Final - Ideation

No Pennies Plz

     Basically a semi-smart piggy bank. A device with a mounted LCD screen that logs how much money you have in change you put in it. The idea comes from my own problem with my current change collection system. I have a can on my bookshelf that I just throw my spare change in. The issue is I never know how much change I have and it is totally unsorted. I personally don't like pennies, so I think implementing a toss out of any pennies added would be a fun gimmick to give the device a bit more depth and interaction. The final device would accept and sort dimes, nickels, and quarters in different slots, adding each value to a total that would display on the LCD screen.

• who is the target audience?
• Anyone who collects change and is too bougie for pennies.

• does your project solve an existing need?
• It solves the need for an attractive change collection and sorting device

• does your project enhance an existing interaction or human behavior?
• It enhances the behavior of collecting change into an efficient and organized system

• what parts do you need, how much do they cost, and when are they due to arrive?
• I need a couple of optical emitter and sensor pairs
• They are quite cheap and I'm probably going to buy them at Tinkersphere

• what, if any, hardware, mechanical devices, and/or movements will your project involve?
• It will involve the photo switches to log each coin that goes through each slot
• The LCD screen will show the total money in the bank.
• I might have the device shoot out any pennies added (hence the name!)

• what, if any, Arduino, Processing, or other software applications or libraries will your project use?
• I will only need Arduino to implement this design
• I will be using the EEPROM to store the total

• who are your team members
  • I am doing this project alone.
  • I am a Sociology major in Gallatin.
  • I am better at the physical designing and building but not bad at coding
  • However I will be doing all the labor