The HOT SIPS Mug
Problem: When drinking coffee in the morning, roughly 30 minutes later, my freshly brewed coffee begins to become cold. I, a college student, am not able to afford an almost 200 dollar cup to keep my coffee warm each morning. This is the reason for making the Hot Sips mug, to ensure my coffee stays hot and save money.
Description of Project: As a college student who loves coffee, it is so frustrating when my coffee gets cold after 30 minutes. Usually, in order to deal with this experience, I pop the cup into the microwave a couple of times before finishing it. Luckily, I have several skills to help me solve this issue. I know how to code an Arduino, wire together different types of resistors to divid voltage and short out a circuit if necessary. In doing so, I hope to create the Hot Sips mug to prevent my coffee from getting cold and make it a portable cup for many uses, even when traveling since it will be powered by a battery.
Solving the problem:
Description of Each(LEFT TO RIGHT):
1. The ember mug is where my inspiration came from, one of my friends has this mug and uses it all the time to keep her coffee hot.
2. The second image is an awesome Adafruit heating pad for Arduino I found while researching. It can be used as a huge resistor to implement and dissipate heat under my mug (inside the bottom of the mug that will screw off).
3. The mug I am trying to create is one I want the bottom to be able to screw off and access the components inside to make sure they are functioning and not over heating. This mug I got off of thingiverse will help me import an already existing idea and edit it so that the bottom may be screwed on.
4. This image is a website that gives guidelines and advise when using the heating pad component in the second image. I can use this as a resource for help when wiring the heating pad.
List of Materials:
- Arduino Nano (buy from zane)
- Adafruit Electric Heating Pad ( Adafruit website or Amazon)
- Wires (From kit or need more cut at lab)
- 3D printed cup [edited] (lab using 3D printers)
- Silicon material (Amazon or WireTech)
- Battery for power (Kit or Walmart or my house)
- Wire for the battery to connect to the Arduino (My kit)
- Multimeter (My box in the lab)
MAYBE
- Electronic board to tell me how much heat is dissipating from the circuit
(Amazon or Adafruit website)
Definition of Success: My goal for the Hot Sip Mug is ...
1. For it to efficiently keep a cup of coffee hot for at least an hour
2. Be portable with no wires hanging outside of the cup
3. I want it to be powered by a battery
4. The bottom of the mug to be easily accessible to the wiring inside controlling the temperature
