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a sensory board developed and market by [[DGT|Digital Game Technology]]. The board in conjunction with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_clock#Early_development_of_digital_game_clocks digital chess clock] is connected to a host computer and its [[GUI|chess gui]] or control program via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB USB], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_communication serial interface], or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth Bluetooth], and acts as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_time_%28media%29 real-time] [[Entering Moves|move input device]] during [[Chess Game|game play]], to monitor or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_broadcast broadcast] the game, or to give [[Engines|chess engines]] a whiff of [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]]. | a sensory board developed and market by [[DGT|Digital Game Technology]]. The board in conjunction with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_clock#Early_development_of_digital_game_clocks digital chess clock] is connected to a host computer and its [[GUI|chess gui]] or control program via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB USB], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_communication serial interface], or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth Bluetooth], and acts as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_time_%28media%29 real-time] [[Entering Moves|move input device]] during [[Chess Game|game play]], to monitor or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_broadcast broadcast] the game, or to give [[Engines|chess engines]] a whiff of [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]]. | ||
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− | The DGT Board can be used with most [[GUI|GUI's]] <ref>[http://digitalgametechnology.com/site/index.php/dgtsupport/frequently-asked-questions/287-boards-with-3rd-party-software/131-which-programs-support-the-dgt-e-board Which programs support the DGT e-Board?]</ref> , such as [[Fritz#FritzGUI|Fritz GUI]] by [[ChessBase]], [[Chess Assistant]] and [[Aquarium]] by [[ChessOK]], [[Shredder|Shredder GUI]], [[Arena]], [[PocketGrandmaster]], [[WinBoard]] <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=52438 DGT Winboard interface] by [[Jan Krabbenbos]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 19, 2012</ref> and [[XBoard]]. The open source '''dgtdrv''' library by [[Pierre Boulenguez]] under [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GPL]] Version 2 or later, can be used to adapt almost every GUI to interact with the DGT board <ref>[http://dgtdrv.sourceforge.net/ dgtdrv: An input engine for the DGT Digital Chess Board]</ref> . | + | The DGT Board can be used with most [[GUI|GUI's]] <ref>[http://digitalgametechnology.com/site/index.php/dgtsupport/frequently-asked-questions/287-boards-with-3rd-party-software/131-which-programs-support-the-dgt-e-board Which programs support the DGT e-Board?]</ref> , such as [[Fritz#FritzGUI|Fritz GUI]] by [[ChessBase]], [[Chess Assistant]] and [[Aquarium]] by [[ChessOK]], [[Shredder|Shredder GUI]], [[Arena]], [[PocketGrandmaster]], [[WinBoard]] <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=52438 DGT Winboard interface] by [[Jan Krabbenbos]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 19, 2012</ref> and [[XBoard]]. The open source '''dgtdrv''' library by [[Pierre Boulenguez]] under [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GPL]] Version 2 or later, can be used to adapt almost every GUI to interact with the DGT board <ref>[http://dgtdrv.sourceforge.net/ dgtdrv: An input engine for the DGT Digital Chess Board]</ref>. Since v5.7 (2018), [[Chess for Android]] can connect to a DGT chessboard over [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth bluetooth] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB USB] (including older DGT models that use the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-232 RS-232] connector) on devices with [[Android|Android 6.0]] and up (or even earlier for USB) <ref>[http://www.aartbik.com/android_dgt.php Aart Bik's Website - Connecting Chess for Android with a DGT Chessboard]</ref> <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=69257 Chess for Android and Electronic ChessBoards] by [[Aart Bik]], [[CCC]], December 14, 2018</ref> . |
+ | {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?watch?v=mqimFh-uVO4|alignment=left|valignment=top}} | ||
+ | Chess for Android and DGT Board Connection, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video | ||
==Gavon== | ==Gavon== | ||
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=See also= | =See also= | ||
+ | * [[Chess for Android#Video|Chess for Android - Video]] | ||
* [[DGT Pi]] | * [[DGT Pi]] | ||
* [[Square Off]] | * [[Square Off]] | ||
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* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66001 Questions about the DGT Chessboard] by Tracy S Miller, [[CCC]], December 13, 2017 | * [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66001 Questions about the DGT Chessboard] by Tracy S Miller, [[CCC]], December 13, 2017 | ||
* [http://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=68125 DGT board question] by Ponti, [[CCC]], August 02, 2018 | * [http://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=68125 DGT board question] by Ponti, [[CCC]], August 02, 2018 | ||
