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Chessboard-Pi

Raspberry Pi firmware for a magnetic-piece-tracking digital chessboard! WIP

This repository contains the Python project for the firmware that goes on the Raspberry Pi. (that goes on the 2nd PCB)

Install

For development, you can also install this on a normal PC, as it only needs a serial connection to the chessboard.

Dependencies

• Python (earliest version tested with is 3.11)
• python3-cairosvg on Debian (use sudo apt install) - for other OS ses the cairosvg docs.

Steps

1. Clone the repo.
2. Create virtual environment and install dependencies.

Usage

Run main.py to start the program. Pass in the serial port with -p.

python3 src/main.py -p /dev/ttyACM0

or on Windows:

python src/main.py -p COM28