Physical Computing Blog

As this was the first time I was tasked with using loose wires and an LED detached from the breadboard, I was worried going into this. However, it turned out fine. I definitely need to solder the connections for the future, but as a rough test, this was successful. I thought the connection was going to be a lot more finicky, but thankfully my wiring job was strong enough for the LED to work. This has made my expectations for the wearable project a lot less stressful.

This is my first project working with an Arduino, specifically the Nano. I made a Simon clone in which the player must repeat a randomized pattern that gets longer each round. I decided to stick with digital inputs, using 2 push buttons and 2 colored LEDs. If the player messes up any part of the pattern, the game will immediately reset, letting the player know they lost by flashing both lights 3 times. The player can also take as long as they need to respond. The max game length is 100 inputs, but obviously unless you have an amazing memory, that number will never be reached, essentially making this game "endless".