Arduino for chess?

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CapsChess

I’ve been thinking for a while about coding an Arduino bot to tell me the moves when playing a longer game. Arduino would tell me the moves out loud and I could transpose them onto a normal chess board, therefore improving my OTB vision. Before I even start with getting myself the equipment, is there any way to connect such a DIY project to the platform?

jhubszew

I don't think you'd be allowed to have bots on here. If I'm wrong, definitely get in touch with some of the chess.com staff.

Martin_Stahl
CapsChess wrote:

I’ve been thinking for a while about coding an Arduino bot to tell me the moves when playing a longer game. Arduino would tell me the moves out loud and I could transpose them onto a normal chess board, therefore improving my OTB vision. Before I even start with getting myself the equipment, is there any way to connect such a DIY project to the platform?

No, there's not a supported way for DIY projects.

There are some browser extensions that read off the moves made though.

CapsChess
JailhouseTaught wrote:
I have trouble understanding how this method would be more advantageous than just playing along on a board as the game advances. If you’re simply interested in Arduino, then there are many more instructive and appropriate projects than this.

I want to get as "offline" of an experience as I can without having to pay $250+ for one of those boards that can show you where your opponent moved.

insane
JohnEaton2002 wrote:

I don't think you'd be allowed to have bots on here. If I'm wrong, definitely get in touch with some of the chess.com staff.

They are talking about a Chessnut Air board but DIY

Takadrenaline

I was wondering why you'd choose Arduino as a platform for voice synthesis, but I assume that the that's not your project's main function, but the crux (I mean aside from interfacing with whatever chess.com's APIs are) would be inputting moves back through the Arduino.

That would be ambitious! Maybe Hall effect sensors embedded in the board, and magnets embedded in the pieces, sort of like a modern Mechanical Turk. The audio should not be too hard, but when you're looking for an SBC for audio, I can't recommend something like an ESP32 audio kit (e.g. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805366629560.html), since it's too tricked out for audio functionality, so it has too few GPIO pins available for you to embed all the sensors and displays and things you'll want to use.