Laser Tag Genius at Kilve Court April 2019

Laser tag Genius is a course covering electronics, programming, CNC machining, CAD and CAM. The students over the course of the week produced their own laser tag equipment based on the L1 tag units.

After a crash course in laser tag, The began with finding out the different electronic components used in the construction of the boards before assembling them.

Then, of course, they needed to design and construct the grips and mounts.

After producing a series of rough designs it was time to use CAD to make an accurate design that could be machined onto the materials supplied.

The frames were machined on a mini CNC mill... It was a good time to study some safety skills.

After working creating 2D files, it was time to make some 3D designs to hold the trigger switch. While these were printing there was time to design a paint scheme and paint the frames.

Assembly of the Laser tag units

Now that the L1 laser tag units were complete, it was time to write some software to run on it. Starting from basics, the students built up their code to a playable level. Their decisions changed the way the software was then modified.

Finally it was time to test their most excellent tag units.

There were plenty of games played, however with such a small number of students, The instructors played as well.

If you were on the course, your files can be downloaded HERE

Instructions for uploading your sketches are HERE

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