+ | * [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=69257 Chess for Android and Electronic ChessBoards] by [[Aart Bik]], [[CCC]], December 14, 2018 » [[Chess for Android]] | ||
+ | ==2020 ...== | ||
+ | * [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=77783 New DGT driver and updated eBoard drivers (Windows/Linux)] by [[Graham O'Neill]], [[CCC]], July 23, 2021 | ||
=External Links= | =External Links= | ||
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* [http://www.google.com/patents/US6168158 Patent US6168158 - Device for detecting playing pieces on a board - Google Patents] | * [http://www.google.com/patents/US6168158 Patent US6168158 - Device for detecting playing pieces on a board - Google Patents] | ||
* [http://playwitharena.com/?Features:The_DGT_Chessboard The DGT Chessboard] from [[Arena|Arena Chess GUI]] | * [http://playwitharena.com/?Features:The_DGT_Chessboard The DGT Chessboard] from [[Arena|Arena Chess GUI]] | ||
+ | * [http://www.aartbik.com/android_dgt.php Aart Bik's Website - Connecting Chess for Android with a DGT Chessboard] » [[Chess for Android]] | ||
* [http://www.pocketgrandmaster.com/english/help.html#DGT DGT-board] from [[PocketGrandmaster]] | * [http://www.pocketgrandmaster.com/english/help.html#DGT DGT-board] from [[PocketGrandmaster]] | ||
* [http://dgtdrv.sourceforge.net/ dgtdrv: An input engine for the DGT Digital Chess Board] | * [http://dgtdrv.sourceforge.net/ dgtdrv: An input engine for the DGT Digital Chess Board] | ||
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DGT Board,
a sensory board developed and market by Digital Game Technology. The board in conjunction with a digital chess clock is connected to a host computer and its chess gui or control program via USB, serial interface, or Bluetooth, and acts as a real-time move input device during game play, to monitor or broadcast the game, or to give chess engines a whiff of dedicated chess computers.
Piece Recognition
Sensor Technology
The patent-registered DGT sensor technology [1] recognizes pieces containing piece-type and piece-color specific passive LC circuits with a resonance frequency of 90 to 350 KHz, the coil on ferrite core. Squares and their respective pieces (if any) are scanned by 2 x 8 silver-ink printed trace loops on a polyester film placed under the board, file and rank sequentially selected by analogue switch multiplexers, feeding back the output signal of an amplifier via the selected inductive coupled LC circuit to its input, forcing oscillation in piece specific resonance. Measuring the signal frequency or its period via a digital input port by the controller firmware to convert it into appropriate piece codes takes about 3 ms per square [2] .
Inside the Board
Inside the DGT Board [3]
Scanning the Board
void scanBoard(char *board) { for (int rank = 0; rank < 8; rank++) { switchRankMultiplexer( rank ); for (int file = 0; file < 8; file++) { connectFileMultiplexer( file ); int f = measureFrequency(); /* e.g. in a 0 .. 35 range ~ 3 ms */ *board++ = pieceTable[f]; /* includes empty (0) */ } } }
Applications
Chess GUIs
The DGT Board can be used with most GUI's [4] , such as Fritz GUI by ChessBase, Chess Assistant and Aquarium by ChessOK, Shredder GUI, Arena, PocketGrandmaster, WinBoard [5] and XBoard. The open source dgtdrv library by Pierre Boulenguez under GPL Version 2 or later, can be used to adapt almost every GUI to interact with the DGT board [6]. Since v5.7 (2018), Chess for Android can connect to a DGT chessboard over bluetooth or USB (including older DGT models that use the RS-232 connector) on devices with Android 6.0 and up (or even earlier for USB) [7] [8] .
Chess for Android and DGT Board Connection, YouTube Video
Gavon
Josu Bergara Ede's dedicated User Interface for various open source chess engines, dubbed Gavon, based on the Raspberry Pi is able to interface with the DGT USB or Bluetooth Board.
Gavon Bluetooth DGT Board Connection, YouTube Video
PicoChess
Jean-François Romang's PicoChess is a dedicated chess computer based on Stockfish on Raspberry Pi and the DGT Board [9] . The display of the digital chess clock acts as output device of a command line interface.
PicoChess on a DGT eboard by Jonas Žnidaršič, BCE, YouTube Video [10]
Revelation II
DGT technology [11] is involved in the Revelation II dedicated chess computer, developed by Ruud Martin's company Phoenix Chess Systems in cooperation with DGT [12] [13].
Revelation II Test by Jonas Žnidaršič, BCE, YouTube Video
DGT LiveChess Software
DGT LiveChess Software allows live broadcast of chess games via the internet [14] , as used for instance in recent ICGA and CSVN computer chess tournaments served by DGT employee, CSVN chairman and tournament director Jan Krabbenbos. Participants are advised to don't use the board for analyzing purposes, as it was quite usual in over the board computer chess with ordinary chessboards.
DGT Board in action for live broadcast at PT 45, round 4, Kallisto - The King
Bart Weststrate and Johan de Koning, Marcel van Kervinck and Stefan Meyer-Kahlen [15]
DGT Pi
DGT Pi is a dedicated chess computer expansion hardware for the DGT Board integrated into a DGT3000 digital chess clock, released in October 2016 [16]. DGT Pi consists of a Raspberry Pi 3 with built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi functionality, and multiple chess engines included.
