Smart Motor with Smart App

A low-cost educational toolkit that combines the Smart Motor (ESP32-based motor controller) with the Smart App web interface to teach machine learning concepts through hands-on robotics projects.

For more information, visit our project website: https://smartmotors.notion.site/

Key Components

• Smart Motor (ESP32 microcontroller running MicroPython)
• Smart App (browser-based training interface)
• Integrated motor control and sensor readings
• WebUSB communication between Smart Motor and Smart App

Project Files

Smart Motor firmware:

• main.py - Core Smart Motor functionality including motor control, sensor reading, and serial communication
• boot.py - Smart Motor boot configuration
• servo.py - Servo motor control library
• smarttools.py - Display and UI utilities for the OLED screen
• ssd1306.py - OLED display library

Smart App interface:

• index.html - Smart App web interface for motor training and visualization
• trainData.txt - Storage for motor training data points

Deployment:

• firebase.json - Firebase hosting configuration

Acknowledgements

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number IIS-2119174. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.