Month: December 2017

The Frogger project is making good progress and it’s looking like there will only be another 3 – 4 articles in this series. The next should be released in around a weeks time and will contain all of the essential game-play. Leaving only differing level difficulty, scoring, sound and demo/splash […]

In case people are un-aware, there is a Arduino Space Invaders Play-List on Youtube, going through from the start to the completed project. In the early episodes there is a greater emphasis on programming. Click on this title or the image to the left to go to it.

The series of articles on the Frogger build are now being collected together in a YouTube play list, click the image to the left or the title above to go to the play list.

Supporting video available for Frogger articles 2 and 3 (see just below or use the projects menu for the written articles). Click the image or the title above to go to the video. In this we cover the parts list and getting the code up and running on your set-up.

In this article in the Frogger series we draw the main screen with all moving objects and add in control and movement of the main players “Frog”. Full source code within the article for download.

In this next instalment we move from the ESP8266 to the ESP32 due to input constraints on the 8266. Includes parts list and getting up to speed ready for the next article and initial software release.

I big thank you for the first person to give a donation on the new Donation link on the right hand side. I really am grateful, every amount donated will go to running this site and building projects. The first person was (only giving first names but they will know […]

Supporting video to the article just below on connecting up a Colour SPI (ST7735 driver) LCD to the excellent ESP32 (NodeMCU 32S version). Click into this post to see the video.

In this article we connect a 128×128 Colour LCD (ST7735 driver and SPI driven) to an ESP32 (NodeMCU 32S version).

Up until now I’ve managed to fund XTronical privately, funding both the server and builds/equipment required. However as it’s growing and projected to grow I’ve started including adverts on the right hand side and small ones at the top and bottom of posts and pages. It really doesn’t bring in […]