Chapter 2. The MintDuino Reflex Game

The MintDuino Reflex Game will test the reflexes of two players. The game takes place on the mini breadboard, with each player waiting to push a button when an LED (the Game Light) in the center of the breadboard lights up. The Game Light will light up after a random amount of time has passed (something between, say, 5 and 10 seconds). Whichever player pushes their button first after the Game Light LED lights up wins, and a green LED will light up on the side of the winning player.

That’s The Big Project—but let’s break it down into four subtasks that will help us understand the proper wiring of the MintDuino, as well as the electronics components and programming elements required:

  1. Wire up and program the MintDuino ...

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