Ballmer Bot

Work in progress

Intro

Raspberry pi controller drink maker to reach ballmer's peak.

The concept of Ballmer's peak stems from the xkcd article where it point in which you have had enough drinks to be at your programming peak. After another drink it is downhill and productivity is hindered.

20000 milliseconds @12V DC for the following was pump was 1 oz http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F9MXFFQ?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01

Original Comic https://xkcd.com/323/

Calculator http://www.ballmerpeakathon.com/calc

Getting Started

Initial setup run npm install to start the script run

node server.js

If you want to develop locally ( without rpi, use the mock option mock ) to simulate gpio actions

node server.js --mock

Troubleshooting

For errors like

Error when trying to open pin 16
gpio-admin: failed to change group ownership of /sys/devices/virtual/gpio/gpio23/direction: No such file or directory

run gpio-admin export 16

@TODO

• [ ] web dashboard to add drinks
• [ ] Implement prep / flushing of the tubes
• [ ] "Mixologist" Menu, on the fly drinks w/ input from the user at certain amount pours
• [ ] Voice controlled drink delivery Wit quickstart