Nov 12, 2024 20:00:00

'Trading Game Boy' is a small game console that can simulate stock trading.

QuestDB developer Tancredo Collard has developed a game console called ' Trading Gameboy ' that can simulate stock trading. It uses a Raspberry Pi Pico for computing, and both the program and the board are custom designed.

Making a trading Gameboy: A pocket exchange and algo trading platform
https://questdb.io/blog/making-a-trading-gameboy/

Mr. Corrado became interested in developing devices using Raspberry Pi Pico because 'my child's Raspberry Pi broke and I bought a Raspberry Pi Pico instead.' The devices that Mr. Corrado developed early on are as follows. A model with a wireless chip of Raspberry Pi Pico is combined with an LED electronic bulletin board to display the stock price index.

Next, using the

Pico Display Pack 2.0 , we developed a game machine that simulates buying and selling while viewing randomly fluctuating stock price charts.

They also developed a version with more buttons. However, these consoles had problems such as being 'difficult to assemble' and 'slow,' so Mr. Corrado decided to completely redevelop the console's board and software.

First, we will use the circuit design tool '

KiCad ' to design a circuit for the game console, which will include buttons and a display.

The finished image looks like this.

We also designed a case that fits the size of the board perfectly and printed it using a 3D printer.

The finished Trading Game Boy looks like this. You can simulate market-making stock trading by operating the buttons. The software incorporates QuestDB, developed by Corrado, which allows for high-speed data processing.