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Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« on: October 06, 2016, 07:55:17 am »
This is mostly a publicly visible duplicate of a thread on aussiearcade: http://www.aussiearcade.com/showthread.php/83150-Taito-Ice-Cold-Beer-scratch-build
(Unfortunately photos on aussiearcade are only visible to registered users.)


Thanks heaps again to Jesse from Helensburgh for letting me take all the measurements of his machine.

I'm doing a bit of everything at the same time, and I'm slow.

Rough timeline:
- Research work and parts ordering - started Mar 2016
- Electronic tests and glass art reproduction - started May 2016
- Cabinet building - started Jun 2016
- Many more months to go.


Parts:
- Vaccuum formed playfield channels repro from Ebay
- CPO from ChompingQuarters
- Generic joysticks and button from Ebay
- Generic wheels and belt from Ebay
- Custom glass from glassreflections.com.au
- Home made glass art and playfield art (to do)
- Pretty much everything else from Bunnings..


Electrics/electronics:
- Arduino Mega, protoshield extension board, microSD shield, 7 segments displays and driver, sound amp, LEDs all from Ebay
- Stepper motors and drivers from Ebay
- Second hand speaker from Gumtree
- Program by myself, sounds reaped from the original ROM
- Low operating force microswitches from Element14
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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2016, 08:01:12 am »
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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2016, 08:03:29 am »
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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2016, 08:05:25 am »
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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2016, 08:07:20 am »
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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2016, 08:08:34 am »
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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2016, 10:44:47 am »
This is awesome! I sunk some serious coin in this game.... it's tough and the damn thing breaks weekly at my local pub.

Ian  :applaud:
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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2016, 11:02:56 am »
Whoa! A scratch built ICB?

At first I was like: "Why don't you just buy an ICB...it would be a lot cheaper and easier". But then I realized you are probably living in Australia and they don't have ICBs there.

Very nice work.  :cheers:
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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2016, 11:09:18 am »
Looks great!  I'm excited to see what you post about the electronics.  We've been slowly slogging away at that end for a while now but always hoping to see a different approach!

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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2016, 12:04:22 pm »
Loving this. Especially the finish quality. Is that black snakeskin T-moulding or something? The Cherry(?) vinyl looks great too.

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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2016, 03:17:56 pm »
I'm getting a headache looking over the complexity of this build....which means it's amazing!  :dizzy: Great work so far, I'm ready for more pics!  :applaud:

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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2016, 10:55:16 pm »
Whoa! A scratch built ICB?

At first I was like: "Why don't you just buy an ICB...it would be a lot cheaper and easier". But then I realized you are probably living in Australia and they don't have ICBs there.

Very nice work.  :cheers:

Exactly. Extremely rare and expensive in oz. But to be honest building it is also more fun!

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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2016, 11:10:17 pm »
@Ian @vwalbridge @Le Chuck @stigzler @Wyo
thanks heaps for the nice comments.
And yes t-molding is just the leather textured one from t-molding.com.

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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2016, 11:12:41 pm »
Prototype board step 1...
Breadboard with 2 x stepper motor controllers and MAX7221 (segment displays controller), Arduino Mega, sound amp, micro SD board.

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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #14 on: October 07, 2016, 11:24:37 pm »
Segment displays

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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #15 on: October 08, 2016, 12:24:42 am »
Let me know if anyone knows a (cheap and) better way to attach standard pin connectors to long ribbon cables..?

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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #16 on: October 08, 2016, 01:26:34 am »
Oh my I love this project.  :applaud:

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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #17 on: October 08, 2016, 03:16:02 am »
Let me know if anyone knows a (cheap and) better way to attach standard pin connectors to long ribbon cables..?
If you have a pair of ratcheting-crimpers with the correct crimping dies (keyword search "dupont crimpers"), you can crimp male or female Dupont pins directly to the wire.

 

There are a number of different cimpers that will work fine -- not sure which crimpers/dies will be in your price range.   :dunno

These are two options that work well for me.

The HT-225D is available here or here --  use the "24-30" slot for your ribbon cable.  (it is 24 gauge, right?)

 

If you have Harbor Freight, 236-series, or 336-series crimpers, the HT-236-2U crimp die set works fine -- use the "22" slot.




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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #18 on: October 08, 2016, 06:37:05 am »
Lamps first test.
(I mixed up the LEDs.. Hole 10 should be red..  ::) )
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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #19 on: October 15, 2016, 03:31:16 am »
Segment display controller board.
Next time I might go with some home made circuit board etching instead...  :P

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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #20 on: October 15, 2016, 08:44:47 am »
Wow! This looks amazing! Great work!

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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #21 on: October 15, 2016, 10:13:43 am »
wow... I want one.
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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #22 on: October 15, 2016, 12:51:00 pm »
I love seeing prototype boards! I've done a few myself recently and really respect the process.
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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #23 on: October 17, 2016, 02:27:39 pm »
wow... I want one.

Me too, awesome project

In europe you wont find an icecold beer, so ....

Will you share or sell your plans and software when finished? Id love to build one too.

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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #24 on: October 23, 2016, 02:49:22 am »
Audio initial tests (Very low volume, no amplification yet)
Audio ripped from ICB Mame ROM, converted using Audacity, stored as WAV files on SD card and played using "SimpleSDAudio" Arduino library. (I wasn't able to get the more common "TMRpcm" library to work..)




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« Reply #25 on: October 23, 2016, 04:21:26 am »
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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #26 on: October 24, 2016, 08:54:34 am »

Top work! How did I not see this on AA?


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« Reply #27 on: November 05, 2016, 12:31:42 am »
Return switch bracket. With return and errant ball switches.
A bit of guess work here based on the manual drawings, as I don't have reference photos of this one.

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« Reply #29 on: November 17, 2016, 06:28:52 am »
Main power switch


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« Reply #30 on: November 17, 2016, 06:30:07 am »
Control panel wiring

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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #31 on: November 19, 2016, 02:38:46 am »
24VDC power supply (stepper motors and solenoid) stepped down to 12VDC (Arduino and audio amp)

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« Reply #32 on: November 19, 2016, 02:40:01 am »
Mosfet/solenoid test

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« Reply #33 on: November 24, 2016, 01:29:39 am »
Return solenoid

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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #34 on: November 24, 2016, 01:36:47 am »
Sliders.

The two metal sheets were hot-glued and jigsawed together, then separated with freeze spray.

The belt clamps have sandpaper glued inside.

No welder handy so the nuts are epoxied to the surface.

For the holes to be of the exact right diameter and to slide smoothly without any play, I filled them with Builder's Bog (plastic bondo), greased the end of the rods, inserted them in the holes, let it all dry and then just pulled the rods out. Now all nice and snug. I still had to polish the rods quite a lot and flood the whole thing with lithium grease but I'm now happy enough with the result.

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« Reply #35 on: November 24, 2016, 01:37:43 am »
Reference photo I used.

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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #36 on: November 24, 2016, 06:25:19 am »
Great work. You're a true factotum!

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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #37 on: December 18, 2016, 02:08:04 am »
Ball rod. (Edge of outer tube was since bevel-filed to ease the ball transition.)
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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #38 on: December 18, 2016, 02:33:13 am »
Playfield insert.
(Just before someone announced a repro on Klov.)  :(

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Re: Taito Ice Cold Beer scratch build
« Reply #39 on: December 18, 2016, 03:59:14 am »
Ball gate
(yes, ugly solder..)