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Flying Axes

Scorekeeping system • Design, Hardware Selection, Fabrication.

Flying Axes is an indoor axe-throwing venue. I worked with a team to devise and produce a scorekeeping system utilizing Forest Giant's edge computing platform. 

 The final scoreboard design, featuring a 32x96 RGB LED matrix controlled by a Raspberry Pi.

The final scoreboard design, featuring a 32x96 RGB LED matrix controlled by a Raspberry Pi.

 Second prototype installed for testing at the venue.

Second prototype installed for testing at the venue.

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 Final product installed at the venue. A total of 11 units were fabricated in the first production run.

Final product installed at the venue. A total of 11 units were fabricated in the first production run.

 Backside of scoreboards, showing Raspberry Pi and data & power connections to the LED matrices.

Backside of scoreboards, showing Raspberry Pi and data & power connections to the LED matrices.

 1) Hardware setups 2) Final case prototype 3) Matrices fitted in the case   

1) Hardware setups
2) Final case prototype
3) Matrices fitted in the case

 

 Scorekeeping web app that tallies scores and sends them to the scoreboard

Scorekeeping web app that tallies scores and sends them to the scoreboard

 At the end of each session, the app generates a printable scorecard for players to keep as a souvenir.  

At the end of each session, the app generates a printable scorecard for players to keep as a souvenir.  

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