Charity Project: Star Trek Holoroom Donation box

To support the local parks of Cambridge. I have been developing an interactive, solar powered, 2G GSM enabled donation box.

Progress as follows:

A cool 3D Printed design that will protect the electronics

Includes an opening designed for a touch screen, and slanted extrusion for a solar panel

Touch screen wired up to a an Arduino Featherwing

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GSM 2G Module for texting and basic internet connection

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Solar panel and relay as part of the recharging circuit

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Software tests confirming hardware is functional.
When I have more time, this will be replaced with a star trek themed holo-deck interface with a QR Code link for donation and text utilisation to create an interactive experience!

NEXT STEPS

  • .3D Print the design
  • .Write main holo-deck interactive software
  • .Create utilities for charging management, 2G GSM module and remote update methods.

Until next time!

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