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#261 maxxsinner

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Posted 28 February 2012 - 09:47 AM

That would be awesome!! Animation while scrolling tables..... just the thought is making me moist XD

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Posted 28 February 2012 - 10:03 AM

yeah need to speak the the hyperpin ppl about that as id need to embed some code in there stuff to enable all that smile.gif

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Posted 28 February 2012 - 11:26 AM

QUOTE (russdx @ Feb 28 2012, 05:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
yeah need to speak the the hyperpin ppl about that as id need to embed some code in there stuff to enable all that smile.gif


Wowie! Do you mean we could put the table wheel logo on the DMD when scrolling through the tables???? think.gif That would be ice cream and cake for dinner!

If not, sorry to stir up that pipe dream.


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Posted 28 February 2012 - 11:30 AM

i think so yes, but some one has to make all the table names as 128x32 dmd images and its not gonna be meeee lol

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Posted 28 February 2012 - 05:39 PM

QUOTE (russdx @ Feb 28 2012, 04:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i think so yes, but some one has to make all the table names as 128x32 dmd images and its not gonna be meeee lol



You leave that up to us... smile.gif

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Posted 28 February 2012 - 05:52 PM

Man, this thing keeps getting better and better. dblthumb.gif

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Posted 28 February 2012 - 06:10 PM

QUOTE (russdx @ Feb 22 2012, 02:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
@g00se

one is for me for testing firmware and stuff smile.gif

im gonna start a new preOrder list for my 100 batch and your first on it!! smile.gif

ill be making this batch right after the first batch comes in smile.gif


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Posted 01 March 2012 - 10:17 PM

My Vishay LEE-128G032B just arrived and I am stoked! dblthumb.gif





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Posted 02 March 2012 - 01:22 PM

shouldn't be 2 long untill my first batch of 35 boards turn up smile.gif


started ordered components for the next batch i make which will probably be 60-100 this time. and now i know what to do they should only take 2-3weeks to make smile.gif

ill wait a week see how people get on with my first batch before i order the second just to make sure people actually like the thing and they dont all die lol

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Posted 02 March 2012 - 02:05 PM

Would be interested if it will work in futurepin. I saw that you said that you would speak with them. Any more on this?

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Posted 02 March 2012 - 02:17 PM

futurepin is that same as hyperpin?

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Posted 02 March 2012 - 02:28 PM

QUOTE (russdx @ Mar 2 2012, 09:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
futurepin is that same as hyperpin?


Sorry meant Future Pinball. It is early...

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Posted 02 March 2012 - 02:33 PM

QUOTE (russdx @ Mar 2 2012, 09:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
futurepin is that same as hyperpin?


I think he meant Future Pinball, another pinball software which currently, does not have/allow the use of visualpinmame rom support.


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Posted 02 March 2012 - 02:35 PM

QUOTE (russdx @ Jan 29 2012, 08:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
erm, hardware wise it can be interfaced to ANY THING, i can write a custom app that lets you send data to the dmd and it will display what ever you want smile.gif

would need to speak to future pinball developers and see if they would want it supported - completely up to them!! smile.gif



the board it self just accepts a stream of frame data bytes. its the software on the pc that does all the interfacing smile.gif and thats the easy part to edit / expand smile.gif


Here is the post I was referring to. Sorry for the confusion.

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Posted 02 March 2012 - 02:53 PM

QUOTE (Syco54645 @ Mar 2 2012, 09:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (russdx @ Jan 29 2012, 08:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
erm, hardware wise it can be interfaced to ANY THING, i can write a custom app that lets you send data to the dmd and it will display what ever you want smile.gif

would need to speak to future pinball developers and see if they would want it supported - completely up to them!! smile.gif



the board it self just accepts a stream of frame data bytes. its the software on the pc that does all the interfacing smile.gif and thats the easy part to edit / expand smile.gif


Here is the post I was referring to. Sorry for the confusion.


If I'm not mistaken, Future Pinball development has ceased and is currently in limbo. That being said, this usb DMD controller might be interesting enough to get Future Pinball updated to support it.


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Posted 02 March 2012 - 04:03 PM

QUOTE (kruge99 @ Mar 2 2012, 09:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Syco54645 @ Mar 2 2012, 09:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (russdx @ Jan 29 2012, 08:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
erm, hardware wise it can be interfaced to ANY THING, i can write a custom app that lets you send data to the dmd and it will display what ever you want smile.gif

would need to speak to future pinball developers and see if they would want it supported - completely up to them!! smile.gif



the board it self just accepts a stream of frame data bytes. its the software on the pc that does all the interfacing smile.gif and thats the easy part to edit / expand smile.gif


Here is the post I was referring to. Sorry for the confusion.


If I'm not mistaken, Future Pinball development has ceased and is currently in limbo. That being said, this usb DMD controller might be interesting enough to get Future Pinball updated to support it.


Best Regards,
Todd.


I see. I was not aware of that... Will have to see if I can source a cheap dmd.


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Posted 02 March 2012 - 04:15 PM

any one / any software in c can have my usb class added to it, to be able to send images to the board smile.gif

i have even wrote a c socket server that talks to the display and all you need to do is set up a socket and send it dmd frames smile.gif, so you can have flash,php/any thing talk to it smile.gif

best way is to have the ftdi drivers integrated into the software though like pinmame smile.gif

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Posted 02 March 2012 - 05:06 PM

QUOTE (kruge99 @ Mar 2 2012, 07:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Syco54645 @ Mar 2 2012, 09:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (russdx @ Jan 29 2012, 08:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
erm, hardware wise it can be interfaced to ANY THING, i can write a custom app that lets you send data to the dmd and it will display what ever you want smile.gif

would need to speak to future pinball developers and see if they would want it supported - completely up to them!! smile.gif



the board it self just accepts a stream of frame data bytes. its the software on the pc that does all the interfacing smile.gif and thats the easy part to edit / expand smile.gif


Here is the post I was referring to. Sorry for the confusion.


If I'm not mistaken, Future Pinball development has ceased and is currently in limbo. That being said, this usb DMD controller might be interesting enough to get Future Pinball updated to support it.


Best Regards,
Todd.




Correct. Official development has ceased.





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Posted 03 March 2012 - 03:57 PM

russdx, just wondering how you're doing with the install guide? There is a link to a pdf on you site however it is 404.





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Posted 03 March 2012 - 04:39 PM

install guide is pretty much finished, it will be ready (and uploaded) when i send the boards out smile.gif