Author Topic: Project Mini Pin - X - Upgrade started (Read 49247 times)

njay · « **Reply #80 on:** November 30, 2010, 03:55:54 am »

Give me a price with shipping to the netherlands

shilmover · « **Reply #81 on:** November 30, 2010, 10:29:04 am »

Quote from: njay on November 30, 2010, 03:55:54 am

Give me a price with shipping to the netherlands

Will do...

Malenko · « **Reply #82 on:** December 01, 2010, 03:04:28 pm »

and me a price shipped to 19713 (delaware USA)

FritoFredrik · « **Reply #83 on:** December 04, 2010, 06:47:05 am »

One thing that would make a pinball emulator machine like this more fun is to have a way to use 3D glasses of som kind

Also a really nice build keep it up.

njay · « **Reply #84 on:** December 05, 2010, 04:30:02 am »

Thanks, but i don't think 3d will work that well at all.

Your are looking on the screen from the top... if you wear 3d glasses you must wear them straight before your eyes... no room left..
Otherwise the 3d effect would be gone and you could not see the ball anymore.. garbled screen.

If you wear sunglasses you always have some space between the glass and your eyes.. and since your not looking straight forward it will cause issues

FritoFredrik · « **Reply #85 on:** December 05, 2010, 07:48:56 pm »

head tracking then like with IR sensors using a wii remote, its just an idea in my head

like this :

njay · « **Reply #86 on:** December 06, 2010, 03:50:27 am »

Yeah it would be really cool , but still pinball viewing angle is complety different

njay · « **Reply #87 on:** December 27, 2010, 11:16:31 am »

Software is out !!!

Thanks to all involved in making and testing the software

here is vid:

Alpha-tron · « **Reply #88 on:** March 19, 2011, 04:35:41 pm »

Amazing project, Thank you very much for sharing it. I am talking to friends about this and it looks we are looking to build a few for ourselves. I am building one for myself why not build 4 at the same time.

njay · « **Reply #89 on:** March 21, 2011, 05:57:43 am »

Sorry for the late reaction.

Cool idea... please make a topic here when you do so for support and help

Also i added a led stroboscoop will add a video soon

njay · « **Reply #90 on:** May 25, 2011, 11:43:10 am »

Got around installing the replay knocker finally:

elkameleon · « **Reply #91 on:** May 25, 2011, 12:18:14 pm »

This may be a bit off topic, but I need to know, where did you pick up that motherboard tray?! I need one like that for my project, but I just can't find anything.

njay · « **Reply #92 on:** May 25, 2011, 01:01:07 pm »

got it from a friend...

maybe you can use this?

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3387

elkameleon · « **Reply #93 on:** May 25, 2011, 02:51:28 pm »

Quote

got it from a friend...

Dang, it'd be nice to know where he got it... but it looks like your video card doesn't quite screw down properly, maybe i'm wrong? The one you linked could possibly work. I actually drilled holes for an atx layout into the side of my cab and screwed motherboard standoffs into the holes, but it was regrettably unforgiving... and I have no place to secure my video card, so it just hangs out there (hope it doesn't fall out!).

BobA · « **Reply #94 on:** May 25, 2011, 03:40:20 pm »

Nice knockers

njay · « **Reply #95 on:** May 25, 2011, 04:53:47 pm »

Quote from: elkameleon on May 25, 2011, 02:51:28 pm

Quote
got it from a friend...

Dang, it'd be nice to know where he got it... but it looks like your video card doesn't quite screw down properly, maybe i'm wrong? The one you linked could possibly work. I actually drilled holes for an atx layout into the side of my cab and screwed motherboard standoffs into the holes, but it was regrettably unforgiving... and I have no place to secure my video card, so it just hangs out there (hope it doesn't fall out!).

A video card just won't fall out suddenly the slot grabs it nicely and you are not hanging any weight on it
But as they say you can never be to sure about mounting things vertical

And yes my video card is not screwed down and i have no issues with being the otherside my motherboard is mounted horizontly

njay · « **Reply #96 on:** August 08, 2011, 02:13:04 am »

So i finally have some upcoming vacation and it's time to finish here

Ordered:

2x Clear flasher dome
4x RGB Leds

Project:
Re-Wire complete cabinet --> I will use UTP Network cable to cable all the flashers etc to have one wire per two flashers going to the ledwiz

Add 2 more flashers on top of the cabinet backbox to complete a 5 flasher setup

Add 2 RGB Flipper buttons

This should keep me going for a while , will post pics when i get all the stuff inhouse

njay · « **Reply #97 on:** August 08, 2011, 08:09:33 am »

Alright here a few pics showing the mess i made of the inside :

I removed the LCD from the backbox because at first i did not attach the speakers to anything so when moving the cabinet one speaker fell down early when i first build it.

So this time i had some sticky foam i used to secure the speakers to the sides:

Et viola:

njay · « **Reply #98 on:** August 10, 2011, 09:24:34 am »

What do you guys think about the new strobo placement?

