In this course, Digital Projects (EITF11), we elected to build a rather primitive gaming console, supporting only one game: Battleships. The game mainly consists of two graphic LCD screens, one Atmega16 microprocessor and a handful of LED's, buttons and resistors. The processor is programmed in C using Atmel Studio7.
The project has been heavily flavoured with optimistic planning and unexpected problems. In order to get all components of the game into place, we had to get a deeper understanding of the processor and the graphic LCD screen than expected, and we encountered many problems on the way. The learning has also been heavily dependent on individual work and problem solving, which although it at times was frustrating also was very rewarding. Overall, a challenging and interesting experience.
