Case study

Open Arcade Coder: reconstructing LED and button control

Open Arcade Coder reconstructs control of the Tech Will Save Us Arcade Coder's 12×12 RGB matrix and buttons with an ESP32 library. The author traced board connections, identified HC595 and ICN2012 control pins, and supplies display and button examples.

Targets: Firmware
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 15
Last commit: 2025-03-26
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Tech Will Save Us Arcade Coder with its onboard ESP32.
Limits: LED rendering is glitchy; individual button detection becomes less reliable with multiple presses, and accelerometer support is unfinished.
License: MIT License.

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BibTeX

@misc{open-arcade-coder-case,
  title = {{Open Arcade Coder: reconstructing LED and button control}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/padraigfl/twsu-arcade-coder-esp32}},
  url = {https://github.com/padraigfl/twsu-arcade-coder-esp32},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/open-arcade-coder-case/}}
}

Plain text

Open Arcade Coder: reconstructing LED and button control. https://github.com/padraigfl/twsu-arcade-coder-esp32 (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/open-arcade-coder-case/

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README.md GitHub · padraigfl/twsu-arcade-coder-esp32 · Revision b6ddfab