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84. DIY Arduino Live IPL Scoreboard using Adafruit TFT Touch Shield and Python

 Hey everyone! The Indian Premier League, IPL, is the most famous in all formats of Cricket. According to The Hindu, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided against suspending the league despite cricketers choosing to return home midway through the IPL and people calling for the tournament's postponement due to the current COVID-19 situation. This league has attracted millions of fans but sadly, none of them are allowed to watch the games in the stadium due to the pandemic situation. While some may have access to view the scores or watch the match, some may not know about the match timeline until the final results are released. I decided to make a DIY Arduino Live IPL Scoreboard using my Adafruit TFT Touch Shield and Python and the scores will be updated every 100 milliseconds. Read on further to learn how I did this project. After reading this post, you would also be able to make one on your own! Hardware components required for this project  Arduino Mega 2560

83. Painting on Adafruit TFT Touch Shield with Colour Picker

 Hey everyone Today I am back with a new and interesting project. In this post, you will learn to make your own colour picker and use it with your Adafruit Touch shield for digital painting. The colour picker is now limited to detect up to 7 colours - Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Red, Yellow and White - but it can be programmed to detect much more. Read on further to learn how to do this project. Hardware components used for this project Arduino Mega 2560 Adafruit 2.8" TFT Touch Shield with Capactive Touch TCS230/ TCS3200 colour sensor module IR tracking sensor module Solderless Breadboard - Half + Male-to-Female Jumper wires (x8) Male-to-Male Jumper wires (x4) Setup Connection Adafruit 2.8" TFT Touch Shield You can simply place it onto your Arduino Mega 2560 development board. TCS230/ TCS 3200 colour sensor module S0 - D34 S1 - D33 S2 - D31 S3 - D32 OUT - D30 OE - Ground GND - Ground VCC - 5V IR Tracking sensor module VCC - 5V GND - Ground S - D40 Coding For this project, yo