{"id":281,"date":"2020-09-10T11:28:04","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T11:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demosites.io\/shop-gb\/?page_id=281"},"modified":"2022-02-06T20:23:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T19:23:31","slug":"52e3e-about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openchessboard.com\/index.php\/52e3e-about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"281\" class=\"elementor elementor-281\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2add833 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2add833\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99dd77c\" data-id=\"99dd77c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b42bd3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b42bd3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68d3202 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68d3202\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1934a12\" data-id=\"1934a12\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-354e9c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"354e9c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.4 - 23-01-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: lef;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-transform: uppercase;\">About me<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hi, my name is Timo and I am an electrical engineer, software developer and dedicated chess player from Switzerland. I love to code, create and design stuff I am passionate about. Spending lot of time at home during the pandemic and staring at the computer screen I thought about a different way to play online chess.&nbsp;<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); font-size: var(--bodyFontSize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyLetterSpacing); text-transform: var(--bodyTextTransform);\">From the idea of the most intuitive smart smart chess board without buttons I wanted to create a simple and straight forward physical chess board to play online chess. No setup procedure, no additional proprietary app, just power it up and start playing against people online. A well needed pause from bright screens and displays, just enjoying playing chess on a physical board, but with all the advantages of instant challenges against millions of people online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;\">Manufacturing<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: center;\">I don&#8217;t want to provide just another mass produced product. I am a builder and creator and take great passion in crafting my own custom ideas. I truly believe that building your own custom product is not only extremely satisfying but also a great method to keep resource waste at minimum while also reducing the costs and risks for customer and manufacturer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Roboto Condensed&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;\">Hardware<\/span><br><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyFontSize); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var(--bodyLetterSpacing); text-transform: var(--bodyTextTransform); text-align: center;\">Since I don&#8217;t want to compete with the existing products in mass production I decided to keep the software open-source and the hardware as accessible and customizable as possible while only using standard components. That&#8217;s why the software is based on the Arduino IDE and their standardized microcontroller development boards &#8211; maybe the easiest and most convenient way to start programming electronic devices. All other components are specifically chosen to be available in a high number and easy to be replaced by similar components with the same function. Focusing on a&nbsp; single large area PCBA containing all pre-soldered components keeps the efforts for integrating the hardware into a chess board as low as possible. <br><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyFontSize); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var(--bodyLetterSpacing); text-transform: var(--bodyTextTransform); text-align: center;\">Check out the shop:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyFontSize); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var(--bodyLetterSpacing); text-transform: var(--bodyTextTransform); text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openchessboard.com\/index.php\/shop\/\">Shop<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyFontSize); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var(--bodyLetterSpacing); text-transform: var(--bodyTextTransform); text-align: center;\">If you want to know more about the ins and outs of the development, hardware functionality or software features, check out the developer blog:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyFontSize); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var(--bodyLetterSpacing); text-transform: var(--bodyTextTransform); text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openchessboard.com\/index.php\/blog\/\">Developer Blog<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyFontSize); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var(--bodyLetterSpacing); text-transform: var(--bodyTextTransform); text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About me Hi, my name is Timo and I am an electrical engineer, software developer and dedicated chess player from Switzerland. 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