30
Apr
Posted by Scott in Rambles
I’m rather pleased to be able to report that the new propeller board has been wired up and our problems with questionable connector cables can be relegated to the bad memories pile. The new cabling setup was largely prompted by the fact that, sitting a prototype board and laptop on the glass of the pinball machine you are working on is not only ergonomically horrifying, but, well, its just silly. Read on for a bit of a walk through of the current hardware and cable setup and philosophy.
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15
Apr
Posted by Scott in Rambles
Terry from Pinnovations dropped an email about Project Solar Ride, a custom pinball project that mixes a computer master control with dedicated microcontrollers for key subsystems. The writeup on the project has some really nice details.
Terry mentions that a complete “from scratch” game is in the works, but it is being kept under wraps until it gets a bit further along.
We’ll be keeping an eye out for it.
As for our project? I’ve been soldering. You all know how much I love soldering. Details in a few days.
8
Apr
Posted by Scott in Rambles
Jeff from SnowMountainPinball sent an email pointing out a bunch of other custom pinball links. Be sure to check out their News page to keep up with the great work they are doing!
And, good grief. People actually read this?!? No flaking for me I guess.
Click below for the list of links…
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2
Apr
Posted by Scott in Rambles
We got our new toys from Parallax yesterday. This should get us back up and running in short order. Look for an update next week!