Task Board

by vani_ag in Circuits > Arduino

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Task Board

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Task Boards! Give the LED Board to a loved one, keep the other and the gamepiece, and communicate your daily tasks and progress! Be your best self! Win the game of your life!

Downloads

Supplies

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Soldering iron

Vinyl cutter

Copper foil tape

Wires

RGB LED Strip

Adafruit Huzzah Feather or ESP8266 Huzzah breakout board

Adafruit Metro Board

Foamboard

Transparent film

Foam glue

Table Saw

Drill press

Scissors

Wire strippers

Make the Exterior Board

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  1. Design boardgame visuals
  2. Print on matte vinyl
  3. Cut foamboard to the correct size, with each board made as a box with interior space for circuits.
  4. Drill large holes into top piece of 1 board.
  5. Glue the boards.
  6. Apply stickers.
  7. Cut and apply transparent film to the bottom of stickers on the board piece with holes.
  8. Cut a small opening on the side of both boards for wires.

Circuit

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  1. Practice circuits with breadboard and Adafruit Huzzah Feather or ESP8266 Huzzah breakout board
  2. Add RGB LED Strip to the inside of 1 board box with a power source.
  3. Place and soldier copper tape and wires as per your Tinkercad code's diagram
  4. Practice your written code with Adafruit Metro Board.
  5. Use online programs Adafruit IO and IFTTT to set up applets, if needed.
  6. Replace Metro with Adafruit Huzzah Feather or ESP8266 Huzzah breakout board.
  7. Find the best way to use your game piece to close 1 or the required number of switches at a time, 1 suggestion is paper pressure switches.
  8. Test, troubleshoot, and finish the game!