What arduino do i need to run a snake game on a nokia 5110

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Hi community

I am starting a snake game build but I would like to ask before I begin wiring it, will it work on an arduino nano. Or should I go bigger with an uno. I am using prototype PCB circuit boards and need to make sure that a nano will do it.

I will be running an Nokia 5110 screen and a piezo buzzer with a ps2 style controller. It will be powered by a 18650 battery and board that can recharge the battery, available from Banggood. It also has an on off switch. here is a link 5pcs esp32s esp32 0.5a micro usb charger board 18650 battery charging shield geekcreit for arduino - products that work with official arduino boards Sale - Banggood.com-arrival notice-arrival notice

This project is just for fun as I am a disabled car mechanic and wanted to create my first PCB hand wired project. I am hoping that a nano can do it as I have a new one and if needs be I can use and uno or a mega. But obviously the smaller the better. Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.

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A nano should be able to do it. It has all the pins that you would need.

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Only the board of a UNO is bigger than that of a nano. What you can do with a UNO, you can also do with a nano. The nano even has 2 more analogue pins than the UNO.
Both use the same microcontroller.

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It depends also on how fast you want the snake to go :wink: and how smartly you refresh the display

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reason I ask it is because with controlling servo's I ran into the trouble that the nano can only power and run one. On an uno I could do 3 and maybe more.

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thanks for the tip. I would want the snake to speed up as its size gets bigger just like the original.

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➜ don't erase the full snake and redraw it after each step, erase the last pixel(s) at the tail and draw the new ones for the head

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thanks for the tip, right now I am still just going over the wiring but when I start to program it I will do just that.

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You should never power a servo from the processor board - neither UNO nor Nano. And the Nano can control as many servos as the Uno.

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I see, I guess powering them from a power supply and then just controlling them with the nano would of worked. So for this current project would you recommend powering the screen from my power supply directly, I can choose between 5v or 3.3v I still have to look over the white paper on the nokia 5110 again to see how it wires up. I just looked it up its 3.3v so I could get that straight from the power supply I am guessing

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Here is a fritzing of my wiring of the nano and the 5110 screen.

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Any expert opinion would be appreciated. There is a little mistake on the power wires didn't catch it.

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By the way, I came across this

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Thank you there is a lot in there to get me started on coding the project.

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