Archive for the 'Arduino Taipan!' Category
Taipan! on the Arduino(s). Part 9 – Finished!
July 31st, 2012I finally finished Taipan! on the Arduino. Well, two Arduinos. Since most people won’t read the other 8(!) rambling posts on the project below is a film and a brief summary. Here is a film of it in action. The original aim was to take the original Apple 2 version of Taipan! and port it [...]
Taipan! on the Arduino(s). Part 8 (almost there)!
July 29th, 2012More progress and things are finally almost complete. I laid everything out inside the hollow book to see that it would all fit. The batteries are made up of two AA cell holders, each holding four Ni-Mh cells.These fit either side of the keypad.The screen is at the top and in the middle is space [...]
Taipan! on the Arduino(s). Part 7 (bloody hell, when will it end).
July 19th, 2012Right, still going on this ‘little’ project. I modified the book to take an inset wooden front panel cut from some thin ply. I carefully cut a lip in the top face of the book for this to sit in so it is flush with the pages. Front panel. I also decided the original keypad [...]
Taipan! on the Arduino(s). Part 6.
July 5th, 2012Small update tonight. The hollow book is now ready to be used as an enclosure. Book for enclosure. I would put the dust jacket back on it but now the rear cover is glued to the pages you can’t! Need to think about that one. I also finished adding in the sound effects in the [...]
Taipan! on the Arduino(s). Part 5.
July 4th, 2012I am still going through play testing and making sure the game runs properly. To get everything right, including the right sound effects in the right places, I filmed the screen as I played Taipan! on the Virtual Apple 2 site. I was then able to play back the films to match the behaviour to [...]