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    I have been asked if I could build some game with the pro version of your board.

    The person has a couple of boards, I am assuming that they want one as an overall game timer for the game play and the other as a game item itself.

    I have been looking at the tutorials which all rely on the start button being pressed.

    That in itself isn’t practical for the game in mind and have a possible solution to the automation of the timer starting. The game doesn’t need any of the features of pulling in sequence or double speed time counter or instant detonation, its a very simple timer need.

    The questions I have would be answered in looking through the code which I grabbed a copy from git hub that you have uploaded.

    Where would I find the code sections that relate to the programming setup as the game only needs one setup that when phase 1 is completed, the countdown starts automatically for phase 2 of the game.

    It would be much simpler if you have a bare board except for the surface mount microcontroller and then the issue of flashing the chip with the modded code, I don’t have a board to hand to see if there is a header for this or if there is an FTDI needed to program the chip.

    Another question is the settings, are they remembered when switched off between game days? or are they a case of having to be programmed every time the game is used?

    #14700
    Michael
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    Answers to some of your questions:
    1) yes, there is a 6-pin serial header that can be used with any FTDI serial adapter to upload code. There are plenty of images on our website that show this at the top of the board.
    2) yes, settings are remembered in EEPROM. You don’t have to redo all the settings.

    As for changing the code, you will have to study the code and figure out what modifications you need. It will not be simple for me to tell you what to change. I’m available to do custom coding for a fee if you would like: https://nootropicdesign.com/store/product/custom-programming/

    #14707

    Ok, thanks for confirming this, sorry for the late reply as I had taken my son to NAF22 held in Ringwood (UK).

    I will speak with the person who owns the game site that asked if I can help make the game he wants as it might be a faster way to expedite this idea I have.

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