Simon
Simon is a game manufactured by Milton Bradley. It is a long-standing favorite introduced by the company in 1978. (Rubin, 2017)
As an occupational therapist, I use games and meaningful activities to increase a person's ability to complete everyday activities. The game of Simon requires attention, fine motor coordination, and frustration tolerance.
In an attempt to learn the physical components of circuits and coding, I used the SparkFun Inventor's guide to make the Simon game using a breadboard, Arduino, jump wires, LEDs, buttons, resistors, a buzzer, and a potentiometer.
Supplies
Gather the following supplies:
- One Breadboard
- One Arduino
- Four LEDs
- Four Resistors
- Four Buttons
- One Buzzer
- One Potentiometer
SparkFun Inventor's Kit Experiment Guide
This is a step-by-step guide for building the Simon Says Game outlined in the SparkFun Inventor's Kit Experiment Guide - v4.1.
Buttons
LEDs
Next, add four LEDs to the breadboard. Be sure the LEDs are different colors.
Resistors
Awesome! Now, add four resistors to the breadboard.
Potentiometer
You are doing great! Next, add a potentiometer to the breadboard.
Buzzer
How are you feeling? Are you proud of how awesome you are doing?
Let's add a buzzer to the breadboard.
Jump Wires
You may want to jump for joy with this step!
Add jump wires to each of the buttons.
Power
It's Electric!
Connect the power source to the LEDs and the buttons.
Jump Wires
You are doing great!
Connect jump wired between the ground and the buzzer and potentiometer.
Connect Power
A few more wires...
Connect power to the buzzer and the potentiometer.
Ground
Make sure it is grounded.
Connect the ground via a wire between the Arduino and the breadboard.
Code
Link to Arduino Web Editor
Here is the code in Arduino Web Editor
This code was created and copied from SparkFun.
Final Product!
Here is what the game looks like on the breadboard!
Downloads
Have Fun!
Try it out!
Have fun!