Digital Chess Clock for Visually Impaired Players

Abstract

Visually impaired chess players usually have difficulties using a normal traditional or digital chess clock during chess tournaments. This research aims to provide a solution which is a digital chess clock with an audio output indicating the remaining time of the chess players. These chess clocks are designed with Arduino Uno as the processing board with LCD keypad shield as display displaying and controlling and setting the hours, minutes, and seconds of the time. Besides that, the chess clock is equipped with a few mini pushbuttons to switch the time between the players together with two pushbuttons as the trigger for giving the audio output of the remaining time via attached 0.5W stereo speakers. This digital chess clock is essential to visually impaired chess players. In conclusion, hope this project will ease the visually impaired chess players to manage and be worry free of their remaining time during the chess match.