A fun, easy little project I made for the Hackaday Tiny Games Challenge. The idea was to make a tiny “arcade” where old arcade games were reimagined into a playable game with a single 1D strip of LEDs. Currently 2 games are playable: Stacker, and Pong but I have some ideas for Frogger and the Chrome Dino Game. We'll see if those ever get done.
This would be a great little starter project to get into electronics/soldering/Arduino and could pretty easily be completed in a day or weekend. Arduino code, assembly, and parts lists can be found on GitHub
I followed this guide for doing manual multi material printing with my Prusa printer but do whatever works for you. You can also just print it all in white and it will work just fine or even stick to a breadboard and skip this step.
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Test fit parts
Make sure the Arduino holes line up with the pegs, the buttons fit through the holes, and the buttons don't hit the top of the case when fully shut.
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Prep for soldering
Lay out all of the parts in the bottom of the case and then tape down the LED strip and hot glue the right button in place (make sure it is still aligned with the hole in the top of the case). You could get away with not taping or gluing but I found it made things easier. I also pre-measured and bent all of the wires so I knew they would fit but do what works best for you.
Hi WONDERBREAD! Your GitHub link appears to be broken :(