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HelloPenguin

A little penguin wears a scarf to stay cool with beautiful RGB Led animations. Say hello to this cutie, a perfect gift for all!

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HelloPenguin is a wearable pin powered by one CR2032 battery. It is a cute penguin with a woven scarf. The scarf changes its colour with RGB LED animations.

There are 10 RGB LEDs on the back. These LEDs are controlled and animated by an Microchip SAMD (ARM Cortex-M0+) micro-controller

Another short video on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/NWMaker/status/1156261109738770432

Here is one short video.

hello_penguin_amp.txt

UNI-T meter log file

plain - 9.88 kB - 08/26/2019 at 18:37

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  • HelloPenguin Current Test

    Jeffrey Jacques • 08/26/2019 at 18:30 • 0 comments

    Running binRed test pattern firmware with new CR2032 battery with UNI-T UT61E meter in series set to Amps and logging over USB link to UT61E.exe. We see a high of 73 mA.

    Graph of Amps per Sample made in Libre Office

    No    Time    DC/AC    Value    Unit    AUTO
1    13:33:16    DC    00.000    A    Pass
2    13:33:17    DC    00.000    A    Pass
3    13:33:17    DC    00.000    A    Pass
4    13:33:18    DC    00.000    A    Pass
5    13:33:18    DC    00.000    A    Pass
6    13:33:19    DC    00.000    A    Pass
7    13:33:19    DC    00.011    A    Pass
8    13:33:20    DC    00.011    A    Pass
9    13:33:20    DC    00.013    A    Pass
10    13:33:21    DC    00.013    A    Pass
11    13:33:21    DC    00.008    A    Pass
12    13:33:22    DC    00.010    A    Pass
13    13:33:22    DC    00.008    A    Pass
14    13:33:23    DC    00.010    A    Pass
15    13:33:23    DC    00.007    A    Pass
16    13:33:24    DC    00.007    A    Pass
17    13:33:24    DC    00.008    A    Pass
18    13:33:25    DC    00.008    A    Pass
19    13:33:25    DC    00.025    A    Pass
20    13:33:26    DC    00.061    A    Pass
21    13:33:26    DC    00.030    A    Pass
22    13:33:27    DC    00.065    A    Pass
23    13:33:27    DC    00.009    A    Pass
24    13:33:28    DC    00.016    A    Pass
25    13:33:28    DC    00.010    A    Pass
26    13:33:29    DC    00.010    A    Pass
27    13:33:29    DC    00.010    A    Pass
28    13:33:30    DC    00.022    A    Pass
29    13:33:30    DC    00.010    A    Pass
30    13:33:31    DC    00.021    A    Pass
31    13:33:31    DC    00.007    A    Pass
32    13:33:32    DC    00.010    A    Pass
33    13:33:32    DC    00.007    A    Pass
34    13:33:33    DC    00.010    A    Pass
35    13:33:33    DC    00.008    A    Pass
36    13:33:34    DC    00.017    A    Pass
37    13:33:34    DC    00.008    A    Pass
38    13:33:35    DC    00.018    A    Pass
39    13:33:35    DC    00.007    A    Pass
40    13:33:36    DC    00.015    A    Pass
41    13:33:36    DC    00.007    A    Pass
42    13:33:37    DC    00.017    A    Pass
43    13:33:37    DC    00.009    A    Pass
44    13:33:38    DC    00.052    A    Pass
45    13:33:38    DC    00.007    A    Pass
46    13:33:39    DC    00.058    A    Pass
47    13:33:39    DC    00.014    A    Pass
48    13:33:40    DC    00.029    A    Pass
49    13:33:40    DC    00.024    A    Pass
50    13:33:41    DC    00.048    A    Pass
51    13:33:41    DC    00.023    A    Pass
52    13:33:42    DC    00.023    A    Pass
53    13:33:42    DC    00.034    A    Pass
54    13:33:43    DC    00.012    A    Pass
55    13:33:43    DC    00.013    A    Pass
56    13:33:44    DC    00.022    A    Pass
57    13:33:44    DC    00.012    A    Pass
