BIG Trev Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 Blue MCA joystick was shipped today. Thanks Leo Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG Trev Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 Polycarbonate / lexan it is then. Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG Trev Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 It looks like I'll be using the old Orbit1 cabinet I've got for this project. It needs a new back anyway. I'll be widening it by putting in a new back, front and floor. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/11/ca05af24e06d7c03ae7bcdb770e47b53.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/11/e73f1f2445504b2956bf57dc62df81c7.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/11/203e135973ff44448bfc5cb68ebb8be8.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/11/e52ee7be4e28d6bbe880c9b0d7bd3546.jpg I knew I'd find a use for it. Thanks @Pash. I'll have to make a new backbox for it though unless someone has one about 750mm wide I can use? Cheers Trev. I'm using the old backbox for another project. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/11/8ad96e1da6698fd4975b07af1fffecdd.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/11/3c60ac9913ef1f1cea6ab8aec76a95c2.jpg But that's another story. Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG Trev Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 I got these in the mail today. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/13/39be3210c9fbf79b2b77c68eb314df26.jpg They are two colour red and green and have a controller chip on the back. They only have two control pins being a serial data in and a clock plus 5v and gnd. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/13/ac09e0accf2c609a7fcb900330b307b6.jpg Time to do a bit of reading (I need a refresher on the commands) and have some fun. I just need to download the library for them and play around with the commands. I've also got some square led rgb ones on the way.[emoji4] Trev Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG Trev Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 I had a play with the displays today. Here's the animation for the Hyperspace launcher. It looks brighter in person. Trev Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire_Power Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Cool :) - do you have a link to the library you used for the TM1640? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG Trev Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 It's right here with examples. http://www.play-zone.ch/de/8x8-dual-color-led-matrix-mit-tm1640-treiber.html Trev Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG Trev Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 (edited) I've still got to write the code to read the switch then start the animation, activate the solenoid to shoot the ball, play the sound effects and send a signal to the scoring board. It won't be too hard to do. Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Edited October 15, 2015 by BIG Trev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG Trev Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 These are the optically isolated mosfet drivers I've got to try out on the pop bumpers and other solenoids. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/21/521106904dd28de2a6231b8ca796c411.jpg Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire_Power Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Different layout to ones I've seen and a nice small form factor - got a link to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG Trev Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 Different layout to ones I've seen and a nice small form factor - got a link to them? I just looked on ebay. They should be easy to find. Trev Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG Trev Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 As mentioned on another post I think I'll be using this in place of a backbox and rear legs on this pin. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/26/5386cb87a62e21cd8754106f0b51c5e9.jpg With a little tweaking the newly arrived oled displays fit snugly in the bumper caps. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/26/53ae05f9efd43301ef434c643235130c.jpg I'm looking forward to playing with programming these. Trev Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG Trev Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 I've had a play with the oleds today. I think they look quite good. There's still more coding to go but it's a start. Trev Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG Trev Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 I managed to remove all the mechs from my old Gottlieb playfield on Friday and fitted the slingshots onto my arcade pin as ball launcher in the shooter lane and the Hyperspace launcher on the left hand side along with the two pop bumpers, a target and 7 rollover switches. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/30/33d10029b04234809c960760ad3573c6.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/30/ff653b04222cdab1652e486f3b02fac0.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/30/c3519beeb2823ebb0ad5607ca3b6d6a8.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/30/8000f9f825a255cfb7c8cf713b46943c.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/30/357ee0f7b0a78de308d0e7c024c34856.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/30/933998e257fbd6da4ff992a6377664ff.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/30/81ba9d3d13d4cc82293d935dda8c9330.jpg The faces will be removed from the targets to be replaced with the pac man ghosts. Small steps at the moment. Trev I could use another pop bumper assembly if anyone has one for sale? Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG Trev Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share Posted November 2, 2015 I think I'm going to have to get me one of these. http:// http://robertsonics.com/wav-trigger/ Sounds like fun. Trev Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrunta666 Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 I think I'm going to have to get me one of these. http:// http://robertsonics.com/wav-trigger/ Sounds like fun. Trev Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Going to use the same thing in my homebrew pinny also, let me know how your play with them goes. Have fun, the Oled looks cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG Trev Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share Posted November 2, 2015 Going to use the same thing in my homebrew pinny also, let me know how your play with them goes. Have fun, the Oled looks cool What theme will your pin have? Trev Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire_Power Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Another option for homebrew pin sounds is the YX5300 chip based serial players. I've been thinking one for looping background music, maybe mode based, and another for short scoring type sounds and call outs. They don't have the individual sound triggers like the wav-trigger does and may not play multiple sounds at once, but I'm not sure if that is really useful anyway? I have in mind that I may have to arrange sounds by hierarchy so more important ones take precedence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrunta666 Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 What theme will your pin have? Trev Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk It will be a battle pinny with a player at each end. Its slowly under-way, and when its a bit further down the track i will post it on the forum. Its a lot of work because its being made from scratch.... but that's part of the fun, right? - - - Updated - - - Another option for homebrew pin sounds is the YX5300 chip based serial players. I've been thinking one for looping background music, maybe mode based, and another for short scoring type sounds and call outs. They don't have the individual sound triggers like the wav-trigger does and may not play multiple sounds at once, but I'm not sure if that is really useful anyway? I have in mind that I may have to arrange sounds by hierarchy so more important ones take precedence. I have used the Vmusic2 Player , that uses the YX5300 chip . You use a serial data to it. So yes, nice to use off an arduino or picaxe, but only one track at once and there is a delay in playing whilst you send the data. But you can store a shed load of sounds on it. All these things are worth experimenting with to see which suits you and you are comfortable with using. - - - Updated - - - Oops, just saw the Arduino YX5300 module......The link I went to showed the Vmusic2. Oh well the comments as per my last post still hold....:redface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG Trev Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share Posted November 2, 2015 Sounds like a great idea. Will it have a hump in the middle? Yeah it is fun and challenging. I didn't realise what's involved until I started. I'm having problems with the oleds at the moment. I think I might have damaged the arduino? I can't get the ufo to display correctly. The code is fine and I've swapped displays with the same result? Trev Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrunta666 Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Sounds like a great idea. Will it have a hump in the middle? Yeah it is fun and challenging. I didn't realise what's involved until I started. I'm having problems with the oleds at the moment. I think I might have damaged the arduino? I can't get the ufo to display correctly. The code is fine and I've swapped displays with the same result? Trev Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Then the code may not be fine? one bloody ; or } out of place can ruin your whole day ! God Damn you Gods of C+ Keep trying, its looking good - - - Updated - - - Sounds like a great idea. Will it have a hump in the middle? Yeah it is fun and challenging. I didn't realise what's involved until I started. I'm having problems with the oleds at the moment. I think I might have damaged the arduino? I can't get the ufo to display correctly. The code is fine and I've swapped displays with the same result? Trev Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Yes it does a hump in the middle. The test plays on the prototype playfield actually shows that the ball does not launch too much, we all thought it would , but our friend gravity is a fickle thing. The playfields are set at 6 degrees. I designed it in Autocad, but found real world dynamics made us change the location of things on the playfield. But this is all part of the fun, oh plus drinking beer with my test pilots as we test and tweek it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG Trev Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share Posted November 2, 2015 That's what I'm missing. Beer. Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrunta666 Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 This is a pic of the test playfield. This will not be used in the final machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG Trev Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share Posted November 2, 2015 This is a pic of the test playfield. This will not be used in the final machine. [ATTACH=CONFIG]84756[/ATTACH] That looks so cool. I love the concept. Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire_Power Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 On the subject of diy pin sounds ... the YX5300 chip . You use a serial data to it. So yes, nice to use off an arduino or picaxe, but only one track at once and there is a delay in playing whilst you send the data. .... In the playing around I've done I can't pick any practical delay. It's 16 bytes for the data packet at 9600 baud so less than 20 ms transmission time. To test I just wrote code that sends from the serial monitor to the mp3 player, just enter a track number and away it plays. Speed appears the same for either mp3 or wav files. I can't get all the modes to work as the doco is pretty poor, but track number selection, next, prev, repeat, vol set etc are ok. An advantage of any serial device over the wav trigger card is less wiring and more flexibility by software reconfiguration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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