Arduino UNO Chess Clock

Description

This chess clock allows you to program all the most popular time control modes for the game of chess. From the simple time control, to the post-increments and pre-increments of time, as well as the bonuses for moves made in different stages of the game.

Arduino Chess Clock Features
This Arduino TFT LCD Touch Clock has been designed to be used as game clock for Chess or other games

The main features are:

5 different algorithms covering all popular timing standards
Pre-move time increments modes
Post-move time increment modes
Up to 3 different stage definitions per game.
Time mode without increments
Cumulative add-back mode
Non cumulative add-back mode

Details

You can read the complete blog project at Element14 project blog

Hardware used

This program is compatible with all TFT LCD screens an Arduino models that the Adafruit TFTLCD Library supports.

Hardware:

Arduino Chess Clock Features

This Arduino TFT LCD Touch Clock has been designed to be used as game clock for Chess
The main features are:

5 different algorithms covering all popular timing standards
Pre-move time increments modes
Post-move time increment modes
Up to 3 different stage definitions per game.
Time mode without increments
Cumulative add-back mode
Non cumulative add-back mode
Moves control for each stage.
Auto selection for whites clock
24 preprogrammed options for quick and ease of use
Move counter for all options
Pause/Resume the game

Preset modes

01 Time blitz 5 min
02 Time rapid 25 min
03 Time blitz 3 min
04 Time + guillotine 2 hrs f.b. 30 min
05 Time + guillotine 1 hrs f.b. 30 min
06 2 x Time + guillotine 2 hrs f.b. 1 hr f.b. 30 min
07 Time + repeating 2nd period 2 hours f.b. 1 hour (repeating)
08 Time + Bonus (“Fischer”) 25 min f.b. 5 min + 10 sec./move
09 Time + Bonus (“Fischer”) 2 hrs f.b. 15 min + 30 sec./move
10 2 x Time + Bonus (“Fischer”) 2 hrs, f.b. 1 hr f.b. 15 min + 30 sec./move
11 2 x Time + Bonus (“Fischer”) 1 hrs, f.b. 30 hr f.b. 15 min + 30 sec./move
12 Bonus (“Fischer”) blitz 3 min + 2 sec/move
13 Bonus (“Fischer”) rapid 25 min + 10 sec/move
14 Bonus (“Fischer”) slow 90 min + 30 sec/move
15 Bonus tournament 90 min f.b. 15 min (all + 30sec./move)
16 Bonus tournament 100 min f.b. 30 min (all + 30sec./move)
17 Delay (“Bronstein”) 5 min + 3 sec./move free
18 Delay (“Bronstein”) 25 min + 10 sec./move free
19 Delay (“Bronstein”) 1 hr 55 min 5 sec/move free
20 Delay (“US DELAY”) 5 min + 3 sec./move free
21 Delay (“US DELAY”) 25 min + 10 sec./move free
22 Delay (“US DELAY”) rapid 25 min + 10 sec/move
23 Delay (“US DELAY”) slow 90 min + 30 sec/move
24 Delay (“US DELAY”) tournament 90 min f.b. 15 min (all + 30sec./move)

