E-Fidget – an RP2040-based haptic board #PiDay #RaspberryPi @Raspberry_Pi
Micha appeared on this weeks’ Show and Tell videocast discussing their project: E-Fidget. E-Fidget is a battery-powered haptic feedback based fidget spinner. It’s RP2040-based and 100% OSHW!
The E-Fidget is a new kind of fidget spinner. It uses haptic feedback in the form of 8 vibration motors to simulate the feeling of spinning while not moving at all. This provides several benefits, including being able to be “spun” from inside of a pocket to reduce distraction, and much lower noise levels.
The E-Fidget is based around the RP2040 microcontroller, the same one found inside the popular Raspberry Pi Pico! It has 16 MBits of on-board flash storage, and 8 vibration motors with corresponding MOSFET drivers.
The recommended software for the E-Fidget is CircuitPython, the easy-to-use Python port for microcontrollers. While you’re free to try other languages, I won’t be able to support you with them as readily! (I’ll still try, of course)
Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell is every Wednesday at 7:30pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat and our Discord!
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