I love creating hands-on, tactile objects that spark childlike joy in older users. My imagination has recently been captured by the simple yet elegant game of tic tac toe.
I first used JavaScript to recreate the classic game, which you can play below:
Click here to view the code.
Now, I am developing a giant electronic version using an abandoned LED matrix found at the maker space where I work.
So far I've created an electronic, interactive Etch-A-Sketch controlled by a protoboard remote.
This has been an adventure as I teach myself Arduino and basic electronics.
The first victory was connecting the microcontroller with the LED board, a process which took deep digging into LED strip pinouts until finding the Adafruit_WS2801 library.
My first iteration of the controller is prototyped, but I love the retro aesthetic of the hard wired interface. I plan to design a PCB and housing for two 90s style video game remotes.
