MagiChess the Reveal

After countless hours of meetings, coding and debugging, the team is proud to showcase our final project.


SDP Demo Day

The team will be giving virtual demos of our project on ECE’s 2021 virtual Senior Design Project Demo Day. Come by for a fun filled event with students from the Class of 2021 showcasing projects that they've worked on the whole year! Vote for best projects and hang out in Alumni breakout rooms.

What?
SDP 21 Demo Day

Where?
Link to Zoom Event

When?
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Eastern Standard Time
Friday, 30 April 2021 and Saturday, 1 May 2021

Video Demo

Quick demo of our system with a Fool's mate.

Making Movement

Photo of Custom PCBs responsible for movement

Gantry Control PCB (Lower Left) along with H-Bridge (Lower Right). Seen behind are the DM320T Stepper Motor Controllers. Also in the background: Sensor PCBs, Stepper motor and Electromanget.

Detecting Movement

Photo of Custom PCBs responsible for detecting movement

Raspberry Pi 3 (Lower Left) along with Fast Scanning PCB (Lower Right). Power Distrubution PCB seen in the background.

Final System

Photo of MagiChess

As for the final system, we ended up using an aluminium extrusion frame with acrylic surface. The PCBs for hall sensors can be seen under the chess pieces. The display sits in the middle and the power supply can be seen to the right of the display.