Wooden pet connects to Facebook

In this tutorial we will create a wooden pet that connects to Facebook. It will post a message of your choice on your own timeline whenever its tail is touched.

Author Digijeunes | Last edit 9/12/2019 by Clementflipo

Difficulty

Medium

Duration

60 minute(s)

Step 1 - Set up an account on adafruit.io

Step 2 - Create a new Feed on adafruit.io

Create a new feed by reaching https://io.adafruit.com/ > Feeds > Actions and then name it, for example “touchsensor”

Step 3 - Install Arduino IDE

You will need to use Arduino IDE to code and upload the firmware onto your ESP32 board.

Download the software by visiting Arduino IDE > Scroll down until you see the “Download the Arduino IDE” section and choose the version based upon your operating system (e.g. If you have Windows 7, choose “Windows Installer” / if you have Windows 10, choose “Windows app”) > On the next page choose “Just download” and run the installation files.

Step 4 - Prepare the ESP32 board on your computer

Follow the instructions provided on GitHub for your Operating System. For example, if you have Windows 7 or 10, choose “Instructions for Windows” / if you have a MacBook, choose “Instructions for Mac”

For the “Instructions for Windows” section, you can ignore the following step: