Have you ever wished for an easier way to keep track of who’s winning in your casual games - whether it’s a card game, arm wrestling match, or dance battle?
Announcing... It Counts™! This is a portable gadget that allows two opposing teams to keep track of their score in a game. Every time each side scores a point, they can simply press their button, and their score will increment by one on the 7-segment display, with a limit of 9 points per team. The scores can be easily reset by tilting the gadget.
Company HistoryThe origins of It Counts™! can be traced back to just a few weeks ago (November 2020). While arm wrestling each other, two of our founders, Kyle and Jacob, couldn’t remember how many rounds each person had won.
To prevent Kyle and Jacob from starting a fight over the winner, a few of their classmates, Mattie, Janet, Sam, and Andrew, proposed that they build a gadget to make it easy for them to keep score. Thus, It Counts™! was born!
Armed with a purpose and an impending deadline, the product began as a simple one button one 7-segment display to keep track of the scores of one team. This idea did not produce the results it intended, as two It Counts™! products were needed to keep track of the scores of one game. Our founders decided that it would be for the best if two buttons and two 7-segment displays were attached to one product, allowing only one It Counts™! Gadget needed for one game. This idea was met with unprecedented success, and demand for the gadget increased two-fold. However, our customers were still unhappy, and wanted us to integrate a tilt switch into our design. That’s how the latest iteration of our product emerged, and it will surpass all expectations of our customers. Not only are you now able to keep score, the new gadget allows you to reset the score by simply tilting the gadget!
How to Use It!Are you wondering how you can attain such a device yourself? Well, we’ve got you covered: first refer to our components and software list and ensure you have everything necessary.
[1] Setup the circuit by connecting the Launchpad, Breadboard, and other components as indicated by our diagrams and provided documents.
Block Diagram:
For more details on how to execute the wiring, we followed the reference design for a 7-segment display with BoosterPack.
[2] Compile and upload the provided program. As we used a TI TM4C123G Launchpad board, we used Energia as our IDE. Compatibility may vary if you do not use the same components as we have listed.
[3] You can now use the gadget. To increment the score of one team, press the button corresponding to that team. The score of the team should increment.
[4] To reset the game/reset the scores to 0, simply tilt the board.
That's how easy it is to use our device!
Team MembersAndrew Zhang (ayz3)
Kyle Derbabian (ksd3)
Mattie Meacham (mmm28)
Jacob Flynn (jaf19)
Janet Lu (jcl11)
Samuel Xu (sx19)
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