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Making a few B&W LAI XY Vector PCBs


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I am going to make PCBs and Monitor adjustment board for the 20" B&W XY LAI Chassis (LAI-KZ-20XYB)

 

Pot board is designed

 

It will mount on the bracket that holds the heatsink

 

Board

http://www.dsbelec.iinet.net.au/LAI_Pot_Board_FINAL-a_Dez-sm.jpg

 

How it will look / mount

 

https://www.amazingarcading.com.au/LAI_POT_BOARD-FIT-sm.jpg

 

And a copy of this

https://www.amazingarcading.com.au/LAI_Vector_PCB05.jpg

 

Pots board include

  • X Gain
  • Y Gain
  • B Adj
  • Brightness
  • Contrast

 

I need 4 or 5 of these

 

Pic of the pcb file almost finished

https://www.amazingarcading.com.au/lai_sAMPLE-04-SM.jpg

 

Let me know if you want one 🙂

 

Pics of actual prototype

 

https://www.amazingarcading.com.au/LAI_Proto_01-sm.jpg

 

https://www.amazingarcading.com.au/LAI_Proto_02-sm.jpg

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  • 5 months later...

This has been promoted to active. Starting to convert to pcb file ready to make the required Gerber files

 

I am about a week into it, nothing too taxing about this one I must say. :cool:

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Hmmm, I have an upright Asteroids that I would like to keep running in good condition for as long as possible, it's fine ATM, but for $30 to help future proof it I think I would buy one of these. I'm assuming it plugs in as a daughter board and takes over from the original adjustment pots?

 

Hmmm, just clicked on the pic, that looks nothing like mine, I don't think mine is a LAI, I got it from Visy who imported it from USA, too tired to research tonight :sleep

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Hmmm, I have an upright Asteroids that I would like to keep running in good condition for as long as possible, it's fine ATM, but for $30 to help future proof it I think I would buy one of these. I'm assuming it plugs in as a daughter board and takes over from the original adjustment pots?

 

Hmmm, just clicked on the pic, that looks nothing like mine, I don't think mine is a LAI, I got it from Visy who imported it from USA, too tired to research tonight :sleep

 

Your's will be Atari, LAI's will have the family logo on the marquee and the sideart

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Still going on these

 

Starting to add the top layer silk screen, and have decided to add the values of the resistors.

 

The 14" screens had some different values, so I will think of a way to allow for that (Maybe add a key/legend on the board, you can refer to when assembling)

 

http://www.dsbelec.iinet.net.au/LAI-PCB_Sample_May12-sm.jpg

 

I won't be doing a prototype, just a main run, as the tooling cost is high. Might do a run of 10 to 15 of them only, I think

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that looks familiar........hahaha

 

Yep, I will still use your creation mate

 

I am working on a proto that uses the HV from an amplifone Colour, and the deflection from the LAI board, so yours is the contender for the job

 

---------- Post added at 05:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:35 PM ----------

 

So you could feasibly use a regular colour TV Tube in a BW vector game

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More IDs done now

 

Notes done as mentioned earlier

 

Different type of triangulation used on a few transistors so they are soldered in more stable

http://www.dsbelec.iinet.net.au/LAI_Sample-02-sm.jpg

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There are a lot of components on this sucker. I have removed about 12 components not needed on the 14" or 20" and added a few aftermarket pots too. They could be preset X & Y size pots

 

We will see

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That looks spot on Dez! I have never had a board made with an angled side (or anything other than a regular rectangle for that matter).

 

Was this an issue? Did you have to specify anything or just supply Gerbers with an angle on the edge?

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That looks spot on Dez! I have never had a board made with an angled side (or anything other than a regular rectangle for that matter).

 

Was this an issue? Did you have to specify anything or just supply Gerbers with an angle on the edge?

 

All I did was "place polygon", then right click the shape and select "define as board outline"

 

Here is what it looks like on the gerber viewer

http://www.dsbelec.iinet.net.au/Gerber_View1-sm.jpg

 

So the PCB maker will see the angle correctly, and should be cut like that

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