A,B buttons labeling?

[spinal]

Did anyone else notice that although the A and B buttons are not labeled, they do line up with the A and B in the ArduBoy logo?

Perhaps recoloring the A and B in future builds might be a good idea?

[MLXXXp (Scott)]

I’m not the first to have noticed it but I did mention it last September, and again in March.

Arduboy has entered the building

Well, it's obviously up to the game developer as to what functions he/she wants to assign to the A and B buttons, but to me it makes sense that the A button is below the A in the ARDUBOY logo and the B button is below the logo's B.

New game - Boris goes skiing

It won't work until my proposed changes are made to the code. A simple trick to remember which is button A and B is that the A button has the A in ARDUBOY above it and the B button has the B above it If you want to make the changes to the code yourself to try it, change: void setup() { //arduboy.begin(); arduboy.boot(); arduboy.flashlight(); arduboy.blank(); arduboy.audio.on(); Serial.begin(9600); to void setup() { arduboy.begin(); arduboy.clear(); Serial.be…

[eried (Erwin)]

It is a really clever design, whoever come up with the idea.

[JuiceLizard]

I noticed that A and B in “Arduboy” were well positioned depending on the buttons and I don’t think recoloring those letters is a good idea. The present build is both functional and subtle. As soon as somebody told you the secret trick, you see it very clearly on the front of your Arduboy.

[MLXXXp (Scott)]

You can also just remember that the buttons are in AlphaBetical order

[eried (Erwin)]

In my personal opinion, it would be better to have them labeled, just because usability reasons. Not a problem for me, but it is “free” to fix using the pcb silkscreen

[bateske (Kevin)]

For now I’m pretty happy with the subtle labeling using the Arduboy logo at the same time. A and B also makes sense as most of us read left to right. It’s also opposite of what Game Boy had so makes us different.

Also we only have 2 buttons so labeling them to avoid confusion is not a high priority, prefer keeping it clean.