Led matrix pong game

Small and simple pong on my 32x24 bicolor led matrix.

More info can be found on my website:
http://www.rambolo.net

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• led
• matrix
• pong

[CurrentOverflow]

Very well done dude, how you getting them to multiplex so fast, what speed is your processor at?

[wickedzin]

Thank you! Each 8x8 matrix is multiplex by a driver chip called Max6960, so the processor itself does nothing more than update the video memory inside the Max6960 chip when needed. If I remember correctly the Max6960 uses a 20 MHz clock for pwm/multiplexing. You can find more info on this on my homepage (link is in the description).

[grogmaninteractive]

I would like to do a led pong like that, probably smaller, how much the purchase amount? Is it hard to program for a beginner? Are there tutorials on internet? Anyway thank you for the interesting video ;)

[wickedzin]

Hi there, I got those 8x8 bicolor led matrices from a company called LC LED, they have a fair price for them, but you can for sure find them on E-bay as well. If you aren't that familiar with electronics and microcontrollers I would suggest you start with something smaller like an 8x8 or 16x16 led matrix. I know there are plenty of tutorials on how to control those on the internet. Thanks for the comment and good luck with your pong game :)

[DanMancat]

It seems to me that its running on a loop.

right?

[wickedzin]

Yepp, this is the first test run of the display. But in the latest revision there is also a gamepad connect to it and the microcontroller now contains tree games, Tetris, Pong and Snake.

[ArtyFart]

Cool, I also did Tetris, Pong and Snake on a pic 16F877.

I ditched the Pong game since it isn't much fun without arbitrary angles.

[clonlalo2]

Cool, it's kinda... cool :)

[Kaandorpius]

Do they come in handheld consoles? :)

[00retrobrad00]

Very nice. The large display is great!