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MYX:


--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 08, 2006, 02:05:00 pm ---That's greatly simplified but how it generally works.
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But much faster than one can read it.


--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 08, 2006, 02:05:00 pm ---Using the LEDwiz could work for this, I suppose, but you'd still have to build a transistor matrix yourself for switches and solenoids.
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True

I am warming up to the idea building a pin. CRAP, just what I need... another project.

It is the idea of programming. I would not have the first idea on how to start.

yugffuts:

I see.  So you would be providing the power to the solenoid driver board externally, and using the LEDWiz to simply open or close the current to the solenoids .  Did I understand that correctly?

As was pointed out earlier:


--- Quote ---If you were to use an IPAC for input, you could in theory use any programming software to handle the game logic side of things. Hell, you could even use Macromedia Flash.
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allroy1975:

I don't see anywhere on the LEDWiz page on GGG.com that says you can't use more than 1 at a time...am I missing something?  also...the pinmame-hw.com has schematics on how to build this stuff, right?  can't someone (Randy, Ultimarc...someone?) take those specs and have them built?  do a run of like 100?  I can't imagine they wouldn't sell....Aside from having to wait a few minutes for Windows to boot, it's an amazint opportunity to get old dead pins up and running again. 

For example, I have a dead F-14.  the boards are either missing or busted.  so..I could spend hundreds of dollars and many hours of time trying to find original boards with roms etc, or I could put a PC in it...spend a hundred bucks or whatever that Pinmame-HW board would cost, and WHAMMO...the problems are all out of the head unit and onto the playfield.  Doing this takes all the mess out of fixing a 100% busted head pin. 

Not to mention that it brings to life a whole new hobby where it's now possible (using pinmame and that board) to build and design your own pinball (in software) and then build it in real life - and have it run exactly the way YOU wanted it to.

of it could be done easily using the LEDWiz...I'm all for that too....

Allroy

yugffuts:

I am inclined to agree that if the pinmame-hw guys, Randy (or anyone) could finalize a design, people would buy them to design their own.  Personally, I don't see the benefit of using it to fix an existing pin; it's not cheap, but parts are out there, for the most part.  You could never sell a pin like that, so you'd be stuck with it forever.  Excellent proof of concept, though.

I think you are right, though, it would:


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MYX:


--- Quote from: allroy1975 on March 08, 2006, 05:27:15 pm ---I don't see anywhere on the LEDWiz page on GGG.com that says you can't use more than 1 at a time...am I missing something?

Allroy

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No, you can use more than 1, you just can not use his interface for the animation on more than one board. You would have to animate with board 1 and use board 2 for hardware. (thought about this a lot today).

You would not use the LED Wiz to fix a machine, you would use it to build your own. And yes, no one would buy it, (well perhaps...Someone once sold pet rocks). The thing here is pulling it off could you actually build from scratch your own pin. I REALLY need to finish my cab before I get to far into planning or it will never get it done.

Chad you are still fixin your pin right? Or is it done? Are you thinking about building one?

Pins are so damn tempermental. They are built rugged, but yet they are so dawgon fragile. You can goof up something really bad and not even realize it.

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