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This project was a special gift to my son Eyal, for the birth of his younger brother Itamar.
It basically lets you play four games:
Simon game Reaction time game Free play (baby-mode) Music mode - plays the Super Mario brothers, by Reyboz (Thanks!)The hardware was heavily influenced by the AWESOME LenkaDesign instructable
The code except tone_functions.h was written by myself and the Game Box was assembled and wired with the wonderful help of Shani Spivak, thanks!

Supplies:
Rotary tool kit
Hot glue and glue gun
Solder wire and solder iron
Material\ Screws:
4 “L” Brackets (15 mm)
8 screws and nuts M4 x 10 (for brackets)
4 long standoffs M3 x 30
4 long screws M3 x 50
18 short M3 x 12mm screws and washers (example)
4 short standoffs M3 x 12 mm
2m Ethernet cable to be stripped for wires
0.5m Mini-USB cable to be cut.
1 x variable resistor (50 - 1M Ohm)
1 x 1k Ohm, 4 x 10k, 4 x 100 Ohm resistors
2 18650 cells from old laptop
2-pin battery terminals $2.91/10 pcs
Breadboard for nano (cut to 83 x 37 mm)
1602 LCD + I2C module - $1.78
Red, Blue, Green, Yellow huge momentary buttons - $1.56 each
White and black regular sized momentary buttons - $0.42 each
Large rocker switch - $0.55
Micro usb breakout - $0.22
TP4056 Battery charging controller - $0.35
Dual battery case - $1.18
5V Voltage booster - $0.39
Two 7030 TV speakers - 5W 4 - $1.97 each
Arduino nano compatible - $3.73
Printable Vinyl sheets for decoration (Optional)
Total about $19.8 if I got it right.
You’re all set!”

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