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PoDunkMoFo:
there might be ways.....

PoDunkMoFo:
to catch up quickly....

SirPoonga:
I've actually been working on this.  My $10 electronic dartboard has an 8x11 matrix.  My keyboard I ripped apart has an 8x16 matrix.

I haven't hooked the two together yet.  I wonder if all combinations will work as keyboards are generally 104 keys and maybe some multimedia keys.

Then it will just be a simple programming task to map keys to actual board values.
After that it is creating the games.  If done right the games would be modules that you add one.  The master program would just read what key press happened, convert it to the actual dartboard value (along with the setup of that).  The game modules would then do what they need to do.  The main program would also be a menu, select number of players, etc...  and pass that info to the game module.  The game module might have to be in charge of scoring and displaying the score as games use different scoring techniques.  Though a simulated LCD numbering and cricket seutp will probably suffice.

The big thing right now is I am going to get a laptop that I can use to try this with.  I don't have room in my apartment to put up a dartboard so I will have to wait until I can put it out in the garage.

Lilwolf:
come on... soft tips SUCK... Whats the fun of drinking and darts when the chance of impaling someone isn't there???  really!

So what you really need to do (to do it right) is forget about the ipac and hacking anything... but instead get a USB camera and the gaming interface (like the eyetoy) thats open source.  It was brought up and initially tried for making ultra violet gun. 

Next, you need to then get it to pick up the location on the board that  a dart hit and score it.

Next... do it 2 more times (3 cameras) incase one of the darts is hiding.  You could do it up to 10 times to really really make sure.

Then, triangulate the location, and map that to a 3d representation of the board... and with that you should be able to find the score (after the 45 point calibration sequense that requires hitting all the courners of all the areas plus a few extra to get the proper curve).

And that should work PERFECT for a while... until the first time your so drunk you miss so bad... that you hit a camera... Thank god those cameras are so cheap these days.

So for a few hundred in parts (not including computer),, A few thousand to build a good looking box to put it in,  and a few hundred hours of programming... You could have your own electronic dart board with real tips!

mccoy178:
There are steel tip electronic boards out there in the world.

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