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Pong interactive game for Raspberry Pi

Bring the arcade experience right to your workbench by recreating one of the most iconic video games in history! This two-player Pong project merges classic on-screen gameplay with hands-on physical computing. Instead of just tapping keys on a keyboard, you will build your own custom paddle controllers using physical potentiometers. By wiring these rotary dials to a Raspberry Pi through an MCP3008 analog-to-digital converter, you will learn exactly how to read real-world physical inputs and translate them seamlessly into responsive, digital game mechanics. It is a fantastic, retro-inspired way to level up both your hardware wiring and Python coding skills.

Pong as featured in The MagPi Magazine

This project is a video game based around a Raspberry Pi using an analogue to digital converter to read the positions of potentiometers. It was created for a tutorial in The MagPi magazine #133

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Pong Video Game for a Raspberry Pi

The game is a two player game. There are two paddle controllers (potentiometers) which are connected to the Raspberry Pi using an MCP3008 analogue-to-digital converter.

Wiring diagram

See the wiring diagram for details of how to wire up the circuit. The circuit uses 10kΩ linear potentiometers and an MCP3008 analogue to digital convertor.

Raspberry Pi pong video game with potentiometer controllers and MCP3008 analogue to digital converter

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