance of objects in front of it. It also fades the LED colours glowing from within the pumpkin according to the distance of the object/person/entity in front. Especially spooky in the mist.

Challenges we ran into

Originally we spent a few hours using a different micro board as we had not the items to create our idea before starting, so we were hoping to get our hands on others' scraps. However we found out that it was locked to the previous user's account so had to switch back to a fallback plan. One of the key members of the group also left a day before the hackathon began due to severe illness. On the first day we worked out that we did not have the right cabling for the LED strip lights and two of our remaining team members quit.

Furthermore, one of our valuable friends broke his laptop whilst editing some code and looking at some Arduino videos..!

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We were able to adapt swiftly and make many major changes in succession. We are also proud of our amazing pumpkin carving skills (naturally).

What we learned

We learnt a TON about how connecting different things to Arduino works, and how different each element can be, which makes it very versatile.

What's next for The Cursed Pumpkin

Scaring people around campus for the next week!

Built With

• arduino
• c
• javascript
• pumpkin
• python