A mat that is designed for TCG! Well, mostly just One Piece TCG and Riftbound.
Notice: Under "StepFiles", and in the Onshape document, certain parts have "O" at the end of their names. This means that part is optional. If you would like to save on filament, then you can skip printing the optional parts..
I also assume you have jumper wires. If you don't, what are you doing.
What is this?
The TCGMat is a 3D - printable (and thick) mat that integrates LEDS and a screen into your TCG experience! With LED settings, you can turn change the color of your border, alongside the Leader/Legend card border. You can also pass your turn, turning the border leds to red!
The TCGMat has a few built in settings for basic level play, such as Riftbound settings, One Piece settings, and LED settings.
It also contains NO screws, meaning it's literally attach-and-play.
Why would I use this?
Great question! Why would you? It IS 2kg of filament... But think about it! Just like the Zine page says, you can absolutely mog your opponent! Think about it. It's a tournament. Or a local game tournament. Your opponent takes out his cool art mat of DaVinci Starry Night Pikachu. And then, you whip out - this thick, 2kg piece of rectangle. Will people think you look stupid? Mmm, maybe. But then, they'll see the LED colors shine at the borders. They'll still think it's stupid, of course, but now, it looks cool stupid. The amount of aura you'll have with the mat will provide a sense of dominance.
How does this work?
You take the parts and attach them, no screws needed. You link them using four or two link rectangles given in the CAD/StepFiles. For the code, well... It's built based off of pure hopes and dreams. It is about 800 lines of absolutely disgustingly unoptimized code. There are three buttons: On/Off, Config, and Action. On/Off is self explanatory. Config is for the settings, it allows scrolling through different options. Action selects those options.s.
Why did I make this?
Great question, reader! I made this to try communication between microcontrollers. Originally, the idea was to have two mats being able to connect to each other and share info, but I gave up on that idea after realising I would have to change... some things... But, the option is still there, if you want to try to go for it yourself.
The reference Transf- (it cut off) is for magnetic pogo pin connectors. You can check the schematic, but RX is labeled for you, if you are going for TX/RX communicaton. A resistor is also already placed on the TX line. If you want to try for communication, go for it!
But I also made this cause my friends play One Piece / Riftbound TCG. I, myself only play Riftbound, but I thought it'd be cooler to have more than one game option on the TCG Mat. I also have no idea how to play other TCG's, so that's why the only options are Riftbound and One Piece.
For the TCG fans:
Take a shower.
Zine Page!
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