World's Most Annoying Alarm
Hardware- 2 Devlogs
- 7 Total hours
An alarm clock designed to annoy and insult you.
Hi hi!
Few issues with the code - Only 6 of the 10 insults that you have added can appear on the screen. On line 36, you put const int totalInsults = 6;. However, you put 10 insults, so the last 4 will not be used.. Please change this. In addition, the alarm clock can trigger repeatedly. The alarm checks the clock every loop. Because the alarm routine can block for several seconds, it may trigger again during the same second or repeat its insult when the loop resumes. A better approach is to track whether the alarm has already fired that day, rather than relying on a string comparison.
In addition to this, the PCB files are wrong! You just need the .kicad_pro, .kicad_pcb, and .kicad_sch.. If you have any custom footprints or schematics, add those as well.
In your production folder, you are missing the final firmware, and the seperate parts of the alarm clock case.
Once all of these changes are made, resubmit, and someone from our team will take a look! :)
Hi hi!
Great work! However, before the project can be approved, you have to use the file structure that has been provided.. Please follow the file structure: https://blare.hackclub.com/docs/submitting-your-project
I finished the firmware for the world’s most annoying alarm clock! It insults you every time the alarm blares, and you can optionally press the second key to get insulted on purpose. YAY ig.
I finished the CAD work for the project, and also the PCB. LibrePCB is very different from KiCAD, so I spent a lot of time figuring out how to use the different tool, but it’s a lot less confusing than KiCAD, so I’m happy with the knowledge I gained. I then did Onshape. Uptil now, the most I’ve done in Onshape is make an incense stick holder, so it was a pleasant surprise to discover the capability and intuivitiveness of the tool. Thanks for the tutorial, BLARE!
