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not finding much about it on their website, but she has posted vids of the process so far. http://www.youtube.com/user/jeriellsworth
Pretty cool.
Pretty cool.
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Hope she put a patent on it, so know one steals this idea. Thanks for posting up the videos they were interesting.
I don't think she's planning on selling this or producing more than one.
I had a back and forth with her about her choice of theme before she settled on As Seen on TV. I think the idea is pretty cool, and I really like her mini TV set.
The great thing about this is that all of the tools and technology are available and within your budget. Most folks with a little ingenuity and tools could design and build a playfield and wire it up. The parts are readily available. The creativity part is the fun and challenge.
But I think the most marketable and sellable tools and hardware for homebrew pinball hobbyists would be a PC-based pinball control software package. You could design and simulate your playfield control then develop your game. It would have features to record sounds, develop rulesets, control the playfield and of course design your own DMD displays. Available for sale also would be generic driver and sensor boards and circuits that would interface to the PC via USB. You could add multiple driver boards or sensor boards via USB and also build your own driver / sensor circuits using the generic driver / sensor boards as the interface.
This would allow you to either start from scratch or interface to an existing playfield.
The software would be purchased (need to compensate the developer for their work and continuing support) and a forum created. Hobbyists could develop and share their "code" for playfield control and hardware designs and techniques much like circuit girl is doing now.
Bill
That is what the P-Roc has done... Check it out-
http://www.pinballcontrollers.com/
Cool! Thanks for posting. I wasn't aware of that.
Looks like a great choice for homebrew on WPC or Stern machines. Still a pretty expensive platform but no one said it would be cheap![]()
This is the right idea, but again the software is the key. I would be looking for a turnkey package so I would only have to write pseudo-code or better yet, drag, drop, click.
Bill