{"id":97,"date":"2013-07-24T16:36:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T16:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeffcardillo.com\/blog\/?p=97"},"modified":"2025-04-21T05:11:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:11:01","slug":"simple-arduino-game-with-16x2-lcd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jeffcardillo.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/24\/simple-arduino-game-with-16x2-lcd\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Arduino Game with 16&#215;2 LCD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I built this simple game to show my nephews how much fun you can have tinkering with hardware and software.<\/p>\n<p>The following video shows the game in action. Below the video\u00a0I&#8217;ll list the hardware that I\u00a0used, and also post a link to the code so that you can use it in your projects.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Simple arduino game\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oX6Z890Zd2A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h6>Hardware<\/h6>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jeffcardillo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/11021b-00.jpg\">Arduino Uno &#8211; R3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jeffcardillo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/11021b-00.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-118 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/jeffcardillo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/11021b-00-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"11021b-00\" width=\"155\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jeffcardillo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/11021b-00-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jeffcardillo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/11021b-00-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/jeffcardillo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/11021b-00.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sparkfun.com\/products\/11851\"> LCD Button Shield (16&#215;2)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jeffcardillo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/11851-01b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-116 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/jeffcardillo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/11851-01b-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"11851-01b\" width=\"155\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jeffcardillo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/11851-01b-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/jeffcardillo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/11851-01b-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/jeffcardillo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/11851-01b.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sparkfun.com\/products\/512\">USB Cable A to B<\/a> (A standalone arduino board doesn&#8217;t come with this)<\/p>\n<h6>Source Code<\/h6>\n<p>The source code is available here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/jeffcardillo\/arduino_super_scooter\"><strong>https:\/\/github.com\/jeffcardillo\/arduino_super_scooter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I built this simple game to show my nephews how much fun you can have tinkering with hardware and software. The following video shows the game in action. 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