Entertaible tabletop gaming platform

The Entertaible concept is a tabletop gaming platform that marries traditional multi-player board and computer games in a uniquely simple and intuitive way. Entertaible comprises a 32-inch horizontal LCD, sophisticated touch screen-based multi-object position detection, and all supporting control electronics. It allows the players to engage in a new class of electronic games which combines the features of computer gaming, such as dynamic playing fields and gaming levels, with the social interaction and tangible playing pieces, such as pawns and dies, of traditional board games.

Initially targeting social gaming away from home in locations such as pubs, bars, hotels or restaurants, Entertaible has the potential to evolve into a gaming platform for the consumer market.

Miplaza took care of the development of the sensor boards which are used to control and monitor the multi touch screen. The first design of the Entertaible contains an analogue version of the sensor board. The second generation was built with a digital version of this board.
For communication the sensor board uses a USB interface and a PLD takes care of the scan engine. The driver board is built up around a Xilinx PLD which is used to drive the scanning. In the near future, a DVI to LVDS converter should also be a part of the system.