58    13:33:45    DC    00.012    A    Pass
59    13:33:45    DC    00.042    A    Pass
60    13:33:46    DC    00.020    A    Pass
61    13:33:46    DC    00.026    A    Pass
62    13:33:47    DC    00.053    A    Pass
63    13:33:47    DC    00.024    A    Pass
64    13:33:48    DC    00.024    A    Pass
65    13:33:48    DC    00.057    A    Pass
66    13:33:49    DC    00.041    A    Pass
67    13:33:49    DC    00.043    A    Pass
68    13:33:50    DC    00.043    A    Pass
69    13:33:50    DC    00.037    A    Pass
70    13:33:51    DC    00.044    A    Pass
71    13:33:51    DC    00.016    A    Pass
72    13:33:52    DC    00.016    A    Pass
73    13:33:52    DC    00.016    A    Pass
74    13:33:53    DC    00.016    A    Pass
75    13:33:53    DC    00.014    A    Pass
76    13:33:54    DC    00.014    A    Pass
77    13:33:54    DC    00.017    A    Pass
78    13:33:55    DC    00.017    A    Pass
79    13:33:55    DC    00.017    A    Pass
80    13:33:56    DC    00.017    A    Pass
81    13:33:56    DC    00.014    A    Pass
82    13:33:57    DC    00.014    A    Pass
83    13:33:57    DC    00.041    A    Pass
84    13:33:58    DC    00.041    A    Pass
85    13:33:58    DC    00.042    A    Pass
86    13:33:59    DC    00.014    A    Pass
87    13:33:59    DC    00.017    A    Pass
88    13:34:00    DC    00.020    A    Pass
89    13:34:00    DC    00.023    A    Pass
90    13:34:01    DC    00.023    A    Pass
91    13:34:01    DC    00.031    A    Pass
92    13:34:02    DC    00.031    A    Pass
93    13:34:02    DC    00.037    A    Pass
94    13:34:03    DC    00.037    A    Pass
95    13:34:03    DC    00.038    A    Pass
96    13:34:04    DC    00.038    A    Pass
97    13:34:04    DC    00.036    A    Pass
98    13:34:05    DC    00.036    A    Pass
99    13:34:05    DC    00.033    A    Pass
100    13:34:06    DC    00.033    A    Pass
101    13:34:06    DC    00.026    A    Pass
102    13:34:07    DC    00.009    A    Pass
103    13:34:07    DC    00.007    A    Pass
104    13:34:08    DC    00.007    A    Pass
105    13:34:08    DC    00.006    A    Pass
106    13:34:09    DC    00.006    A    Pass
107    13:34:09    DC    00.008    A    Pass
108    13:34:10    DC    00.011    A    Pass
109    13:34:10    DC    00.014    A    Pass
110    13:34:11    DC    00.014    A    Pass
111    13:34:11    DC    00.022    A    Pass
112    13:34:12    DC    00.022    A    Pass
113    13:34:12    DC    00.035    A    Pass
114    13:34:13    DC    00.042    A    Pass
115    13:34:13    DC    00.051    A    Pass
116    13:34:14    DC    00.061    A    Pass
117    13:34:14    DC    00.073    A    Pass
118    13:34:15    DC    00.019    A    Pass
119    13:34:15    DC    00.021    A    Pass
120    13:34:16    DC    00.021    A    Pass
121    13:34:16    DC    00.022    A    Pass
122    13:34:17    DC    00.022    A    Pass
123    13:34:17    DC    00.022    A    Pass
124    13:34:18    DC    00.022    A    Pass
125    13:34:18    DC    00.020    A    Pass
126    13:34:19    DC    00.018    A    Pass
127    13:34:19    DC    00.017    A    Pass
128    13:34:20    DC    00.017    A    Pass
129    13:34:20    DC    00....
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Jeffrey Jacques wrote 08/21/2019 at 13:03 • point

Bought one of these and having fun with it! Addition of the SWD header is great for tinkering.

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nwmaker wrote 08/02/2019 at 17:18 • point

Thank you so much! Admire your work for a while.

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Sophi Kravitz wrote 07/31/2019 at 14:58 • point

So cute!

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