StarbiePCB

Starbie (Ghosty)

PCB week Hack Club Half Life Guided Project (Starbie) turned nerdy reference covered tamagotchi like interactable toy. Started as the Starbie guided project, still mostly that, but with some tweaks. Built as week 1 project, but also to learn a bit about PCBs and electronics

A tamagotchi style PCB pet that you can interact with by physicially moving the board and by pressing buttons. I used a ghost sprite for the pet, but this can be changed if wanted.

Component schematics made in KiCad with help from the project guide. Schematics in StarbiePCB folder (StarbiePCB.kicad_sch.Ick ESP32 for processing, 8 and 4 pin for screen and motion sensor and DTH for enviromnent readings and buttons for menu selection

PCB then also edited in KiCad, changed the shape of the PCB to a non-descript triangle shape, routed the traces, and added some things to the board to truly make it my own. Gerber and Drill files are included in GerberAndDrills folder

The Screen, buttons, motion sensor, ESP32 and DHT-11 will be pegged into their places in the PCB once it has been manufactured.

Then for the firmware I just used the firmware supplied in the project folder, but to customize it a bit I changed the sprite to a custom made ghost sprite. Edit this bit array to change the sprite of the pet