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Pong Tennis With LED Matrix, Arduino and Joysticks

This project is intended for beginners and experienced tinkerers alike. At a basic level it can be done with a breadboard, jumper wires and stuck to to a piece of scrap material (I used wood) with Blu-Tack and no soldering. However on a more advanced level it can be soldered to perf board or a custom PCB.
As this was a lockdown project I didn’t have access to any many tools or materials hence why its stuck down to a piece of scrap wood that is slightly too small with Blu-Tack, however despite this it is a fun project that comes together quickly and is made up of commonly available parts that can be found cheaply online.

To make the Pong Game you need;

1x An Arduino (any type will work)
4x MAX7219 8x8 LED Matrices
2x Joysticks
1x Piezo Buzzer (Optional)
15x Female-Female Jumper Wires (3x groups of 5)
15x Male-Female Jumper Wires (3x groups of 5)
18x Male-Male Jumper Wires
1x Breadboard
1x 220Ω Resistor
Instead of an Arduino Uno or Nano board you can use a breadboard based Arduino with;

1x ATmega328p 28pin IC
1x 16kHz Crystal Oscillator
2x 22pF Ceramic Capacitors
1x USB FTDI UART Converter
1x 100uF Electrolytic Capacitor
1x Micro USB Breakout (Optional)
Tools;

PC with Arduino IDE (and LedControl Library)
Relevant USB Cable for your Arduino
Power Bank to power the game away from your computer”

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