Ah Yes a lot neater:

New strobo controller placement:

njay · « **Reply #99 on:** August 10, 2011, 12:47:22 pm »

Here are some shots of the backbox and cable ties !

My Goal is to have an easier to deteach backbox:
I now only have to screw lose the cables that run trought the terminal strip to the flashers and strobes, before i had the wires run all the way inside the cabinet.

Cable ties:

njay · « **Reply #100 on:** August 11, 2011, 08:27:48 am »

More Wiring today :

It may not look pretty but you will never see the backside of it and the functionality is good, i can now easely disconnect the backbox from the main cabinet and the inerts of the cabinet is cleaner.

PS. the black wires for the speakers and monitor are normally inside the cabinet !

Terminal strip with piggy banking:

And more:

njay · « **Reply #101 on:** August 11, 2011, 10:39:03 am »

New Blue LED Fans:

njay · « **Reply #102 on:** August 11, 2011, 05:04:17 pm »

I think it's still a lot cleaner then before but damn i have so little space

ark_ader · « **Reply #103 on:** August 14, 2011, 06:29:03 am »

Great looking project!

I want one!

njay · « **Reply #104 on:** August 14, 2011, 07:48:39 am »

Added some metal strapping to secure the HD to the cabinet:

Martijn · « **Reply #105 on:** August 14, 2011, 02:59:34 pm »

Looking good, but i would still encourage you to make the back cleaner with all those wires, its such a sweet little project to rush finish it.

Like we say.

Een goed begin is het halve werk
of
De kroon op het werk zetten

njay · « **Reply #106 on:** August 15, 2011, 02:30:28 am »

Thanks for your kind words martijn , since your kinda of a legend here lol

Yes but i know the wires are ugly to see but then again the unit stand against the wall and i decided that for this mini pin moveablity would be the main reason to run the wires on the back like that.

It was also a design mistake from the beginning of the project to desing the backbox like that.

But you are right for the future when i start buillding a bigger one no more wires on the back !

Martijn · « **Reply #107 on:** August 15, 2011, 03:24:51 am »

Lol thanks , your pin rocks anyway

And we share 1 thing.. space

I went ultra slim to be able to have a cab and not giving up so much space.

p.s. consider a 2.1 setup, it will be worth it if you can afford and have the space in it

njay · « **Reply #108 on:** August 15, 2011, 09:17:28 am »

Yeah a 2.1 setup would be awesome but i don't now where to mount the sub woofer.
I can screw it on the underside but that would make the cabinet look like something with a lumb

Malenko · « **Reply #109 on:** August 15, 2011, 12:35:23 pm »

might be a pain, but could you rewire those into ethernet ports on the back? then connect with a cat5 wire? Its still a mega awesome machine, Im uber jealous

njay · « **Reply #110 on:** August 16, 2011, 02:39:32 am »

Might be a good idea

but as explained it's a mega design flaw of the backbox that the cables must be run over the back

at this point moveabilty is more important for me then neatness, the backbox will be against a wall so you will never see the cable mess

for my next project i will do it a lot more clearer

but thanks for your tip

njay · « **Reply #111 on:** September 01, 2011, 10:00:07 am »

Ok i added 2 more clear domes on top of the cabinet and she is finally done !

I also made a cool movie with after effects and movie maker combined:

njay · « **Reply #112 on:** August 21, 2012, 03:20:21 am »

So to continue this story i have ordered the pindmd board to run a real dmd display
and someone is making me a custom underbox to fit under the backbox to house the new 12v vishay dmd display i am getting

Also my cab is soon to be showed on web tv

njay · « **Reply #113 on:** August 16, 2014, 04:11:55 am »

Upgrade in process:

New pinmame also runs newer sterns:

njay · « **Reply #114 on:** August 17, 2014, 08:31:59 am »

Upgraded to pinball X and new sam version of vpinmame

Martijn · « **Reply #115 on:** August 17, 2014, 09:20:16 am »

Can you link me to where those are? pinmame and avengers doenst come up with anything?

Also, did you change the sideart backbox yet I made?

njay · « **Reply #116 on:** August 17, 2014, 09:25:09 am »

hey,

you can download a custom vpinmame version @ vpuniverse.com
there are also instructions there

the backbox side art is on my list will do that
after my vacation

hows your pin doing ?

njay · « **Reply #117 on:** August 18, 2014, 02:49:01 pm »

Added a video on youtube

next up a nice gopro movie of the whole machine plus some gameplay

njay · « **Reply #118 on:** August 23, 2014, 07:14:09 am »

Testing my gopro angle before going scuba diving

njay · « **Reply #119 on:** April 10, 2015, 02:05:40 am »

So let's continue ...

i started the cab late 2009 when there was no ledwiz software there.
Afterwards when all software was released i started building all my toys.

this concluded in running lots of wires on the backside of the cab to the top... now it's time for a change

behold: zeb's lightbar and resistor card.

zeb is a cool guy to work with , answered lot's of my questions and even refunded money when the shipping was cheaper then he expected cool guy , you don't see this very often anymore.

you can view his products here: http://www.zebsboards.com/

When all has arrived i will update with more pics


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