Pico Pomodoro

Pomodoro /pɒməˈdɔːrəʊ/

The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. It uses a kitchen timer to break work into intervals, typically 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. Each interval is known as a pomodoro, from the Italian word for tomato, after the tomato-shaped kitchen timer Cirillo used as a university student.

I love the pomodoro technique - the only issue? Relying on an internet connection for pomodoro sites, or having to set timers on a mobile phone which pulls focus from the task at hand.

"Just use a kitchen timer!" I hear you cry, but where's the fun in that?

Enter Pico Pomodoro, a physical pomodoro timer created with a Raspberry Pico H, a Pico Explorer Base and MicroPython.

Features

• Customizable images and text for each interval 'start' screen
• Adjustable timers for each interval

Development (WIP)

This project is a work in progress - Python and MicroPython are fairly new to me, and I hope to clean up this repo as I learn more!

The Pico Pomodoro will eventually work in the following way

1. Basic loading screen to advise user to press 'A' to start
2. Button 'A' starts a 25 minute focus timer
3. Button 'B' starts a 5 minute short break timer
4. Button 'C' starts a 15 minute long break timer
5. Button 'D' resets any stored timer information

As I develop this project, I plan to add more functionality to make it more fun, smarter and easier to use.

TODO:

• Add logic to track button presses and prevent wrong timer from being selected
• Add RGB light
• Add speaker/sound functionality
• Killswitch/reset button

Acknowledgements

• Larry Bank's JPEGDEC