Live chess on a real Arduino based board

All sorts of homemade devices based on the Arduino platform are becoming more common. This is largely due to the wide capabilities of the platform itself. In some cases, craftsmen create not very original devices, any automatic beer openers and other similar devices. But sometimes there are very interesting projects. For example, online chess on a real board, managed automatically.

Not all chess players like to play chess on a PC. No three-dimensional picture is able to convey the shamata board, the figures and the very atmosphere of the game. Despite this, hundreds of thousands of people play chess either with a computer or with virtual opponents. But you can combine the virtual world and the real chessboard.
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One of the craftsmen created an interesting project based on this idea. The project is an ordinary chessboard, magnetic, with magnetic chess. When the enemy "on the other side" takes a step, the shamat figure automatically moves on a real board, using a system of magnets. Well, in order to make his own move, the player moves the piece in the usual way.

Of course, it all works on the basis of the Arduino platform.



Via gizmodo