2020-01-12 (Su) ProjectHoneybee

I was asked to help make a badge for next year's DEFCON in Las Vegas. The group is focused on biohacking, but we are not the folks making the Biohacking Village's badge.

We spent a lot of time trying to design a badge that would look appealing but add a function the users might enjoy after the con was over. We decided on a heart rate monitor. I picked a popular sensor with plenty of support and libraries so we would not over-extend ourselves. The MAX30105 board from Sparkfun had an illustrated guide, and there was a module on Amazon with fast shipping.

For a processor, I selected an ESP-WROOM-32 since I wanted to learn more about them, and I had a demo board in my stock.

Enough background
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The first step in the badge-making process would be to make a prototype with functional hardware, in any form. In this case, all the necessary pins for a Hornbill demo had headers installed. A MAX30105 module was also outfitted with header pins, and the two were connected on a solderless breadboard. This will be the minimum hardware for making a pulse sensor.

No program could be sent to the controller due to driver issues. The next step will have to be getting the module to communicate and accept programming.
Breadboard with controller and sensor

The rest of the posts for this project have been arranged by date.
First time here?

Completed projects from year 1
Completed projects from year 2
Completed projects from year 3
Completed projects from year 4
Completed projects from year 5
Completed projects from year 6

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2019-09-02

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