Bare Metal Hackathon

​Build Your Own Arcade 🕹️

​A one-day hardware hackathon on the new Arduino UNO Q

​What if your game controller was your whole body? Or a squeezable ball, a flick of the wrist, a wave in the air?

​On Saturday, you'll build your own arcade from scratch: a custom controller, a game of your own design, and a machine learning model you train yourself to tie them together.

​What you'll do:

• ​Design a game, from a simple reflex tester to something properly weird

• ​Build a controller with unusual inputs: gestures, buttons, joystick, motion, pressure

• ​Train your own model with Edge Impulse so the game recognizes your moves

• ​Deploy it to the Arduino UNO Q and play it live

​Who it's for

​Everyone. Complete beginners are welcome. If you've never touched a microcontroller or trained a model, this is a great first project. Experienced makers will find plenty to push on.

​What's provided

• ​Arduino UNO Q boards

• ​Sensor kits with servos, steppers, pressure, force, humidity and temperature sensors, and more

• ​Lunch, drinks, and snacks all day

​Just bring a laptop and your ideas.

​How it works

​Sign up individually and form teams of up to 4 on the day. Spend the day building, then finish with a live demo round where everyone gets to play each other's arcade creations.

​Powered by Arduino and Edge Impulse.

​Spots are limited, so grab yours now. 🎮