Simplifying the Joysticks' Wiring

Our Parallel Pong game uses a couple of Zippy Joysticks, which have been connected via a breadboard. In order to free the joysticks from the bulky breadboard and ensure more secure wiring, we acquired a small Adafruit PermaProto board and a ribbon cable to transfer the functions of the Raspberry Pi's GPIO pins directly to the board.

PermaProto Board and ribbon cable

Interfacing Zippyy Joysticks with the Raspberry Pi

In a later post, you'll read about a parallelized version of pong painted on a grid of computer screens. This sub-project was to interface joysticks up to a controlling node in the pong cluster and give it a classic cabinet feel. The only difference is that it is displaying on 15 screens! Until we got this working, we had to watch an AI enjoy the game.