Developing the Gameboy-Like Meggy Jr RGB

This project enables the writing of custom games which can be controlled through the Arduino development environment as it is fully driven by an ATmega168 microcontroller.

A platform to develop handheld pixel games can be designed with this Meggy Jr RGB kit since it contains an 8×8 RGB LED matrix display that is fully addressable along with 6 big fat buttons for playing comfortably. It is also designed to be mounted inside a handle set made of wood or plastic case which makes it a unique feature of Meggy Jr RGB. Compared to a bare circuit board, this is more pleasant and safer to hold.

There are several small components that are mounted underneath the LED matrix display in order to save space as the Meggy Jr RGB printed circuit board is covered in white with black printing. The STP16DP05B1R LED driver chips are the two big chips along with the 8 extra programmable LEDs where extra data such as level, ammo, or lives can be displayed. Appropriate bleeps buzzes and bloops can be made by adding a little buzzer. A 16MHz crystal oscillator is also included besides display, buttons, and interfaces.

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