144 LED Games Console Project

[electroguy]

Sir@Art
Thanks for making an awesome project like this.


I am trying to make a PCB of it and hope to make it very soon.
I have some random question,

1#which version of PIC BASIC PRO did you used
2#what was the version of BASIC language that you used to program

Thanks in advance

[Gaffalover]

Hi,
I built the console and it works well.
Unfortunately, I am the exact opposite of Art
I do love electronics, but on the software side i only do what i have to do to get it running.

Tetris works perfectly, but at Snake the keys are swapped by -90 °.
I hold the console horizontally and have soldered the buttons directly to the board.
So if I want to go right, I have to press the top button.
If I want to go left, I have to press the lower button.
If I want up, I have to press the left button.
If I want down, I have to press the right button.

For clarification, here is a picture of what the buttons are doing.


Hopefully someone can change the v3 for me so that it fits.
I would be very grateful!

[Art]

Snake is plyed in landscape orientation, you're supposed to turn the whole
circuit board sideways, in the same orientation that the message is scrolled,
and then the high score will appear the right way too.

[Art]

Hi Guys,
I am still getting emails from people making this project.
Most have it working, and just ask questions about programming new messages.

Some emails are form people who put the whole thing together with transistors facing the wrong way,
reflecting an error in my original schematic diagram.

Does anyone have any idea where this original schematic might be sourced?
The last time I tried to find out, but didn't hear back from the guy making the project.

bushprogrammer at google's mail domain.
Cheers, Art.

[Art]

Hi

People are still making this, and talking to the last person to make it on a photo PCB,
an error has been found int he schematic (might not apply to PCBs made in CAD).

The schematics in the package show the wring pic pin for one of the buttons.
It’s actually the pin that drives the lone LED, so should have been found by anyone proficient actually making it.

With the error, the display will constantly show “Tetris”, and stay there no matter what buttons are pressed.
It’s waiting for the button that was held at power to start Tetris, to be released (and that never happens).

[Demon]

I want my money back.