LaserTag_esp8266

installation

To use this project, we recommend using the provided schema:

requirements (hardware):

Here we use:

• 1 raspberry pi 4b (optional: for dashboard and mqtt server)

and per gun:

• 1 ESP8266 (nodeMCU v3)
• 4 buttons (we reccomend using 2 triggers (conected to A0: reload, and D7: shoot), and 2 buttons)
• 1 standaard pizzo buzzer
• 1 3mm IR LED
• 1 Ir receiver
• 1 oled screen
• 1 2n2222 transistor
• 4 10K Ω resistors (to ground the buttons)
• 2 individualy adressable RGB LEDs
• 1 4x AAA battery holder
• 1 3.3K Ω resistor (for the transistor)
• 1 100Ω resistor (for the IR lED)

Warning!!

an aditional switch between the transisor and the D3 pin is required: at boot the switch has to be off, else the ESP8266 will fail to boot.

requirements (software):

Make sure you have visual studio code installed. Install the platform IO extention into visual studio code.

1. clone the repo to a chosen folder
2. open the folder with visual studio code
3. open the source folder, and edit main.cpp:
   1. change the IDs in the correct places (indicated by "CHANGE!!!")
   2. change the wifi credentials, and the mqtt server address

        const char* ssid = "name of your 2.4ghz Wifi";
        const char* password = "";
        const char* mqtt_server = "192.168.1.5"; 
      

4. connect the esp via usb cable to the pc
5. upload the edited code to the ESP

about:

This is a group project to build laser tag guns with some basic featuers (up to 4 teams, multiple game modes, multiple guns,...). This was originaly started with the intention of producing a few lasertag guns for the science fair.

This project is written using Visual Studio Code with the platformIO extention. For this project we use a (LoLin) NodeMcu v3 (using the esp 8266)(in platformIO seen as nodeMcu v1.0), and the IRremoteESP8266 libary. Their github: https://github.com/crankyoldgit/IRremoteESP8266

updates

update: since: 12/11/2021

Added added Pubsubclient libary:

by: Knolleary

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update: since: 27/10/2021

This update we introduced the u8glib-HAL libary: u8glib-HAL libary

by: Scott Lahteine

We also added the ESP8266 and ESP32 OLED driver for SSD1306 displays libary: ESP8266 and ESP32 OLED driver for SSD1306 displays

by:

• Daniel Eichhorn, ThingPulse
• squix78@gmail.com
• https://thingpulse.com
• Fabrice Weinberg: fabrice@weinberg.me

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update: since: 19/10/2021

This update we started using the FastLED libary

by:

• Daniel Garcia
• Mark Kriegsman
• Sam Guyer
• Jason Coon
• Josh Huber

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