Adveisor Software

Software running on the raspberry Pi 4 of the remote controlled board game

Dependencies

Require Python, Kivy (UI Library), pyserial, Stockfish (Chess engine) and its API for Python

Current Feature

• A working chess display with drag and drop piece movement
• Start a new game with human vs human

Required steps

Getting started

• Install Tools for creating a virtual environment for python

   python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools virtualenv
  

• Create a new folder on raspbian desktop named adveisor and download the code / clone the repository to the folder and activate the python virtual environment

   python -m virtualenv kivy_venv
   source kivy_venv/bin/activate
  

• Install Kivy

   python -m pip install "kivy[base]" kivy_examples
   sudo apt install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev
  

• Install Stockfish, Stockfish API for Python and pyserial

   sudo apt-get install stockfish
   pip install stockfish==3.21.0
   pip install pyserial
  

• Follow 3.5 Inch RPI display installation guide to finish the LCD setup (Optional)

   sudo rm -rf LCD-show
   git clone https://github.com/goodtft/LCD-show.git
   chmod -R 755 LCD-show
   cd LCD-show/
   sudo ./LCD35-show 270
  

• To return to hdmi:

   cd LCD-show/
    ./LCD-hdmi
  

Executing program

• run program by entering

   python gui.py
  

Please ensure:

• Path of files are correctly included (kivyLib.py, gui.py)
• Correct serial port (Commonly "/dev/ttyUSB0" or "/dev/ttyACM0") in test.py
• When running without motion system as stand alone: set enable in test.py to False

Features

• Fully functional chess logic powered by Stockfish with en passant, castling and pawn promotion Implemented
• Fully custom written graphical interface for controlling and visualizing the game board
• Automatically linked reset, newgame, and move function
• Support Human VS Human, Human VS Human (only software), Human VS AI, AI VS AI (POG)
• Support board side switching

To be implemented

• Ladders and snake and monopoly game option
• drunk chess
• Integration of visual recognition model to reach autonom chesspiece position and movement detection

Documentation and further readings

See Kivy examples and Kivy Documentation