HHaase
Active member
Hey guys;
Ok, here's one of the reasons I shelved the Bally Home boards... too many people were asking me to follow up on my previous diagnostic tester. The #1 request I'm getting is for a lamp matrix tester.
Well, I'm proceeding with it.
( For those not familiar with my solenoid tester, here's my info link for it. KLOV folks can PM me for lower pricing on these. http://www.siegecraft.us/tester.html )
Anyway, the lamp matrix tester will be fairly simple too. Basically the design will just be an 8x8 LED matrix on a small board that you plug into your CPU board for bench testing. Looking for some feedback from folks again, as I got some great ideas back when I did my solenoid tester, which ended up a lot more versatile due to input from you guys.
I'm looking at two ways of packaging it, either as an un-assembled kit for around $15 or a fully assembled board for around $35. This time around, I want to make it a bit more refined of an end product than just selling a bare circuit board with a URL to instructions.
What I really need most for feedback is how you guys can use this for boards other than what I am familiar with. I'm focusing these mostly on Williams boardsets, but want to make it useful for other manufacturers that use an 8x8 matrix for their controlled lamps. I know flat out that these will NOT work for the old Atari machines, they use a totally different concept on their controlled lamps.
-Hans
(Oh, and before anybody asks... I don't do pre-orders. I'll do a list of folks who are interested, but I don't take any payments until I'm tested and ready to ship.)
Ok, here's one of the reasons I shelved the Bally Home boards... too many people were asking me to follow up on my previous diagnostic tester. The #1 request I'm getting is for a lamp matrix tester.
Well, I'm proceeding with it.
( For those not familiar with my solenoid tester, here's my info link for it. KLOV folks can PM me for lower pricing on these. http://www.siegecraft.us/tester.html )
Anyway, the lamp matrix tester will be fairly simple too. Basically the design will just be an 8x8 LED matrix on a small board that you plug into your CPU board for bench testing. Looking for some feedback from folks again, as I got some great ideas back when I did my solenoid tester, which ended up a lot more versatile due to input from you guys.
I'm looking at two ways of packaging it, either as an un-assembled kit for around $15 or a fully assembled board for around $35. This time around, I want to make it a bit more refined of an end product than just selling a bare circuit board with a URL to instructions.
What I really need most for feedback is how you guys can use this for boards other than what I am familiar with. I'm focusing these mostly on Williams boardsets, but want to make it useful for other manufacturers that use an 8x8 matrix for their controlled lamps. I know flat out that these will NOT work for the old Atari machines, they use a totally different concept on their controlled lamps.
-Hans
(Oh, and before anybody asks... I don't do pre-orders. I'll do a list of folks who are interested, but I don't take any payments until I'm tested and ready to ship.)
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