Thin and elegant: MIGPROG

The preassembled programing tool for all MIGNON product MIGPROG is cheap and simple. It provides two fuses to protect your computer, which you connect via the mini USB plug.

2.0 again under Construction

With the help of Thomas Wappler we improved the circuit diagram by using the 7 display lines also for the input of the buttons. This dopple use of the Pins, offers us enough free pins left for serial communication, extensionport etc...

The new Mignon Game Kit will come with further functions like dimmers for each LED, two volume levels for the sound.

First test hard ware

Ups! There are some bloopers, but thats way you always make a test board.

Abstraction

Picture by Leif Rumbke

The 7 x 5 Matrix is so minimal, that it makes it impossible to show characters or even symbols on the Mignon Game Kit. But how Leif Rumbke proves with his "Arcadegame" and his Ducument:

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Kinetische Semiotik im klassischen Computerspiel

computer games runs only with structure of movements. So the Mignon Game opens space for your fantasy!

Sneak Preview of the Layout

Now the circuit board is using double layers, to mount the batteries on the backside. The 2.0 Version is fast and easy to assemble and can be programed with Linux, Mac and Pc. Uploading new software is very handy with the auto reset funktion compatible to the Arduino decimal.

Some other Game Kit Examples

This example is the result of cooperation between Fachhochschule Darmstadt and FUJITSU Microelectronic Europe. Nice try, but to complex for a kit set and much to dry designed for DIY fun.
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This cute little game kit is pretty well designed by Grand Idea Studio and offered in the collection of the MAKEZINE so called MAKE Kids. I relay like it. Compared with the Mignon Game Kit, it is a bit to simple. It has no name, no programming option and its not a ironic reference to the real portable games.

Have a look at the other lovely kit sets MAKE Kids!




This is one of the typical uninspired electronic kits you usually find. Respectable and solid they are better then nothing. We are lucky to live in 2008 and expecting a lot more.

Wicked Wiring

At 03:00 a clock last night: I had to stop.