Ping Pong Scoreboard

My daughter Hailey and I play a lot of ping pong. Tired of tallying scores manually on a chalkboard behind me, we built a two player scoreboard with cheap parts (totally about $35). So I found a great base project on the Arduino project hub and then extended some of the features. Changed the way the scoring happens to make it easier for us, simplified the LCD dimming and wiring. After that, we drilled a hole into each side of table and bam. With each point, you just hit the side of the table and you got a point. No more manual chalkboard scoring.

KEY TIP: Don't forget to block off the Roomba like I did or the scoreboard will end up on the floor.

Each side of the table has a button on the side. Hit the button, your score goes up by one. Hit the button on top of the LCD and it resets the scores back to zero. A case was also designed in Tinkercad to hide the wires and avoid us getting shocked.

The build details, along with the 3D print files, are in the Arduino project published here on the Project Hub. I extended it from a previous build, and made sure to give lots of credits to the author.