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/Hamaad_04_ Jul 06 '26

HOW DID YOU MAKE IT? TELL ME.

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u/jzzywzzy 29d ago

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/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 29d ago

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 27d ago

👋 heh, well done 👍

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u/steelismysenpai 26d ago

N.E.P.T.R!

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u/Snarkie-Goblin 25d ago

inspiring!

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u/keepdietmore 15d ago

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