Design and implementation of a hamster wheel than can charge a phone.
The charging circuit can be controlled and monitored by an app, using Bluetooth.
Hamsters are small mammals, often kept as pets, who like to run at night.
The project describes a way to use the kinetic energy they are producing to create electrical power.
Furthermore, an app is described in this project, that allows the user to get statistics,
monitor the hamster and even change gears. The first part of the project is the wheel design,
which is divided into two experiments: coil generators and DC motors.
The second part of the project is the electrical circuit design,
which includes a boost and implements the gears change (using switches and resistors).
The last part of the project describes the application and the Arduino software.
Moreover, an app was developed to allow input from the user, in order to change rotation gears,
pair Bluetooth devices and more… The app was developed using JavaScript and MIT App Inventor.
The result of the project is a working wheel that supplies power to a chargeable device.
Due to the small amount of power hamsters can generate, the charging can be slow,
but the efficiency of the energy conversion in the final design is high.