Components

1 × Arduino UNO

1 × ELEGOO UNO R3 2.8 Inches TFT

Build Instructions

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1

Download code from Github

Download code from Github repository

https://github.com/javagoza/ArduinoTFTChessClock

Step 2

Change the preset modes as you want

static const GameType games[24]  PROGMEM = {
  { FISCHER, 0, 1, {{ 300, 0}, {0,  0}, {0, 0}}},         // 01 Time blitz 5 min
  { FISCHER, 0, 1, {{1500, 0}, {0,  0}, {0, 0}}},         // 02 Time rapid 25 min
  { FISCHER, 0, 1, {{ 180, 0}, {0,  0}, {0, 0}}},         // 03 Time blitz 3 min
  { FISCHER, 0, 2, {{7200,40}, {1800, 0}, {0, 0}}},       // 04 Time + guillotine 2 hrs f.b. 30 min
  { FISCHER, 0, 2, {{3600,40}, {1800, 0}, {0, 0}}},       // 05 Time + guillotine  1 hrs f.b. 30 min
  { FISCHER, 0, 3, {{7200, 40}, {3600, 20}, {1800, 0}}},  // 06 2 x Time + guillotine 2 hrs f.b. 1 hr f.b. 30 min
  { FISCHER, 0, 3, {{7200, 40}, {7200, 20}, {1800, 0}}},  // 07 Time + repeating 2nd period 2 hours f.b. 1 hour (repeating)
  { FISCHER, 10, 2, {{1500,40}, {300, 20}, {0, 0}}},      // 08 Time + Bonus (“Fischer”) 25 min f.b. 5 min + 10 sec./move
  { FISCHER, 30, 2, {{7200, 40}, {900, 0}, {0, 0}}},      // 09 Time + Bonus (“Fischer”) 2 hrs f.b. 15 min + 30 sec./move
  { FISCHER, 30, 3, {{7200, 40}, {7200, 20}, {900, 0}}},  // 10 2 x Time + Bonus (“Fischer”) 2 hrs, f.b. 1 hr f.b. 15 min + 30 sec./move
  { FISCHER, 30, 3, {{3600, 40}, {3600, 20}, {900, 0}}},  // 11 2 x Time + Bonus (“Fischer”) 1 hrs, f.b. 30 hr f.b. 15 min + 30 sec./move 
  { FISCHER, 2, 1,  {{180, 0}, {0, 0}, {0, 0}}},          // 12 Bonus (“Fischer”) blitz 3 min + 2 sec/move
  { FISCHER, 10, 1, {{1500, 0}, {0, 0}, {0, 0}}},         // 13 Bonus (“Fischer”) rapid 25 min + 10 sec/move
  { FISCHER, 30, 1, {{180, 0}, {0, 0}, {0, 0}}},          // 14 Bonus (“Fischer”) slow 90 min + 30 sec/move
  { FISCHER, 30, 2, {{5400, 40}, {900, 0}, {0, 0}}},      // 15 Bonus tournament 90 min f.b. 15 min (all + 30sec./move)
  { FISCHER, 30, 2,    {{6000, 40}, {1800, 0}, {0, 0}}},  // 16 Bonus tournament 100 min f.b. 30 min (all + 30sec./move)
  { BRONSTEIN, 3, 1, {{300, 0}, {0, 0}, {0, 0}}},         // 17 Delay (“Bronstein”) 5 min + 3 sec./move free
  { BRONSTEIN, 10, 1, {{1500, 0}, {0, 0}, {0, 0}}},       // 18 Delay (“Bronstein”) 25 min + 10 sec./move free
  { BRONSTEIN, 5, 2, {{7200, 0}, {0, 0}, {0, 0}}},        // 19 Delay (“Bronstein”) 1 hr 55 min 5 sec/move free
  { DELAY, 3, 1, {{300, 0}, {0, 0}, {0, 0}}},             // 20 Delay (“US DELAY”) 5 min + 3 sec./move free
  { DELAY, 10, 1, {{1500, 0}, {0, 0}, {0, 0}}},           // 21 Delay (“US DELAY”) 25 min + 10 sec./move free
  { DELAY, 10, 1, {{1500, 0}, {0, 0}, {0, 0}}},           // 22 Delay (“US DELAY”) rapid 25 min + 10 sec/move
  { DELAY, 30, 1, {{180, 0}, {0, 0}, {0, 0}}},            // 23 Delay (“US DELAY”) slow 90 min + 30 sec/move
  { DELAY, 30, 2, {{5400, 40}, {900, 0}, {0, 0}}},        // 24 Delay (“US DELAY”) tournament 90 min f.b. 15 min (all + 30sec./move)
};

Clock modes structure

enum IncrementType { DELAY = 0, // Delay the player's clock starts after the delay period
                     BRONSTEIN, // Players receive the used portion of the increment at the end of each turn
                     FISCHER    // Players receive the full increment at the end of each turn, with increment 0 is BLIZT or GUILLOTINE
                   };

struct StageType {
  long duration;
  int moves;
};

struct GameType {
  IncrementType incrementType;
  uint16_t incrementSeconds;
  uint16_t stagesNumber;
  StageType stages[3];
};

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