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title: "Space Invaders on Gecko EFM32"
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author: "James Lewis"
date: "2015-01-16T15:05:08Z"
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# Space Invaders on Gecko EFM32


The [Gecko Zero EFM32 Weather Station Evaluation Board](http://www.silabs.com/products/sensors/infraredsensors/Pages/zero-gecko-sensor-exp-evb.aspx "Zero Gecko Starter Kit with Weather Station Demo") from [Silicon Labs](http://www.silabs.com "Silicon Labs") is intended to show off the low-energy or energy harvesting capabilities of the [EFM32 Zero](http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/lowpower/Pages/efm32zg-zero-gecko.aspx "Gecko Zero EFM Datasheet and Information from SI").  The ARM-based board has physical and cap sensitive buttons along with the LCD.

It comes pre-loaded with a demo program, which is the classic Space Invaders.

If you're interested in more about the board, I wrote a [road test of Gecko EFM32 on element 14](http://www.element14.com/community/roadTestReviews/1916 "Road Test (Review) of Gecko Zero EFM32"). (Spoilers: I wasn't impressed.  Not a bad board, but rough development environment.)