{"id":1692,"date":"2009-04-13T10:48:53","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T17:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2022-12-28T12:51:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T20:51:28","slug":"space-invaders-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/space-invaders-button\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Invaders Button"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/interactive-matter.org\/2009\/04\/space-invaders-button\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KlpE1WtwF9Q&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KlpE1WtwF9Q&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Marcus at <a href=\"http:\/\/interactive-matter.org\">Interactive Matter<\/a> made this awesome <a href=\"http:\/\/interactive-matter.org\/2009\/04\/space-invaders-button\/\">space invaders button<\/a>, inspired by <a href=\"http:\/\/tinkerlog.com\">Alex Weber&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/tinkerlog.com\/2009\/03\/21\/64pixels-are-enough\/\">64pixels<\/a> project.\u00a0 It uses almost entirely SMT components and an ATmega164P microcontroller.<\/p>\n<p>The PCB layout is gorgeous!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/interactive-matter.org\/2009\/04\/space-invaders-button\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/files\/flickr\/3421943332_3715b7fcac.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marcus provides schematics, source code, and some helpful notes about surface mount soldering.  I really like to see SMT projects like these popping up, proving that with the right tools, through hole packaging is no longer a necessity for DIY!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/interactive-matter.org\/2009\/04\/space-invaders-button\/\">Space Invaders Button | Interactive Matter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcus at Interactive Matter made this awesome space invaders button, inspired by Alex Weber&#8217;s 64pixels project.\u00a0 It uses almost entirely SMT components and an ATmega164P microcontroller. The PCB layout is gorgeous! Marcus provides schematics, source code, and some helpful notes about surface mount soldering. I really like to see SMT projects like these popping up, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/space-invaders-button\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space Invaders Button<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,10],"tags":[61,49,125],"class_list":["post-1692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics","category-microcontrollers","tag-avr","tag-invaders","tag-led"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-ri","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":205,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/space-invaders\/","url_meta":{"origin":1692,"position":0},"title":"Space Invaders!","author":"Jeff","date":"September 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"More progress using a PIC microcontroller to generate video.\u00a0 What next?\u00a0 Color is easy.\u00a0 Animations perhaps? PS: If you start looking, these guys are everywhere.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Microcontrollers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Microcontrollers","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/microcontrollers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Space Invaders!!!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/files\/flickr\/2835124664_3346a3cd42.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":216,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/pic-microcontroller-rgb-video-animations\/","url_meta":{"origin":1692,"position":1},"title":"PIC Microcontroller RGB Video &#8211; Animations!","author":"Jeff","date":"September 10, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Update: For those who are interested in seeing how this is done, I have posted schematics and source along with some technical details about this project.\u00a0 Click here to learn more. After two days of straight coding, this is the result - two more aliens and an animation routine that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Microcontrollers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Microcontrollers","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/microcontrollers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Still images from space invaders animation","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/files\/flickr\/2845579559_4a81f1af7d_m.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2079,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/celebrating-one-year-of-hacks-and-projects-at-mightyohm-com\/","url_meta":{"origin":1692,"position":2},"title":"Celebrating one year of hacks and projects at mightyohm.com!","author":"Jeff","date":"July 20, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Wow!\u00a0 I can't believe it's been a year! Based on the date of my first post, last Wednesday marked the one year anniversary of my blog. 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If you want to try your hand at surface mount soldering, this is a fun project that can be completed in a couple hours with a decent soldering iron and a pair of tweezers.\u00a0 The instructions aren't\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Electronics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Electronics","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/electronics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4298,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/new-product-laser-cut-case-for-the-geiger-counter-kit\/","url_meta":{"origin":1692,"position":5},"title":"New product: Laser-cut Case for the Geiger Counter Kit","author":"Jeff","date":"October 24, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm happy to announce the release of a custom laser-cut case for the Geiger Counter kit! The case, which is made of high quality clear acrylic, comes with standoffs and all the hardware needed to assemble it. 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