The ATtiny-based litte brother of Noko. This is the Repository for the diy - Do It Yourself version. Tiny and cute. And everyone is invited to contribute. Nokolino is for everyone. Are you looking for the new PCB version? Look here: Nokolino_pcb, or are you an owner of a kit? Look here.

What's new? See the newsblog.

Like his big brother Noko, the little Nokolino delights it's surroundings with cheeky comments. But unlike Noko he is more obstinate - no radio, no display, no frills. Instead of an Arduino he has a small ATtiny microcontroller, only an on-off switch and a big button. But he is small, can stay active for days and is, in contrast to his big brother, very easy to build.

Another useful application option would be to use the hardware without the monster suit as a music box in an old used doll to bring it back to modern days, maybe with other sounds or songs.

What does he to - technically? Whenever you press his button, he will laugh. And when he's just turned on, he says something random randomly every statistically 10 minutes. That's ist. Quiet a lot for a stuffed monster!

Nokolino stands for Nora and Nikos monster - the appendix lino describes the small version.

Notes for non-German Nokolino makers

Right now, the building wiki, the voice set and the manual are in German. I'll try to translate the wiki and the manual on day. Until then, feel free to ask me for translation, if you need help. Contribute! I need an English voice set and English text files. In addition, any other language is welcome, Nokolino is to be cosmopolitan!

Prerequisites

Nokolino needs Arduino IDE 1.6.6 or newer (https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software). Copy the folder Nokolino_diy/src/Nokolino/ into your sketch folder and install ATtiny support. See how to compile for further instructions.

Content

Nokolino_diy/
├── howto_compile/
|   Manual how compile the sketches in your Arduino IDE and precompiled sketched  
|   └── precompiled/
|       Precompiled hex files
|       ├── ATtiny45/
|       |   Version for the ATtiny45.
|       └── ATtiny85/
|           Version for the ATtiny85.
|
├── linux_uploader/
|   Tool for uploading MP3-files to the JQ6500.
|
├── manual/
|   Nokolino manual in PDF format and a template for a packaging design.
|   └── scribus/
|       Source documents for Scribus with all illustrations and fonts.
|
├── mp3/
|   Voice set for Nokolino/Nokolina in German. English needed? Contribute!
|   ├── female/
|   |   Female voice for Nokolina.
|   |   ├── mp3_16MBit/
|   |   |   Voice set for the 2MB-JQ6500.
|   |   └── mp3_32MBit/
|   |       Enhanced voice set for the 4MB-JQ6500. 
|   └── male/
|       Male voice for Nokolino.
|       ├── mp3_8MBit/
|       |   Low qualitiy files for the 1MB-JQ6500.
|       ├── mp3_16MBit/
|       |   Voice set for the 2MB-JQ6500.
|       └── mp3_32MBit/
|           Enhanched voice set for the 4MB-JQ6500.  
|
├── schematics/
|   The schematics for the Nokolino parts, the Nokolino sewing pattern and shopping list.
|   └── geda/
|       Source documents for gEDA.
|
└── src/
    ATtiny sketch
    └── Nokolino/
        One file, no libraries, no frills. Just Nokolino. 

Let's get started!

Interested in Nokolino? Great! Let's start here: German wiki.
English wiki will follow. One day...