LaundryTime

Inspiration

I wanted to build a Pebble hack and I figured Pebble could be a convenient way to track laundry cycles.

What it does

LaundryTime gives users a convenient way to start a timer when doing their laundry.Pressing up will immediately start a countdown for their wash cycle. Pressing down will start a countdown for their dry cycle. The center button will allow users to change the time of their cycles.

How I built it

I used Pebble's CloudPebble IDE and Pebble.js.

Challenges I ran into

Using Javascript when developing Pebble can be a problem because Javascript is used for more static functions. Thus trying to create a countdown timer took a few hours and it doesn't display property on the Pebble screen. If I had used C, it would work more accurately. I didn't work with C this weekend because I'm not familiar with it and just wanted to make the app functional for the most part with Javascript, which I do know.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I'm glad I was able to make the countdown work.

What I learned

I learned everything I knew about Pebble this weekend and that C would be a better language for Pebble development.

What's next for LaundryTime

In the future, LaundryTime will use more C than JS and the Settings will be functional. Users will then be able to edit the cycle times within the app.

Built With

• pebble