20 Easy Raspberry Pi Projects

8Pong with a Sense HAT

Here you’ll build your own LED Pong game using the Sense HAT. The Sense HAT is an add-on board for your Pi that gives it a lot more functionality through extra features like an LED matrix, joystick, and several sensors that get information from the outside world.

PARTS REQUIRED

Raspberry Pi (versions with 40 GPIOs)

Sense HAT

You’ll use the Sense HAT’s LED matrix to display the game and the joystick to play. If you don’t have the hardware, not to worry: you’ll also learn how to use the Sense HAT emulator to create the same game without it.

INTRODUCING PONG

One of the first video games ever created, Pong is an immensely popular ...