{"id":14095,"date":"2016-01-24T13:47:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T12:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14095"},"modified":"2016-01-24T13:47:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T12:47:54","slug":"building-a-massive-cricket-scoreboard-on-a-shoestring-budget-with-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14095","title":{"rendered":"Building a massive cricket scoreboard on a shoestring budget with a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/buildyourownscoreboard.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/img_0252_small.jpg?resize=560%2C397\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"397\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A bunch of amateur hackers from Gloucestershire have created a digital scoreboard for their cricket club using a Raspberry Pi. The Pi acts as the master controller for an Arduino which controls the 7-segment displays. The interface is then accessed via a tablet or laptop and the scores updated remotely. It&#8217;s a lovely project, especially considering the group didn&#8217;t have any electronics knowledge or experience and they had to rely on tutorials and resources on the Internet to put it together. <a href=\"https:\/\/buildyourownscoreboard.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">You can read lots more, including how to do it yourself, on their blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hackaday.com\/2016\/01\/24\/cricket-scoreboard-is-a-big-win-for-novice-hackers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Thanks to Hackaday for spotting this one<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bunch of amateur hackers from Gloucestershire have created a digital scoreboard for their cricket club using a Raspberry Pi. The Pi acts as the master controller for an Arduino which controls the 7-segment displays. 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