⏲ ES Timer

A product from ES Factory, powered⚡ by Digispark ATtiny85 and it works based on 🍅 pomodoro time management technique a timer especially for those who deal with computers a lot, such as freelancers and have difficulty managing time.

Features of ES Timer in compare to existing softwares:

• forcing to follow the breaks between tasks
• it is simple and cheap to make around 10$
• It is not dependent on the special OS and can works in the windows, linux and mac os without install anything

Contents

1. How it works
2. Requirements
3. Assemble monitor version (Optional)
4. Update from v1.x.x to v2.x.x
5. Initialization Arduino IDE and Digispark ATtiny85
6. Upload code
7. Configurations
8. Demos
9. Donations
10. License
11. Acknowledgments

How it works

As mentioned, this timer works according to the Pomodoro technique, which you can refer to this link for more information about the technique. it works in such a way that when the user connects it to the port of a computer, it starts countdown according to the time specified by the user, and the user should to do his task during that time. when counter reach to zero, it using the HID protocol goes the computer to lock screen and it starts counting again for user rest. From this moment, it is not possible to use the computer by user and it cannot unlock the computer until the counting is over.

Note 📝: To let the timer know that you want to start the next Pomadoro, you have to keystroke the CapsLock key twice with a one second delay.

Requirements

• Arduino IDE
• Digispark ATtiny85
• For monitor version (Optional)
  • Female and male pin header standard
  • LED
  • PCB prototype board
  • Soldering iron and wire
  • SSD1306 I2C OLED
  • Wire

Assemble monitor version

Step 1	Step 2	Step 3

Step 4	Step 5	Step 6

1. Cut your PCB into square shape (10x10 holes) with cutter.
2. Break female pin header into two pins 2 and 4 and put them on pcb like top photo then soldering them legs.
3. The same work do on male pin header with the difference that, you have to break it into 3 and 6 pins, look to related picture.
4. In this step putting digispark attiny85 on male pin headers and soldering their top legs related to 5V, GND, P0, P1, P2.
5. According to the picture of the fifth step, do wiring and solder on the back of pcb.
6. In the end, put OLED and LED on pin headers, in this moment your ES Timer is ready for next step.

Update from v1.x.x to v2.x.x

If you have used version 1.x.x ES Timer before, in order to update its, you must first delete the ES timer and EEPROM folders in the library folder of Arduino IDE which you can usually be found in the C:\Users\USER\Documents\Arduino\libraries path and update the bootloader of digispark attiny85 for this purpose, follow next step.

Initialization Arduino IDE and Digispark ATtiny85

In order to be able to upload codes into Digispark Attiny85, you first need to add it to ide. To do this, follow these steps:

1. In the Arduino IDE go to the "File" menu and select "Preferences"
2. In the box labeled "Additional Boards Manager URLs" enter and click OK

   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ArminJo/DigistumpArduino/master/package_digistump_index.json
   

3. Go to the "Tools" menu and then the "Board" submenu - select "Boards Manager" and then type "Digistump AVR Boards" in filter box and click the "Install" button.
4. You'll see the download progress on the bottom bar of the "Boards Manager" window, when complete it will show "Installed" next to that item on the list
5. For Windows you must install the Digispark driver before you can program the board, download it here, open it and run InstallDrivers.exe (If you already have them installed, this installer will update them and install any that are missing)
6. With the install complete, close the "Boards Manager" window and select the "Digispark" from the Tools → Board → Digistump AVR Boards menu
7. Then select "16.5 MHz - For V-USB" from the Tools → Clock menu
8. After going through these steps, it is time to update the bootloader digispark attiny85, for which you only need to first click on the "Born Bootloader" option. After the message appears, connect the it to the usb port to start the update process.

Upload code

After opening the file "ESTimer.ino" in Arduino IDE In order to be able to upload the code on the device, you must add the zip file in the "lib" folder to IDE To do this, follow the path:

Arduino IDE Toolbar → Sketch → Include Library → Add .ZIP Library...

Now to upload the code, click on the arrow button or use shortcut Ctrl + U. Wait for the code to be compiled. After you see the > Please plug in the device (will time out in 60 seconds) ... message. Connect the device to the computer. After a few seconds, the code will be uploaded.

Congratulations 🎉, your ES Timer is ready to use.

Note 📝: After clicking the upload option, you will see a few warning related to core code like the one below. Do not worry about this issue:

C:\Users\USER\Documents\Arduino\libraries\ESTimer\ESTimerC.c: In function 'usbFunctionSetup':
....

Configurations

Demos

Video

Monitor version	Only digispark

Donations

This is free, open-source peripheral. If you'd like to support the development of future projects, or say thanks for this one, you can donate:

BTC	ETH
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License

Copyright (C) 2021  ES factory

ES Timer is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

ES Timer is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Acknowledgments

• DigistumpArduino
• V-USB