Laser Tag "Free for All" Circuit Playground Express and ESP8266

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Laser Tag "Free for All" Circuit Playground Express and ESP8266

LaserTagDemo

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This is an easy way to make your boards into a fun laser tag game to play with friends.

we combined both boards as described in the pictures.

Supplies

For this project you will need IR remotes, shoe laces, circuit playground express, ESP8266, battery case for the board and batteries

GIT Files

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Go to the following GIT and download the code files on it.

https://github.com/IoTLaserTag/Laser-Tag

Find the IR Signal

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Upload RemoteControllerIRSignalCheck to the board

Finding the IR Value

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Shoot using the remote towards the board and save the IR value.

Upload the Player Program to the Board

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Each player with his individual program.

Add your WIFI certificate as shown in the picture

Add the IR Values to the Players Program

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Set the values at the marked place in the code

Create an Adafruit User

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Go to https://io.adafruit.com/ and create a user

Creating the Information Feeds

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Go to the feeds tab and create 3 groups :Death Count, Game Time, Players.

Group Creation Example

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Fill out the form

Create Feeds for Every Necessary Information

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For each one of the game information stream create a feed.

Death count per player, player and game time.

Get Your Adafruit MQTT Key

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Put the MQTT Key in the Code

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Get Your Feed Key for Each Feed

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For each feed get their uniq key

Put the Feed Key in the Code

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Put the feed key in the code for each player

Create a Dashboard

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Go to dashboards and create a new dashboard.

Create Life Gauges for Every Player

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For every player create a life gauge

Create a Death Count for Every Player

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Create a death count for every player

Create a Text Block for the Timer

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DashBoard Design Example

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Create the Vest for the Board

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Follow the steps in the pictures and crate a vest for the board.

Prepare for the Game

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Wear the vest and battery pack and connect them.

HAVE FUN!!!

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Grab your remote and have fun!!!