VEX Scoreboard

With summer coming up, it is a great time to be outside. I love to play basketball during the summer.  This means hundreds of shots in the driveway. I always run into the same problem though, trying to keep track of the number of made shots. Well, now it is easy to remember how many shots I have made with the VEX Scoreboard. This Instructable will deal with the construction of the scoreboard, it can be used with other sports or anything that needs a big, 2 digit display. 

Demonstration of scoreboard counting from 0-13:

Step 1 Materials

Materials:
Foam core board- You can get this at almost any drugstore or arts and crafts store
• Cardboard- Staples item #426426 (5 pack) You probably will only need 1 or 2 of these boxes
• Black thin cardboard- Office Depot item # 858430 (5 pack) You only need one of the 5
• (56) red LEDs- Sparkfun part #: COM-00528
• (2) Darlington Driver 8 Channel- Sparkfun part #: COM-00312
• Dual General-Purpose IC PC Board- RadioShack model: 276-159
• Wall Adapter Power Supply 9VDC 650mA- Sparkfun part #: TOL-00298
• Seven Segment Display Template. Attached
• Wax paper
• Aluminum Foil
• RC 7.2v Battery Pack Connector Repair Kit- RadioShack #: 23-444

 Total cost: around $110.00 depending on where you get your parts
Tools:
• Soldering Iron
• Solder
• Scissors
• X-Acto Knife
• Tape
• Hot Glue Gun

Comments

[blin2]

AWESOME! :D

[vishalapr]

Cool rated 4.5* Well done!

[wilgubeast]

Awesome. I'd love to see this wired up to a sensor in a basketball hoop for a DIY Pop-a-Shot.