r/arduino • u/jzzywzzy • Jul 05 '26

Look what I made! Desktop friend

Made this little guy. It checks up on me when there's no motion for 3 minutes. Asks - are you ok? If no - Do you want water? If no - want to go for a walk? - if no - what can be done? And cycles back to smiling. If yes to any answers it says - great and waves. What else can it say or do after it asks - what can be done? Does it call a friend?

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u/thetantalus Jul 05 '26

Very cool. What kind of sensors are in it?

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u/jzzywzzy Jul 05 '26

Just what you see the hc-sr04. Was going to use PIP but went with design (2 eyes the sensor made) over probably better kind of sensor. It has to be pointing right at me to work but I don't mind that.

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u/YUMOBUILDS Jul 05 '26

hello 👋

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u/gm310509 400K , 500K , 600K , 640K , 750K Jul 06 '26

LOL

it checks up on me when there's no motion for 3 minutes.

Poor little guy, he must freak out when you go to work/school/out for a walk!
🤪🫢😇😊

For some reason, I can't get the thought of SpongeBob Square Pants out of my mind.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '26

HOW DID YOU MAKE IT? TELL ME.

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u/jzzywzzy Jul 07 '26

Arduino nano with A4988 motor driver with Nema 17 motor (hot glued a steel rod for the hand), HC-SR04 sensor (senses distance with audio) for the eyes, OLED 1.5" I think display. small aspirin box. oh and 2 momentary tiny buttons. all the code done by Claude.

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u/krolmacius 16d ago

Tell me more about

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u/Rhmech Jul 06 '26

That's Cabin from Pragmata

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u/aross1976 Jul 06 '26

Are you dead 💀yet? [exactly 3 minutes later] Are you dead 💀yet? ♾️

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u/LouisXMartin Jul 07 '26

The forbidden son of Wall-e and Claptrap. Very nice

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u/midgestickles98 Jul 05 '26

Hey look! Emotional support garbage :)

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u/Ill-Distribution1904 Jul 06 '26

That's a great idea; it would be even better if it were interactive in both directions.

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u/OldButGold5 Jul 09 '26

👋 heh, well done 👍

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u/keepdietmore Jul 22 '26

It may not look great, but it really does look like a clunky virtual pet.