Timer

Spring 2025 | Solo Project

Design and fabricate a functioning timer for a specific purpose.

Journey of Studying with a Pomodoro Timer

What if your pomodoro timer required you to put your phone down in order to use it? What would that interaction look like?

Side Section View

The components utilized include Neopixel LED sidelights, 2 photoresistors, 1 breadboard, an Anker battery pack, and a Sparkfun RedBoard,

The blue lines indicate connections between the components.

In-Context Storyboard

The pomodoro method is

“a time-management strategy which breaks work down into focused, 25-minute intervals (a Pomodoro) separated by short, 5-minute breaks.”

– Emory University

HMW

increase motivation to focus using the pomodoro method while eliminating distractions from the workspace of a user?

Timer Concept

Place phone on the timer base to activate regular pomdoro timer (25 min work, 5 min rest). Slide phone further into the timer base to activate long pomodoro timer (50 min work, 10 min rest)

Input: phone placement

Output: LED timer visual

Signifiers: Photoresistor spots where phone should be placed, numbers indicating pomodoro timing

Click play to see it in action!