This Redditor Built a Raspberry Pi-Based Digital Scorer for His Dartboard

If you play darts, you’ve probably found yourself unsatisfied by the digital dartboards on the market. They make scoring a breeze, but the plastic-tipped darts just don’t have the same feel as a metal-tipped dart going into a traditional sisal fiber (or even cork) dartboard. Redditor Whatarethebands found a solution that has the best of both worlds: a conventional dartboard with digital scoring.

Whatarethebands’ build doesn’t use any fancy sensors—just good old fashioned arcade buttons. Those buttons are connected to a Raspberry Pi through an Arduino Leonardo that’s emulating a USB keyboard. When a player hits a target on the dartboard, they simply push the corresponding button and the Raspberry Pi keeps track of the score.

The scores are displayed in a nice looking interface on an LCD, and the whole is built into a custom made cabinet. Whatarethebands does plan on adding a few additional features, like a speaker and throwing averages. But, it looks pretty great even as it stands, and now he doesn’t have to choose between a quality dartboard and easy scoring.