See also
Forum Posts
1998 ...
- To Bob H.: A Puzzlement about the DGT Board? by Steven Schwartz, CCC, October 28, 1998
- DGT sensory board update by Robert Hyatt, CCC, November 25, 1998
- DGT vs Novag Universal by Michael Ginat, CCC, January 19, 1999 » Novag Universal Electronic Chess Board
2000 ...
- Does someone (Amir?) know the software used in Dortmund with DGT board? by Sylvain Renard, CCC, July 12, 2000
- A question to other users - DGT board by Peter Berger, CCC, April 11, 2001
- Your thoughts on the DGT electronic chessboard by Gerald Grimsley, CCC, December 10, 2001
- How electronic chessboards works by Ben Bulsink DGT Project, rec.games.chess.misc, February 19, 2004
- Crafty, Winboard, DGT and Move Annoucement by Mike Byrne, CCC, April 24, 2004
2005 ...
- CEBoard now supports DGT Board by Alain Zanchetta, CCC, November 27, 2005 » CEBoard
- DGT Board with Robot Arm by Alfredo Delacruz, CCC, January 21, 2006
- On the DGT piece recognition chessboard by Steven Edwards, CCC, December 07, 2008
2010 ...
- DGT Winboard interface by Jan Krabbenbos, Winboard Forum, June 19, 2012
- DGT e-Board by Steven Edwards, CCC, June 09, 2013
- DGT and Android (or iPhone) by Albert Silver, CCC, October 10, 2013
- Thoughts on the DGT chessboard by Steven Edwards, Hiarcs Forum, October 10, 2013
- DGT board arrives -- serious disappointment by Steven Edwards, Hiarcs Forum, November 16, 2013
- DGT board and piece set arrive -- all issues resolved by Steven Edwards, Hiarcs Forum, November 29, 2013
- How to make a DGT Board ? by Sean Evans, CCC, December 05, 2013
- That other DGT e-board by Steven Edwards, Hiarcs Forum, December 07, 2013
- DGT board C++ interface project by Steven Edwards, Hiarcs Forum, December 07, 2013
- Re: Where is the USB port entry usder OS/X? by Shivkumar Shivaji, Hiarcs Forum, December 15, 2013
2015 ...
- DGT will do dedicated units this year by Fernando, Hiarcs Forum, January 01, 2016
- DGT e-board / Mac,PC,Pico / full coverage / worthy & use by SFK3, Hiarcs Forum, May 30, 2016
- DGT sensory boards, any experience? by Gerald Grimsley, CCC, June 03, 2017
- DGT Smart Board by Schachspieler, Hiarcs Forum, October 26, 2017
- Questions about the DGT Chessboard by Tracy S Miller, CCC, December 13, 2017
- DGT board question by Ponti, CCC, August 02, 2018
- Chess for Android and Electronic ChessBoards by Aart Bik, CCC, December 14, 2018 » Chess for Android
2020 ...
- New DGT driver and updated eBoard drivers (Windows/Linux) by Graham O'Neill, CCC, July 23, 2021
External Links
- DGT - Chess e-Boards
- DGT presents: new clocks, technology – and Vladimir Kramnik, ChessBase News, January 10, 2008
- Patent US6168158 - Device for detecting playing pieces on a board - Google Patents
- The DGT Chessboard from Arena Chess GUI
- Aart Bik's Website - Connecting Chess for Android with a DGT Chessboard » Chess for Android
- DGT-board from PocketGrandmaster
- dgtdrv: An input engine for the DGT Digital Chess Board
- Mychess - Fidelity Electronics: DGT Projets (Spanish)
References
- ↑ Patent US6168158 - Device for detecting playing pieces on a board - Google Patents
- ↑ How electronic chessboards works by Ben Bulsink DGT Project, rec.games.chess.misc, February 19, 2004
- ↑ DGT presents: new clocks, technology – and Vladimir Kramnik, ChessBase News, January 10, 2008
- ↑ Which programs support the DGT e-Board?
- ↑ DGT Winboard interface by Jan Krabbenbos, Winboard Forum, June 19, 2012
- ↑ dgtdrv: An input engine for the DGT Digital Chess Board
- ↑ Aart Bik's Website - Connecting Chess for Android with a DGT Chessboard
- ↑ Chess for Android and Electronic ChessBoards by Aart Bik, CCC, December 14, 2018
- ↑ PicoChess by Jean-Francois Romang
- ↑ Video: DGT board and modern pieces by Steven Edwards, CCC, September 01, 2013
- ↑ DGT presents: new clocks, technology – and Vladimir Kramnik, ChessBase News, January 10, 2008
- ↑ Revelation II from DGT
- ↑ DGT starts delivery in december, Phoenix Chess Systems, December 01, 2013
- ↑ CSVN Live
- ↑ Photo's PT45/GT27 day 1
- ↑ DGT Pi - Chess Computer for DGT e-Boards - Digital Game Technology