Navegando por la red me encuentro con éste proyecto muy interesante (
https://openpinballproject.wordpress.com/). Se trata de una gente que han ideado electrónica barata para controlar un pinball mediante microcontroladores. Han iniciado un proyecto Kickstarter que se cierra en unos dias y me pareció una iniciativa esperanzadora para aquellos que quieran construirse sus propios pinballs o revivir los que ya no funcionan. Aquí ésta su kickstarter que da lago de información al respecto
www.kickstarter.com/projects/50709...?ref=nav_search. Como dicen ellos "Wing cards can be mixed and matched, so a single processor board can support up to 16 solenoids, 32 inputs, 32 insert lights, or any mixture of wing boards.
Processor cards communicate with a main controller which runs the rules for a pinball machine. The main controller can be as simple as a Raspberry Pi, or a full fledged computer to run streaming videos. The OPP hardware is supported by the Mission Pinball Framework (MPF). There is also full documentation to allow control of the OPP hardware using a simple serial interface. Each processor board comes with a USB to serial port converter, so the pinball machine can be controlled over USB.
An interface board has been developed to allow the processor boards to communicate together. (The interface board does not count as one of the wing boards on the processor). The interface board allows a single USB port to control up to 16 processor boards. With a single USB port, up to 256 solenoids can be controlled (although that seems absurd). Multiple USB ports can be combined in a single pinball machine if desired.The processor boards can run in stand-alone mode. By just providing power, the boards will automatically control flippers, slingshots, and drop targets. This allows white wood layouts to be tested without the hassle of hooking up a computer and writing a bunch of rules.
Using the OPP hardware, a 5V power supply for the processors, and an inexpensive 48V power supply purchased off eBay, a fully functional pinball machine can be made."
Ésta preciosidad es capaz de controlar 8 bobinas 8 inputs y 8 bombillas, pero se pueden configurar al gusto
https://openpinballproject.wordpress.com/2015/08/. Y sólo cuesta 4 dólares.
Yo mucho no entiendo pero lo que pillo es que mediante python se puede programar el controlador y así que el pinball haga lo que quieras. Concretamente en ésta página explican como hacerlo
https://missionpinball.com/ "Our goal with the Mission Pinball Framework (which we often refer to as MPF) is to create a pinball machine software platform you can use to run a real pinball machine. Our view is that many of the “standard” features of modern pinball machines are pretty similar from game-to-game, so we ought to be able to create a software platform that does 90% of the basics right out of the box—allowing you to get to the fun stuff as soon as possible.
We’ve built MPF so that it’s hardware-independent. MPF currently supports Multimorphic (P-ROC and P3-ROC) and FAST Pinball (Core, WPC, and Nano) controllers, and if anyone else enters the pinball controller market, we’ll try to support them as well!".
¿Qué os parece? ¿Conocíais el proyecto?
Edited by jamma12 - 14/4/2016, 12:59
