My idea on this project would be to build in a small LCD screen (3.5" or 7") at each player location powered by a Raspberry Pi device. The screen at each seat could display seat number, a digital dealer button, blinds, clock, timer, messages, etc...
Getting blinds, round, timer info should be straight forwarder. I use Tournament Director software which provides a status update feature that will send tournament info to a web server. Each Pi device would be setup to launch a browser in full screen(kiosk mode) and refresh every n seconds to display the tournament info sent from the TD software. The dealer button would take a little more effort and I'm still thinking about potential designs mainly around controlling position of the button.
I already have a couple Raspberry Pi devices, so yesterday I ordered both size screens and a breakout kit to play with LEDs and switches. This should give me enough hardware to get started testing different ideas.
At this point it's still in proof of concept phase and not sure if I will build the table, but would love any feedback\ideas you all might have on a table like this.
Getting blinds, round, timer info should be straight forwarder. I use Tournament Director software which provides a status update feature that will send tournament info to a web server. Each Pi device would be setup to launch a browser in full screen(kiosk mode) and refresh every n seconds to display the tournament info sent from the TD software. The dealer button would take a little more effort and I'm still thinking about potential designs mainly around controlling position of the button.
I already have a couple Raspberry Pi devices, so yesterday I ordered both size screens and a breakout kit to play with LEDs and switches. This should give me enough hardware to get started testing different ideas.
At this point it's still in proof of concept phase and not sure if I will build the table, but would love any feedback\ideas you all might have on a table like this.