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Let the GAMES begin
09/18/2021 at 12:11 • 0 commentsWe attached everything to a plywood sheet, we attached the sheet to an old metal stand, we got all the help we needed from our awesome team members, students and interns.
Panaflex poster was printed with a simple background and header, attached to the board and then later digits were cut, panaflex was tightly held by stapler pins using a stapler gun.
Using BLUETOOTH SERIAL TERMINAL app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.kai_morich.serial_bluetooth_terminal&hl=en&gl=US we can control the score, time and color using SIMPLE api methods
L# to add score to left, small letter l to decrease score, similarly for other digits we used the other alphabet codesR for right side, M for minutes, S for seconds and T1 to stop and start the timer.
Added some bonus funtionality, timer turns RED on the last minute
X1, Y1 and Z1 commands change color to Red, Green and Blue.
in Future, we need to add FOUL indicator for both teams, quarter indicator and also a loud siren noise.
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More Digits...
09/18/2021 at 12:05 • 0 commentsAfter successful testing, we made more digits, 2 pairs of 2 digits for team score, 4 digits for a timer and then we brainstormed a simple scoreboard layout and got to work.
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FABLAB for the WIN​ - make it ourselves
09/18/2021 at 11:59 • 0 commentsUltimately, we started to work on it and make one ourselves using the NJV FabLab, CNC Machines and available components and parts.
We used MDF Sheet and cut 1 digit to test it and to also check visibility in daylight
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Buying a pre-built Board
09/18/2021 at 11:57 • 0 commentsNext we tried to buy large digits and a pre-built board from the market, we did not like the quality and the price was high and there were no features and no coding to be done.
So we did not go with this approach.
Price was around around 5000 Rs and more for large segments
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Projector as Scoreboard - FAILED by SUN
09/18/2021 at 11:55 • 0 commentsInitially, we tried our level best to NOT do any work and just use a Laptop and a Projector to make the scoreboard - unfortunately the sun is too bright and we cant do anything about it - this plan failed.
We tried to use the scoreboard available at the website https://keepthescore.co/