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What is this LED Game Table?

In 2013 I found myself with a little too much free time, and came across an interesting microcontroller called an Arduino. This was my first experience with electronics other than simply software, and found myself looking for a fun way to build something hands-on.

I began the project by wiring up a strand of LEDs and then arranged them into a grid. I then started to think of the best device to interact with the lights, and hooked up a NES controller. I then built a wooden frame to hold the grid and wired it up to a controller board. The result was a simple LED game table that could display different patterns and respond to user input.

The table mostly collected dust after some time, until I decided to give it a new life by adding WIFI capabilities and a new codebase that could be controlled via a web interface.

The original codebase was hand-coded the old fashioned way, but the new codebase was mostly prompt-driven, using AI to generate the code using the old codebase as a starting point and then refining it to work with the new microcontroller. Dr. Mario and the LED Websocket server were both created using this new prompt-driven approach.

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An early LED panel prototype beside a game controller — Early LED panel prototype

Wooden grid framework for the table under construction — Building the wooden grid

The wooden grid being secured during assembly — Assembling the frame

The dark grid panel laid out on the floor — Preparing the grid panel

LED panel prototype laid out on a table — Testing the LED panel

The underside of the LED game table, showing its lights and wiring — The LED table, from underneath

Controller boards and wiring inside the LED table — Controller boards and wiring

The finished illuminated game table with its controller — The finished LED game table

The finished LED game table glowing beneath the plants — Now with WIFI!

Arduino Uno R4 WiFi board wired into the LED game table — New Arduino Uno R4 Wifi

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