They create a chess with a plate Arduino UNO

There are several types of chess that have been built with Free Hardware. The intention of many chess players is to build an electronic chess with which one can play against the machine or simply have their movements saved and sent electronically.

In this case we have a similar machine that can play chess and can even move the pieces for us, but surprisingly its hardware is not very powerful, it only needs a plate Arduino UNO.

A plate of Arduino UNO it is an affordable plate for many but also not very powerful if we compare it with other boards like Arduino MEGA or Raspberry Pi. Along with the use of this board, RoboAvatar, the creator of this project, has used an XYZ structure, the same structure that is used in 3D printers.

This structure will be helped with magnetized pieces that will allow the machine to locate the placed pieces more precisely. In addition to Arduino UNO and the structure, RoboAvatar has made use of a Mux Shield and a pair of MCP23017 I / O expansion chips. In addition, the creator has devised a Python program that helps to operate all the hardware with the consequent result of a game of Chess.

Fortunately this project is free and can be built at any time. For this we only have to get the construction elements and build it according to the steps of the build guide that RoboAvatar has posted on Instructables. And where we can get all the necessary software to make the project work.

This chess machine project is very interesting, but it does not stop be an expensive solution to a computer chess program. Although the idea of ​​using a plate Arduino UNO for this type of project it seems very interesting and it may even be possible to build a 3D printer with this type of plates.


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