FeedTimer

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Baby Feed TImer

This is a project to create a device that will alert a parent to the need to feed a baby at preset intervals. It will also be embuded with other features, such as the ability to log (via a start/stop button) how long a baby has fed for, and from which breast. Parents will also be able to enter how much milk (either formula or expressed breast) was drunk in mililiters. The device can be connected to a PC where a processing application will download the logs from the device and display create a view that the parents can look at and gain a higher level understadning of thier babies feeding habits.

Hardware

The aim is to try and keep the hardware as simple as possible. I will be trying to get as far as I can using only an Arduino (328) and a LCD sheild (the one with the buttons on). I hope to be able to get away without having to use a RTC chip, and keep the RTC functions onboard the arduino using the Time libabry. I don't know how relaible this will be, if a RTC chip is needed I'll probably go for a DS1306 or similar. I alos need to implement some kind of audio alert, possibly just buying a buzzer unit off the shelf, but I might look at some of the arduino sound generation libaries and see if they could be useful. A high brightness LED alert would also complement this.

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