Toddler Door Monitor - Sleep Enforcer - Clock

A door monitor that goes one step further and shows toddlers when it is time to sleep or time to get up.

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Description

I have Toddlers. They get up and wander the house at any hour that strikes them. We've told them to stay in bed until the sun comes up, but this just isn't registering. A Monitor that alerts parents whenever children open the door would be nice but it does nothing to stop the behavior problem. A time based colorful solution that illustrates when it's time to sleep and when its OK to wake might help resolve the midnight walkabouts.

Details

So, I know that the name is a little bit of a mouthful, but something catchier hasn't yet hit me. The idea is to use a reed switch on the bedroom door and when the toddler opens said door, alert (using the network connectivity of the Spark.io Photon) a corresponding unit in the parental room that there has been a breach in sleeping etiquette. But to further combat the poor sleeping habits, a colorful (yet fairly static) display of colors will indicate to the toddler whether it is time to sleep or get up. And to aid in learning to tell time, a 4 digit 7 segment display will show the current time.

Components

1 × RGB Iluminated Rotary Encoder https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10982
1 × Rotary Encoder Breakout - Illuminated https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11722
1 × ChronoDot - Ultra-precise Real Time Clock - v2.1 https://www.adafruit.com/products/255
1 × Adafruit 1.2" 4-Digit 7-Segment Display w/I2C Backpack - Green https://www.adafruit.com/products/1268
1 × Spark.io Photon https://store.spark.io/?product=spark-photon

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Baby steps...Clock & Display
Junior • 03/12/2015 at 03:43 • 0 comments

I put together some code to get the Chronodot and 7Seg display working together. I'm pretty happy with the results so far. Pic and code follow...
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Coding...How do you start?
Junior • 03/04/2015 at 16:05 • 0 comments

While waiting for my Spark Photon to arrive, I decided to code up using the Pro Mini as a stand in. I like to block out my code using comments, that way I can identify parts of code that need to exist and put them in the appropriate places.
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Spark Photon delivery delayed
Junior • 03/01/2015 at 03:50 • 0 comments

So I was hoping to have my Spark Photon in hand by March, but they had some setbacks in manufacturing, and delivery has been pushed back til April.
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