Introduction:

Have to wake up early to go to work or school, but you have to make breakfast? Tired of waking up feeling annoyed but having no way to relieve your stress? Have you heard of scream therapy? Well, this is your answer. The Yummy Morning 2023 will fix your problems and ensure that you have a yummy morning every day. Our latest product is an egg cracker that is inspired by scream therapy, where it is activated by the user screaming/yelling (depending on whatever your release is.....) at the chicken, which will then drop an egg right into your pan. The egg is cracked and ready to be cooked, and you get to release your frustrations.....what could be a better combination than this? Are you worried about the eggshells in your eggs? Don't be! Egg shells are 95% calcium, making your bones stronger and promoting your teeth's health. The Yummy Morning 2023 is here to make you healthier and happier. You get protein with a bit of crunch..... hmmmmmm yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Really.

Features:

Sound sensors that detect the frequency of your voice and activate the egg drop
A buzzer that sounds at the same time the egg drops to signal the job in action
A servo motor that controls the egg slide and drops only one egg at a time
A 1-digit display that shows the number of times an egg has been dropped, which helps count the number of eggs you have used
A button to reset the 1-digit display after you have used up all the eggs in the 'chicken' and have to refill OR to reset after using The Yummy Morning 2023 and knowing how many eggs you used

Supplies

1.Ardurino Kit- two sound sensors, servo motor, buzzer, button, 1-digit display, jumper wires, female to male dupont wires, breadboard, UNO R3 controller board, USB cable

2.Two pieces of 32x18 in 3mm plywood

3.One 7mm round wooden dowel

4.Rubber chicken

5.Eggs (hard-boiled for testing and raw for demonstration)

Step 1: The Yummy Morning 2023 Logic

Yummy uses two sound sensors and a servo motor to release the eggs.

Step 2: Tools

1.Glue Gun

2.Exacto Knife

3.Scissor

4.Scotch tape and paper tape

5.Bob Smith Glue

6.Miter box

7.Drill gun

Step 3: Experimentation

We first started by thinking about a way we could get the egg to be released one at a time. We first designed a spinning wheel prototype that will dispatch one egg at every spin but soon had difficulty in making a supply of eggs connected to the contraption. We did not want a machine that you had to refill the egg supply after using it only once. We wanted to create a tube that would contain a few eggs that would drop into the spinning wheel but we were again met with challenges in trying to have only one egg released at a time while the rest of the eggs are safe inside. After much experimentation, we came up with a new design for the machine which is what you see now.

Yummy Mornings - Step #3
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Step 4: Preparing the Base Structure

This is a collection of our laser-cut layout, a rendered view of our machine, and an exploded render drawing of our new and improved design. The eggs are placed on the slide and they are prevented from rolling down by using a stopper that is attached to the second half of the slide that is connected to the servo motor.

Step 5: Assembling the Circuit

Real-life wiring of the circuit and a fritzing diagram via TinkerCad

Step 6: The Code

We first defined the pitches to be played by the buzzer and defined all the integers. We then set up the segment pins for the led display from 0-9, and also set up the decimal point to blink as the numbers increase. In void loop, we added a button to reset the number of eggs to 0 and assigned it a sound every time the button is pressed. In the if statement, the sound sensors activate the buzzer speaker, motor, and led display once they reach a threshold of 508.

Step 7: Assembling Yummy

We first glued the pieces of wood to make the two slides. The first half (longer) of the slide is glued to the two large walls. On the left smaller wall, we made a box to hold the motor. The second half (shorter) is secured by a motor that is slid into a box on the left smaller wall. Then we put a round dowel through the bottom of the entire second half of the slide and attach one side of it to the right smaller wall with the other glued to the other side of the motor. Then we glued the three pieces of wings to each other and stuck them onto the large wall on either side of the machine. Then we glued the entire contraption onto a piece of wood as a base that we can use to carry the machine and also to store the breadboard and the UNO chip under the slide. Next, we added a removable slab of wood on top of the two walls to protect the egg and for it to be easy to refill eggs as needed. Lastly, we added the top half of the rubber chicken to the top wooden slab.