by Alessandro Matera | Apr 6, 2025 | Uncategorised
Have you ever wanted to create your own video game… for your keychain? The KeyChainino is a mini but powerful 12×12 LED matrix gaming platform powered by an ATmega328 microcontroller and a clever technique called Charlieplexing. This tutorial will walk you...
by Alessandro Matera | Jan 1, 2021 | KeyChainino, Software
Today I want to talk about a particular dog. Not a normal dog, but a special one who don’t need a leash. This dog watch you… and is called the watchdog 😀 The watchdog – according to wikipedia – is an electronic timer that is used to detect and...
by Alessandro Matera | Jan 3, 2020 | Hardware, KeyChainino, Software
The KeyChainino arkanoid-like game is based on a ball that bouncing on the “screen” (matrix LEDs) and a paddle used to avoid the falls of the ball in the bottom part of the screen. The heart of the sketch is the function enabled by the overflow of the...
by Alessandro Matera | Dec 8, 2019 | Uncategorised
Follow these steps to program KeyChainino 144 with Arduino or an ISP Programmer: STEP 1: Download and install the Arduino MiniCore library If you haven’t already, download and install the Arduino IDE from the official Arduino website. Follow the instructions for...
by Alessandro Matera | Apr 29, 2017 | Uncategorised
Follows these steps to program KeyChainino with Arduino or an ISP Programmer: For the ITALIAN version go here. 1) Download and install Arduino-tiny core library: If you haven’t already, download the Arduino software, Install the Arduino software, following the...