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What's happening to my minipac??
WindDrake:
--- Quote from: MTPPC on January 15, 2013, 12:45:52 am ---Install Relays to activate the flippers and use a bridge rectifier to create DC current to activate the relays. Then use a small diode to shunt the flyback voltage from the relay's coil.
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^ That. If you're working with 60/70's-era AC-Drive sources, that's the way to do it. Just make sure to use Solid-State Relays, as they are faster then Mechanical, and you don't want flipper lag.
danny_galaga:
Oh, I didn'trealise you are using a complete EM pinball machine! I thought you were just scavenging parts! I don't understand what the software is for then, how would it be any different to how it was built in the first place? Off topic, but I don't think I geddit...