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Reprogramming a table non invasively..
- Thread starter Phil Lee
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A Google search for "table" gave me this screen - so I don't understand what you would want to 'program'? Maybe you could use the table to sit at while you were doing some programming 'on the table'?
This is the thread he's talking about, been following it off and on for a while
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/replacing-the-m6800-in-a-stern-mpu100-with-an-arduino
And yes, it's very very cool!
Are you thinking about giving it a go yourself @Phil Lee ?
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/replacing-the-m6800-in-a-stern-mpu100-with-an-arduino
And yes, it's very very cool!
Are you thinking about giving it a go yourself @Phil Lee ?
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Watched this last night, it does look interesting.
Correct, but notice that definition does NOT include pinball machines. You could argue that there are 'data table structures' inside pinball machines but I would say that represents an exceptionally small portion of the PINBALL MACHINE - NOT table!
*doh* excitability got the better of me, and I thought the link would explain all! YouTube (or maybe my 'phone) wouldn't allow me to copy/paste the full title of the video - which I tried and failed to do.
My 'phone also refuses to show me the PNG you posted, so apologies for not reacting to your comment appropriately.. deleted my humourous reply as it may have been wildly off the mark!
Less haste, more speed as people used to say as I rushed past!
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I tried to put it into the context of choosing 'general pinball discussion'.. still a bit of a noob on these forums, now I see that reprogramming tables can be a can of woodworms.. will choose worms more carefully in future!
And learning to post links properly I guess.
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It is interesting, the guy has written a whole pinball Operating system for arduino, I downloaded it and had a look through the code, it's well written and easy to understand and modify. The arduino takes over an exiting working MPU board. and is a neat way of doing it.
Thanks @stumblor - yes, will try to improve quality of posts.
I often refer to my machines as tables.. obviously wrongly - I wondered why my dinner kept on sliding into the floor. [emoji854]
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..and yes, although my SBM is at a mates at the moment, and the interface possibility for arduinos to any of my EMs is incredibly limited.
It does offer interesting possibilities - and hacking old hardware into new possibilities is an intriguing concept.
Will monitor series and play with the kit at home once I get a bit of space and time. (That old paradox).
Thanks for understanding what was in my head and unable to articulate correctly!
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I like the fact that you can choose original or augmented.. the purist in me says no, the hacker, hell yeah..
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Thanks for that insight, haven't done any real coding since 6502 assembly on my 1st BBC micro - with some Fortran and a few other low level languages back in the day.
Have hacked some MAME cabs together using a bit of DOS - but this would be a new, albeit intriguing learning curve.
From what I've seen it seems easy to have a play with this non intrusive system with a lot of possibility..
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Definitely have a crack mate, the more people going down the rabbit hole the better. If you do kick anything off, post a shop log and let us know how you're getting on. Lot's of knowledgable people around to lend a hand.
I picked up arduino programming easity after a 20+ year break from programming. Never before had I learnt C or C++, but it's so easy, the Arduino platform is amazing. So much stuff already out there that you can leverage.
Just read through the pinside posts - excellent work. My electronic engineering brain is 40 years rusty, but this kind of thing does excite it! If/when I do, I shall definitely log + post.
And yes probably ask slot of dumb questions.
Thanks for the encouragement.. [emoji16]
Love this site for that..
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Buy one of the basic arduino starter kits off ebay/amazon around £25 - they teach you the basics. That's where I started. Then https://randomnerdtutorials.com/
Good to hear. I juggle so many projects that I've put off learning C/C++ for years, but that's good to know - and it does seem that these modern languages are much more intuitive than the 'adequate' programming of an unsuspecting PDP11 that I did at uni!
If I can fathom the basics of a Zac Gen1 from scratch, I guess I can have a chance of tricking this old dog into learning.. [emoji106]
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I like how you call C a "modern language" 
Hence 'old dog'I like how you call C a "modern language"
That BASIC will never catch on I tells ya!
The first coding I did was on punched cards....
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Ha Ha PDP11 - I used them in the 80's - DEC/Systime
I fixed them in the late 80s early 90s.
Also don’t get the hate for pins being called tables, they are more tables than most things, also commonly referred to as tables or pin tables or pinball tables so no need to be pedantic about it
