Integrated Circuit and System
The system is set up to be fun and interactive with servos updating and sending the ball to a from scoring positions and active play. It updates using photo resistors and light intensity change detections. Please see code for more understanding.
The IC uses wiring, four servos, a microcontroller Arduino uno, four 1k resistors, and tape to allow for functionality. It could be easily improved and condensed but for the time restraints and demo necessity, this worked. Better setup without tape would improve play and ball getting stuck. It would also clean up the board.
This video shows the way the playfield would move theoretically if a player was hitting the ball into each hole of scoring positions. The photoresistor reads the light intensity change, powers the servos, knocks the ball out, and the play continues. Notice the issue with the servo at position two, this was not an issue during the original demo. It became an issue after the fact because the board had been moved leading to slight obstruction from the inside of the cardboard. This can easily be fixed by moving the servo to not hit the center area of the inside of the board.
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This video further shows the simple issue at hand in the video above. This is a simple fix and not detrimental to play.
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Another angle of the servo and photoresistor functionality for clearer view.