PingPong Game

A basic ping-pong game written for 16x2 LCD displays to be run on the Arduino platform.

Interface

Left mini-board for Player 1 with Up and Down buttons. Similar setup for the Player 2 on the right mini-board. Refer diagrams.

Connections

• Player 1 :

  • Up Button to analog pin A0
  • Down Button to analog pin A1

• Player 2 :

  • Up Button to analog pin A2
  • Down Button to analog pin A3

• LCD :

  • RS pin to digital pin 12
  • Enable pin to digital pin 11
  • D4 pin to digital pin 5
  • D5 pin to digital pin 4
  • D6 pin to digital pin 3
  • D7 pin to digital pin 2
  • R/W pin to ground
  • VSS pin to ground
  • VCC pin to +5V
  • Backlight to +5V across 220Ω resistor

• 10K potentiometer :

  • ends to +5V and ground
  • wiper to LCD V0 pin

Motivation

This project was my submission for IITB FOSSEE 2019 Screening Tasks.
Online simulation available at Autodesk TinkerCAD