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Here are the pics - OSCAR UP/DOWN Tron spinner!

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1UP:
One of my favorite games in the 80s was Discs of Tron.

1UP:
P.S. This arrangement may seem confusing, but it would take a more complex and bulky setup (read: more work for me) to have one switch facing up, and one facing down with some extended bracket or something hanging off the panel to trip it.  This is absolutely the simplest possible way to do this!  And I've already tried having the switches get pressed by the flywheel or the shutter.  They make a LOT of noise (something like nails on a chalkboard) with the actuators rubbing against them constantly, even with the rollers on the ends, so don't even think about it!  Plus, there's just not enough space between the optics to have the shutter moving up and down in there, and Oscar says they're about as far apart as they can get it.  You've really got to have the optics move with the shutter.

dhansen:
Wow! Kick-ass write up!  Good job!

Doug ;D

johnpurs:
Awsome! Good job I was thinking of making some hugh hack based more on the original but this would definetly be much more efficient.

:)

1UP:

--- Quote ---Awsome! Good job I was thinking of making some hugh hack based more on the original but this would definetly be much more efficient.

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Exactly.  When the DOT panel came up in Ebay recently, I looked at the pictures of the bottom side to see what the mystery was.  That sucker's HUGE!  I couldn't really see how it switches, so I just pulled out my Oscar and a couple spare microswitches, and started playing around.

At first, it seemed like having the PCB push on the actuators would work best, but then I realized the whole thing would work as a lever, and I could mount the switches on one end and use screws to fine-tune the point at which they trip.  It took me about 10 minutes to find the ideal configuration, another 20 to build it.  Literally the fastest hack I've ever done, to solve a problem that at first seems too complex to even try!   :)

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