LED handheld

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SpaceInvaders.stl

Standard Tesselated Geometry - 9.27 MB - 07/27/2019 at 17:45

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11x10_space_invaders.sch

sch - 677.54 kB - 07/27/2019 at 17:45

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11x10_space_invaders.brd

brd - 439.13 kB - 07/27/2019 at 17:45

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SI_gerber.zip

Zip Archive - 154.41 kB - 07/27/2019 at 17:45

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charlie_space_invaders.ino

ino - 6.33 kB - 07/27/2019 at 17:45

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Components

25 × LED green

77 × LED white

11 × LED red

1 × Atmega328 Microprocessors, Microcontrollers, DSPs / ARM, RISC-Based Microcontrollers

3 × 12mm buttons

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davedarko • 11/27/2019 at 19:54 • 0 comments

Getting stuff done when you're watching your niece and changing diapers isn't an optimal combination! But I managed to write a little library that handles the display driving etc. So now I have to reprogram everything I had running before, like the enemies that are moving and drawing to the frame that then get's shown.
Considering changes for a possible PCBA
davedarko • 05/30/2019 at 14:43 • 0 comments

Just in case I need to scale this up and ever get to the point where I consider a PCBA service:
here are the LEDs I would probably want to use instead: LG T770, LY T77K, LP T770, LW T773, LG T770, LO T77K, LY T77K - well some of them.
this might be continued.

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jeremy.geppert wrote 09/21/2024 at 16:18

Any video of this working? Very cool.

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sjm4306 wrote 06/25/2019 at 12:50

Did you know that Nintendo built big incandescent light bulb versions of game & watch games out of plywood during the development of each of the games to test out the graphics and gameplay? I read this in an Iwata asks interview and always wanted to build an LED version of octopus.

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deʃhipu wrote 06/25/2019 at 10:09

What would you say about something like https://castpixel.itch.io/wobble-jump

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davedarko wrote 06/25/2019 at 11:33

I don't get how to play it, but I guess that was the "charme" of a lot of those games :D definitely something worth checking out, as the graphics are fixed as well.

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deʃhipu wrote 06/25/2019 at 11:41

There is some explanation in the text below.

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Eric Min wrote 06/21/2019 at 02:08

If you made a bunch of game&watch style mini-games I would buy one in a heartbeat

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davedarko wrote 06/21/2019 at 20:00

anything that comes to mind that would make sense to start with? What's your favorite? :D

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Mic wrote 06/19/2019 at 15:52

It looks really nice, but how do you represent the missile from the player and from the enemies ?

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davedarko wrote 06/19/2019 at 16:47

I just hope it's fast enough to distract you from the looks :D this project was heavily inspired by this Space Invaders handheld by ENTEX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDUVXi9f0hQ

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sjm4306 wrote 06/19/2019 at 15:24

Nice. I can imagine a whole range of game & watch style games using backlit masked pcbs in the near future!

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davedarko wrote 06/19/2019 at 16:46

I was wondering what games one could do like that - I will probably try to code some sort of galaga version as well. It looks nice as a badge with scrolling text, too! Frogger might work with RGB LEDs. But charlieplexing a decent amount of RGB LEDs sounds too crazy for my taste :D

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thelogicofpi wrote 06/19/2019 at 18:02

addressable WS2812 ?

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davedarko wrote 06/20/2019 at 08:36

@thelogicofpi I imagine those are especially tough to solder upside down ;) in that case I'd rather do what @sjm4306 did with his #Small Word Clock project, use two pcbs and a 3D printed spacer.

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deʃhipu wrote 06/20/2019 at 10:21

The PCB sandwich approach also has the advantage that the spacer can include walls between the areas being lit, and thus reduce bleeding.

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davedarko wrote 06/20/2019 at 10:47

I wouldn't see bleeding as a problem with this build, the LEDs are far more apart than with the PCB word clock I made. A benefit would be that you can swap the face plates and make it a word clock or something else quickly.

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thelogicofpi wrote 06/22/2019 at 14:01

If you went sandwich approach you could also get it assembled easier.

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arturo182 wrote 05/31/2019 at 08:25

How thick is the PCB? :)

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davedarko wrote 05/31/2019 at 09:24

1mm, but should have been 1.6mm for more diffusion... why do I always change my mind last minute? :D

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铲屎将军 wrote 05/31/2019 at 06:56

I’m wondering how did you make the light go throw PCB layer ? And how did you make the different colors of back and front ?

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davedarko wrote 05/31/2019 at 07:48

Hi! You can order matte black PCBs at JLCPCB.com. I removed the black soldermask and copper on both sides so the LED can shine through. The LED is also soldered upside down!

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Jdaie wrote 05/31/2019 at 06:37

Really good idea to light from the back!

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davedarko wrote 05/31/2019 at 07:48

thank you!

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c wrote 05/28/2019 at 18:27

Looks great!

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davedarko wrote 05/28/2019 at 19:17

thank you!

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Kn/vD wrote 05/27/2019 at 17:15

Oh, that's massively cool :)

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deʃhipu wrote 05/27/2019 at 17:09

now to just program it ;-)

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davedarko wrote 05/27/2019 at 17:22

indeed... indeeeeed.

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davedarko wrote 05/27/2019 at 16:51

thanks @bobricius @Daniel Champagne !

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bobricius wrote 05/27/2019 at 16:11

amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!

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Daniel C wrote 05/27/2019 at 15:09

really nice project! 👌

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LED handheld

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SpaceInvaders.stl

11x10_space_invaders.sch

11x10_space_invaders.brd

SI_gerber.zip

charlie_space_invaders.ino

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