{"id":18483,"date":"2018-03-12T17:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18483"},"modified":"2018-03-12T13:53:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T12:53:54","slug":"an-led-matrix-gaming-table-built-around-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18483","title":{"rendered":"An LED matrix gaming table built around a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/matrix_gaming_table.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18484\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/matrix_gaming_table.png?resize=500%2C281&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/matrix_gaming_table.png?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/matrix_gaming_table.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/matrix_gaming_table.png?resize=260%2C146&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/matrix_gaming_table.png?resize=160%2C90&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Andreas Rottach from Germany has taken 300 LEDs and a Raspberry Pi 3 and created this stunning LED matrix gaming table. He&#8217;s implemented several low-res games on it, including Tetris (above) and Flappy Bird as well as programming challenge favourite <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conway&#8217;s Game of Life<\/a>. It can also display static images &#8211; I particularly like the chessboard one &#8211; very functional.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/rottaca\/LEDTableEngine\/wiki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">find out how to build your own table via Andreas&#8217; tutorial on GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at it in action below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LED-Matrix Table - 300 LEDs - Raspberry Pi - C++ Engine - Custom Controllers\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z7gvpGvGYsc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/led-matrix-table\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thanks to Raspberry Pi for spotting this one<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andreas Rottach from Germany has taken 300 LEDs and a Raspberry Pi 3 and created this stunning LED matrix gaming table. 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