I got hold of a couple of 28X1's last week with the intention of making some laser tag guns. I have been having a bit of a play around with them and I really blown away at how easy and quickly I have progressed.
I've not had any micro controller experience before, but have a reasonable amount of programming experience. But even still it really brings a whole new dimension to what you can do with simple circuits.
My intention it to start some sort of project called something like:-
Open Tag
Open Laser Tag
Axe Tag
LasAXE Tag
I dunno, suggestions welcome.
Anyway, the project will be completely open, both hardware and software, so anyone can build the system or contribute if they so wish. I will try and create a website in the future with more details, full code listing and circuit.
At the moment, I have two circuits which send a serial byte with parity containing player and team data modulated on to a 38khz carrier wave. I also have a LCD screen hooked up to show Health, Player ID and ammo.
So far each circuit has cost just under £10, including LCD (although I got them for £1 each)
Here's a quick teaser:-
I've not had any micro controller experience before, but have a reasonable amount of programming experience. But even still it really brings a whole new dimension to what you can do with simple circuits.
My intention it to start some sort of project called something like:-
Open Tag
Open Laser Tag
Axe Tag
LasAXE Tag
I dunno, suggestions welcome.
Anyway, the project will be completely open, both hardware and software, so anyone can build the system or contribute if they so wish. I will try and create a website in the future with more details, full code listing and circuit.
At the moment, I have two circuits which send a serial byte with parity containing player and team data modulated on to a 38khz carrier wave. I also have a LCD screen hooked up to show Health, Player ID and ammo.
So far each circuit has cost just under £10, including LCD (although I got them for £1 each)
Here's a quick teaser:-