Snake Brains

We’ve got snake (Python) brains! All the solenoids in the prototype playfield can now be controlled by the raspberry pi, and my python library! 😀 That’s really exciting because it means that the entire electronics flow from software to physical motion is past the drawing board. Basically, we now have proof of concept for the […]

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Electronics

There’s been a lot of electronics work that’s gone into this project. And it’s not over yet by any means. But here’s some interesting pictures explaining how I went about some of it. That’s the 50vDC Power Supply. For the flippers and a few other soleniods.  It’s really simple. Transformer, Bridge Rectifier, Enormous Capacitor. Here is the […]

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