Well, five years later and being at home with Covid, the family was really looking forward to some BBall inside. I finished the system, painted it, got the T-Molding installed, wired up the IR beam break sensor, coded some Arduino code and boom, it's working. The software is "Freehoops" written and shared by thatpurplestuff from the forums at ArcadeControls.com - [ Ссылка ] . I'll have more vidoes as well detailing how I got it working in case anyone else wants to do it.
