locksport: Abloy Classic game, build 0.2

My original idea was to control this game by Arduino Uno. Plan was to have a display to present some text & running timer. Then i realized that Arduino Unos that i have are somewhat limited with available IOs for all this, would require extension IO board for Arduino (or SPI based display that i should order). Additional todo with Arduino: I use 12VDC leds, those can not be fed using Arduino digital outputs, transistors / similar required to fed higher power to leds. And pulldown resistors required for all digital inputs to detect lock openings reliable. All those require some effort to make, so i decided to do this game in smaller steps: its nice to get learnings from the user point of view early.
Drawback as game is now is that the player has to keep each lock in "open" state in order to proceed to next lock. Removing of the pick (after a lock is picked) seems to be more challenging this way. This would be fixed with Arduino, when already solved lock does not need to be in open state for the next ones.
Now after few pilot players feedback i am not sure if the added value of this game is positive or negative compared to traditional approach to have same locks avail as a set of individual locks that the player can pick. Arduino should bring some cool thing to the game to justify further development of this game. Just need to find it.

[@JONSLOCKPICKING]

Awesome game. Just need to wire a master blaster siren and it’s complete. lol. Really top notch work.

[@TuMayPicking]

Grande!!!

[@chriscapune7873]

This is Super cool 😎
Love it all wired up and the Key Blanks for feet!!!😅👏👏👏🍻🐈‍⬛🐾🍻👏👏👏

[@LoveXKnife]

Very cool

[@LockChuck]

I love this idea. What about using a micro processor to sense the open and light the indicator and then the lock can be locked back. It can be programmed to keep lit till you press a reset button. Just a thought.

[@idanhurja]

this was my original idea. I also planned to have a display to present some text & running timer. Then i realized that Arduino Unos that i have are somewhat limited with available IOs for all this, would require extension IO board for Arduino. Additional todo with Arduino: I use 12VDC leds, those can not be fed using Arduino digital outputs, transistors / similar required to fed higher power to leds. And pulldown resistors required for all digital inputs to detect lock openings reliable. All those require some effort to make, so i decided to do this game in smaller steps: its nice to get learnings from the user point of view early

[@nyosdroid868]

You picked them only once. This could be a fluke! :)
Nice build, anyways!

[@idanhurja]

@@nyosdroid868 heh, picked is picked :)

[@Rakaikun]

Now send to LPL and see how fast it picked 😂

[@idanhurja]

@@Rakaikun this is a learning platform / toy for a beginner, not for a top end pro like LPL ;)

[@urbexingTss]

is there anything on the market that is close to your lockpick?
because i don't have the tools to make my own thanks

[@idanhurja]

@@urbexingTss yes there is. if you google jaakko fagerlund abloy classic lock pick you should find his pick.