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[zebulon]

If I could learn to leave well enough alone and keep my cabinet together long enough, I'd be grabbing one of these.

[maxxsinner]

I have been pondering what benifit the RGB LED's for the flippers would actually be, (that and I dont have enough space to install them because of my monitor.) so I have decided to stick to my green theme and wire green LED's in the flipper buttons back to the Arduino. Now that idea frees up a couple of spare outputs from the LEDwiz, I decided to go a step further and use one as an input into the Arduino via a minature relay. Going to use the Hyperled to send a signal from the LEDwiz to the Arduino to light all the front control buttons, and ofcourse do some dancing sequences , and when a table is selected, turns off genre, instruction and flyer lights, leaving the exit button lit.

So far it works a treat, although I need to do some extra testing with the software when I drop my playfield screen back in.
I will try and post a vid tonight of the control buttons doing thier thing.

[Darkfall]

I have been pondering what benifit the RGB LED's for the flippers would actually be, (that and I dont have enough space to install them because of my monitor.) so I have decided to stick to my green theme and wire green LED's in the flipper buttons back to the Arduino. Now that idea frees up a couple of spare outputs from the LEDwiz, I decided to go a step further and use one as an input into the Arduino via a minature relay. Going to use the Hyperled to send a signal from the LEDwiz to the Arduino to light all the front control buttons, and ofcourse do some dancing sequences , and when a table is selected, turns off genre, instruction and flyer lights, leaving the exit button lit.

So far it works a treat, although I need to do some extra testing with the software when I drop my playfield screen back in.
I will try and post a vid tonight of the control buttons doing thier thing.

Sounds awesome. The green flipper buttons look good, I'm sure. RGB buttons are kind of cool - but I find they don't hold their color on some tables. I've had them swap to other colors in the middle of playing a few tables, which is sort of odd. Still - buttons that match the table is kind of cool, but your plan sounds better

[maxxsinner]

Cheers Darkfall, although I am very keen to see what you can do with your programming skills to one of these Arduino's. I am sure there is so much more that can be done, i.e. serial output from Hyperpin or VP to the Arduino to do a specific function etc as the LEDWiz fills up with our toys all too quick.

[zebulon]

Sounds like it's shaping up nicely, be interested to see the video when it's posted.

[maxxsinner]

So much for posting the vid the following night.....

But here its is. I have a little more to tweak with the Arduino code to ensure that when a table is loaded that only the Pause button is lit and to get a little creative with the centre LED on the side art, but its just down to coding now. No more wires....




I am using Darkfalls script to control LEDwiz when Hyperpin is running, (although its still in the testing stage I think) so that controls the Cree's on top and the relay to the Arduino which controls the sequence on the 4 Hyperpin control buttons.

Edited by maxxsinner, 18 September 2011 - 12:22 PM.

[DedRok_V]

Awesome,
man i'm years away from that sort of stuff.

[bladexdsl]

wish i could do that shit but it's just way beyond my skills.

[numiah]

Totally amazing eye candy sir !

[zebulon]

looks great but can it still chill a beer to the right temperature?

[bladexdsl]

looks great but can it still chill a beer to the right temperature?

didn't they bust that on mythbusters

[russdx]

wow

that has got to be the neatest wiring i have ever seen LOL

[maxxsinner]

wow

that has got to be the neatest wiring i have ever seen LOL

Cheers russ. And to think I am contemplating selling this one just to do it all over again!

[blackvulcan3]

Just saw this (who has time to see ALL of the great pins on here) & I must say, inside and out this is one of the sweetest looking cabinets on here.

 

I know its nearly 5 years on, but Max you are still getting love after all this time.