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nipsmg:
Wow. :o

That about sums it up. AMAZING job.

We need video of this in action as soon as is humanly possible. At which point I'll be forced to build one, and my wife will hate you. :)

thatpurplestuff:
Thanks again for the very kind words everyone! I've been super busy between work and Christmas prep, but I have been slowly chugging along with the project. I think I am getting ever closer to a final decision for the net which involves using a rope as a border for the net and then using velcro ties to attach it around the frame. I don't love the idea but it's all I've got so far. I swear pics and vids are coming.

One other fairly cool thing that I will need the expertise of those far wiser than me for: I found some sweet flashing siren lights for the Skeeball machine that are USB powered. They seem like they would be absolutely perfect for the machine and I think they SHOULD be able to be hooked up with an LEDWiz. I say SHOULD because I really have no idea what I am doing, but from the little research I have done it seems that standard USB voltage is around 5 volts and I think (but could be wrong) that an LEDwiz is capable of that for one output. If not, I could separate the lights and therefore distribute the power needed to two outputs. If anyone knows how I might proceed into doing something like this I would be incredibly appreciative. Attached are pictures of me dissecting one of them to show the guts (and a super classy beverage for scale).

Hope everyone has a great Christmas and / or Holiday Season!

anyeyeover:
You are on the verge of greatness. Truely epic. I think I'm going to start the slow clap...

PM me if you want to put a solenoid in for a ball release.

drventure:
Love those flashers! I'd be careful about hooking them directly to the LEDWiz. What you could do is use the LEDWiz output to control an opto isolator or something. Gotta be careful with relays as they're inductive loads and could damage the board.

Or, if they're usb, can the be controlled directly via USB? or do they just use USB for power?

thatpurplestuff:
drventure- Thanks for the input! If you have the time, could you expand on that "opto isolator" idea a bit? I think I understand the basic concept that you're talking about, but I have no idea how I would go about making something like that.

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