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Status Update #1

A project log for LightArms - A Budget Laser Tag System

A relatively simple, inexpensive laser tag system with customizable game modes

ben-larsonBen Larson 04/22/2020 at 03:120 Comments

The sensor and "Genesis" gun PCBs and components have been ordered and will eventually arrive sometime, probably early May.

The casing design for the "Genesis" gun is partially complete, to the point that I need some of the components to figure out proper dimensions so everything can fit together nicely.

I've written most of the low-level code for the firmware, but I need the actual hardware to test it. Who knows how many bugs there will be?

I've started on the "mother beacon" (does anyone have a better name for it?) PCB design, which incorporates several parts of the gun PCB design, so I'll want to verify those parts work well before getting too far. Fortunately, I shouldn't have much trouble getting one of the guns to function as a very basic "mother beacon" until I have the proper PCB and code.

I haven't really designed the sensor casing yet, so I'll be working on that soon probably.

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