This week’s pinball work session was highly distracted, thanks to Randy bringing along his new binary game project.
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Hardware files posted
Hi folks!
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Why CANBus?
One of the big questions we get is why we used CANBus to design the system. It’s normally used for automotive applications, so it’s certainly weird to see it in a pinball machine.
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Mini Maker Faire Ottawa this weekend
We’ll be at Mini Maker Faire Ottawa this weekend, exhibiting our AF-TOR machine. Come out and visit us, won’t you?
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Status Update - August 26, 2013
The three of us got together to try out the rest of the fixed base boards, and try and get some game logic done. The faults from Friday were resolved:
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How pinball stuff works
This is going to be a series of articles about how the parts of pinball work, hopefully you find them entertaining, and more importantly useful!
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Status Update - August 23, 2013
This was our first time firing up the machine since Maker Faire Detroit, and thus the first time with the Solenoid MOSFETs replaced with properly-rated units. We re-installed the boards and bridged the 12V supply to the 50V input, at which point the system promptly shut down. Repeated attempts led...
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Why are we doing this?
The first question we should answer is clearly, “Why are we doing this?”
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