Twlight Zone Clock PCB Ingo

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Look at my new clock !
After a lot of research i found a board that would solve all my problems. The Ingo K. board from the german pinball forum. It has a complete redesign that should make my clock good forever!

http://german-pinball-modular.npage.de/final_tz-clock_pcb_english_27729393.html

This is great:

On the original boards and other replacement boards the OPTOS directly drive the switch matrix, and this is the greatest reason for the unreliability of the original and other replacement boards. This design flaw by Williams has been corrected with this board using separate driver logic controlled by the OPTOS. The OPTOS no longer drive the switch matrix directly , there is extra logic implemented.



Enough talk, now the pics:

Pure art:
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I also got 4 blue leds as spare, or when i get bored with the "warm white" LEDs :)
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Check the way the opto's are clicked in:
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15 minutes later:
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I can disable the red power led with a jumper, but i think it's cool.

My experience is that this is a great board, and very well designed and constructed. I can recommend this to anyone with a TZ.
 
Mine was supposed to go into the mail on Monday - really looking forward to getting it installed! I ordered several extra sets of LED's (blue, warm-white, and rainbow) - nice to be able to swap them out easily on demand.

Sure, it's higher price-wise than the others, but I believe the design improvements and other features will be well worth it. Planning to post pic's with the various LED's once I get it installed (in the middle of a complete teardown on my TZ playfield).

He's got a website up now that you can order from via email, and he takes PayPal - pricing details on his site (~$150 shipped to US).

http://www.german-pinball-modular.de/final-tz-clock-pcb-english.html
 
You don't happen to have his direct email do you? I tried sending message through the link on that page before my last post, I just can't tell if I'm doing it right with that page being in German.
 
Update -

Had a few installation-related issues that Ingo helped me out with (awesome support!), and have had zero issues with the clock since - it's worked flawlessly.

Since I also picked up a blue clock housing, I've stuck with the blue LED's so far, and think they look great.

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Price is a bit higher than the alternatives, but worth it given the redesign over the original, a single board, and how the LED's, IC's, and opto's are all socketed. If you want to change up the look, you can swap out the LED's without having to pull the entire clock out as well.

Direct email if you have issues using the website otherwise: [email protected]
 
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