BrickBoy

Inspiration

We wanted to make something with a brick, and in our brainstorming came up with the BrickBoy.

What it does

It is a fully functional game console packaged inside of a brick.

How we built it

We used a hammer and chisel to cut the brick into pieces that we could glue back together, and constructed the electronics using a Pi Pico, some keyboard switches, an LCD screen, and some breadboarding.

Challenges we ran into

We found it was difficult to cut the bricks in clean lines, but got better as we gained practice.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Our best Hackathon yet!

What we learned

We learned a lot about how to use microcontrollers and masonry tools.

What's next for BrickBoy

BrickBoy 2.0 will feature more games, more fun, and more brick.

Built With

• c
• raspberry-pi
• spi
• tft