Comments on: Hangmanduino

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:40:48 +0000

HAHA! Awesome! Thanks Marcos!

By: Marcos

Marcos — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:49:58 +0000

This is very cool too! You are very creative!!!!
Man, now you got a number one fan in Brazil!

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:54:07 +0000

chicosoft, the 10K “resistance” symbols in the schematic are potentiometers. The contrast pot controls the contrast of the LCD and the control moves the selections in the game.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:50:40 +0000

Sid, great to hear! I’m glad you had a good time and perhaps even learned a trick or two from the code. God knows I was banging my head for quite a few nights and I’m glad to see my efforts go to good use.

By: Sid Guglielmino

Sid Guglielmino — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:19:59 +0000

Dan

Just tried building one of these. Had all the bits so the whole process only took about 15 minutes and your code worked first time once I changed your “LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10);” to suit my display “(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);”. Thanks again.

By: chicosoft

chicosoft — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:04:22 +0000

Hello, thanks for you answers, you help a noobie in this area. Today i will receive my first arduino, i will start to try doing the basics that are in the program, and then i will go to your project.
Can you explain that 10K resistance in the contrast and Control? Is that a push button with a 10K resistance?

Thanks for all

By: Sid Guglielmino

Sid Guglielmino — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:28:57 +0000

This is a fantastic effort. Well done!

I’ve been fiddling with Arduino and an LCD for a while but didn’t think you could push it this far. Excellent job, and thanks for sharing the code. I’m sure I’ll learn a lot from it.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:46:19 +0000

Chicosoft, indeed all you need to do to make use of a library is put the files in the “yourarduinoroot\hardware\libraries” folder. Then close the IDE and re-open and you should be able to use it.

Duemilanove w/ATMEGA328 is fine, and probably the most common Arduino board available. However, there are tons of options…http://www.freeduino.org/ is a good site that lists all the different boards and reditions, along with some other Arduino projects/references.

Good luck on your endeavors!

By: chicosoft

chicosoft — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:48:07 +0000

Hello, thanks for your reply, i was looking to the prog, i am really new to this.
how do i compile with the librarys? put the in some folder?
i will try to make one, tomorrow i will buy my first arduino, what do you think about: “Arduino Duemilanove with Atmega328″ it comes preburned with a bootloader, i think that is a good choice rigth?

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:45:11 +0000

Sure thing Josiah. The metal part of the case comes from the side of a computer case. I just measured everything out on paper and made sure that it would be big enough to fit my Arduino and make-shift shield and made the cut. I put the bends in the metal with some clamps and some scrap 1×1 pieces. I’ll reference the Make Magazine article on making a chair from a grocery cart…something similar to that. The rest was careful measuring and planning and grinding down the edges. The finish is 2 coats of regular old Rustoleum black with a clear coat. The bottom is made out of some scrap plywood painted black, the sides are some AC grade plywood I had which I stained.

I make guitar effects pedals too, so I have some plans rolling around in my head to make a similar case completely out of metal. It would only be 2 pieces bend and held together with some screws on the top and back. Perhaps someday I’ll play with that and draw/share the plans with everyone. For now, I’d be willing to share the measurements with you if that’s something you’d be interested in.