Building the Matrix
summary
A fully automated escape-game called Beat the Matrix runs on 60+ Raspberry Pi's, 15 Arduinos plus custom sensors, IO‑HATs and Adafruit Circuit Playground modules, supports 32 players simultaneously (eight teams) with one attendant, and uses Java/Spring Boot, Pi4J, Python, REST/MQTT, MySQL, Angular and a CI/CD pipeline. Key lessons: GPIO pin limits require expanders or extra microcontrollers, use pull‑ups/pull‑downs and debounce, Arduinos handle tight timing (LED strips), and the installation survives months of heavy use with modest maintenance.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:34Beta Matrix
- 8:08Use cases
- 9:05Arduino
- 11:59Linear OS
- 12:19Demonstration
- 20:19Pin Numbering
- 25:14Debounce
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