Coffee Cup Laser Tag Gun

This project was created for Physics 133 at Cal Poly. It is a laser tag gun encased in a coffee cup (because why not). A big thanks to IBM for their tutorial on getting started for this. At the end of my project the actual gun and code was very different from IBM’s but the initial help was very appreciated! Below are some images of the gun at different stages of the building process.
Elements begin to be placed onto the breadboard

Elements begin to be placed onto the breadboard

Completed construction of the Arduino and breadboard

Completed construction of the Arduino and breadboard

Hilariously packaged coffee cup

Hilariously packaged coffee cup

Cup with the lid on, the momentary switch is easy to hit when one is taking a quick sip

Cup with the lid on, the momentary switch is easy to hit when one is taking a quick sip

The bottom of the gun with the infrared LED that sends shots and a green LED that responds to the trigger

The bottom of the gun with the infrared LED that sends shots and a green LED that responds to the trigger

Serial monitor output from the Arduino

Serial monitor output from the Arduino

Serial monitor output from the Arduino

Serial monitor output from the Arduino