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Electronic Dice


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By: kurt

Push a button to roll the dice. When you let go of the button, the result shows up on the red LEDs just like on real dice. This is a simple beginner's open source hardware project that you can show off to your friends the next time you play a board game and can't find the dice for it!

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. Plug in 9V battery

Plug in your 9V battery. All of the LEDs will light up when the button is pressed because the die is "rolling" and counting from one to six at about 4kHz. When the button is released, the result of the die roll is displayed on the LEDs.

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6 - updated description
5 - updated step numbers.
4 - changed LED part
3 - added a description for the project image
2 - added file descriptions
1 - Initial project release



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