https://test.pinballmakers.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Paulmullin 2026-05-28T05:16:51Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.43.0 https://test.pinballmakers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Hitchhikers_Guide&diff=52423 2018-12-10T20:05:44Z

<p>Paulmullin: /* Links */</p> <hr /> <div>==Background==<br /> <br /> <br /> {|class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> !<br /> !Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy<br /> |-<br /> |---<br /> |Project Owner<br /> |Paul Mullin<br /> |-<br /> |--<br /> |Art / Design By<br /> |Anna Mullin<br /> |}<br /> <br /> Based on the first book (not the movie)<br /> <br /> [[File:Hitchhikers_side.jpg]]<br /> <br /> ===Serial Lighting Control===<br /> All the play field lights are Neo Pixels, or driven by WS2811 chips. The asynchronous protocol is better suited to the long wiring runs than clocked protocols like IIC or SPI. <br /> <br /> ===Score Display===<br /> This shows the first live score display test. Thinking the blue 7-segment looks pretty cool. The display board is custom designed using WS2811 driver chips - the chip inside Neo Pixels. This allows the score displays to be daisy chained together significantly reducing the wiring.<br /> <br /> [[File:Hitchhikers_display_test.jpg]]<br /> <br /> ===Electronics Overview===<br /> <br /> We are using the BeagleBone Black single board computer to run just about the entire machine. The goal is to have the machine operate without a host PC.<br /> <br /> ===Links===<br /> <br /> Detailled post on the 7 segment displaysj and driving NeoPixels with the BeagleBone Black:<br /> https://www.element14.com/community/community/designcenter/single-board-computers/next-gen_beaglebone/blog/2018/11/09/beagle-bone-black-driven-7-segment-display-with-ws2811-in-a-string-of-neopixels</div>

Paulmullin https://test.pinballmakers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Hitchhikers_Guide&diff=52422 2018-12-10T03:39:37Z

<p>Paulmullin: </p> <hr /> <div>==Background==<br /> <br /> <br /> {|class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> !<br /> !Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy<br /> |-<br /> |---<br /> |Project Owner<br /> |Paul Mullin<br /> |-<br /> |--<br /> |Art / Design By<br /> |Anna Mullin<br /> |}<br /> <br /> Based on the first book (not the movie)<br /> <br /> [[File:Hitchhikers_side.jpg]]<br /> <br /> ===Serial Lighting Control===<br /> All the play field lights are Neo Pixels, or driven by WS2811 chips. The asynchronous protocol is better suited to the long wiring runs than clocked protocols like IIC or SPI. <br /> <br /> ===Score Display===<br /> This shows the first live score display test. Thinking the blue 7-segment looks pretty cool. The display board is custom designed using WS2811 driver chips - the chip inside Neo Pixels. This allows the score displays to be daisy chained together significantly reducing the wiring.<br /> <br /> [[File:Hitchhikers_display_test.jpg]]<br /> <br /> ===Electronics Overview===<br /> <br /> We are using the BeagleBone Black single board computer to run just about the entire machine. The goal is to have the machine operate without a host PC.<br /> <br /> ===Links===</div>

Paulmullin https://test.pinballmakers.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:Hitchhikers_side.jpg&diff=52421 2018-12-10T03:38:20Z

<p>Paulmullin: showing some side art with lights up</p> <hr /> <div>showing some side art with lights up</div>

Paulmullin https://test.pinballmakers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Hitchhikers_Guide&diff=52420 2018-12-10T03:32:09Z

<p>Paulmullin: </p> <hr /> <div>==Background==<br /> <br /> <br /> {|class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> !<br /> !Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy<br /> |-<br /> |---<br /> |Project Owner<br /> |Paul Mullin<br /> |-<br /> |--<br /> |Art / Design By<br /> |Anna Mullin<br /> |}<br /> <br /> Based on the first book (not the movie)<br /> <br /> ===Serial Lighting Control===<br /> All the play field lights are Neo Pixels, or driven by WS2811 chips. The asynchronous protocol is better suited to the long wiring runs than clocked protocols like IIC or SPI. <br /> <br /> ===Score Display===<br /> This shows the first live score display test. Thinking the blue 7-segment looks pretty cool. The display board is custom designed using WS2811 driver chips - the chip inside Neo Pixels. This allows the score displays to be daisy chained together significantly reducing the wiring.<br /> <br /> [[File:Hitchhikers_display_test.jpg]]<br /> <br /> ===Electronics Overview===<br /> <br /> We are using the BeagleBone Black single board computer to run just about the entire machine. The goal is to have the machine operate without a host PC.<br /> <br /> ===Links===</div>

Paulmullin https://test.pinballmakers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Hitchhikers_Guide&diff=52419 2018-12-10T03:26:18Z

<p>Paulmullin: </p> <hr /> <div>==Background==<br /> Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy<br /> <br /> <br /> Based on the first book (not the movie)<br /> <br /> ===Serial Lighting Control===<br /> All the play field lights are Neo Pixels, or driven by WS2811 chips. The asynchronous protocol is better suited to the long wiring runs than clocked protocols like IIC or SPI. <br /> <br /> ===Score Display===<br /> This shows the first live score display test. Thinking the blue 7-segment looks pretty cool. The display board is custom designed using WS2811 driver chips - the chip inside Neo Pixels. This allows the score displays to be daisy chained together significantly reducing the wiring.<br /> <br /> [[File:Hitchhikers_display_test.jpg]]</div>

Paulmullin https://test.pinballmakers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Hitchhikers_Guide&diff=52418 2018-12-10T03:19:23Z

<p>Paulmullin: </p> <hr /> <div>Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy<br /> <br /> Based on the first book (not the movie)<br /> <br /> <br /> This shows the first live score display test. Thinking the blue 7-segment looks pretty cool. The display board is custom designed using WS2811 driver chips - the chip inside Neo Pixels. This allows the score displays to be daisy chained together significantly reducing the wiring.<br /> <br /> [[File:Hitchhikers_display_test.jpg]]</div>

Paulmullin https://test.pinballmakers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Hitchhikers_Guide&diff=52417 2018-12-10T03:16:32Z

<p>Paulmullin: </p> <hr /> <div>Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy<br /> <br /> Based on the first book (not the movie)<br /> <br /> <br /> [[File:Hitchhikers_display_test.jpg]]</div>

Paulmullin https://test.pinballmakers.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:Hitchhikers_display_test.jpg&diff=52416 2018-12-10T03:14:50Z

<p>Paulmullin: Testing the first score display</p> <hr /> <div>Testing the first score display</div>

Paulmullin https://test.pinballmakers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Hitchhikers_Guide&diff=52415 2018-12-10T03:09:47Z

<p>Paulmullin: Created page with &quot;Hitchhiker&#039;s Guide to the Galaxy Based on the first book (not the movie)&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy<br /> <br /> Based on the first book (not the movie)</div>

Paulmullin https://test.pinballmakers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Custom_Games&diff=52414 2018-12-10T03:06:59Z

<p>Paulmullin: </p> <hr /> <div>Information about building your own pinball machine wouldn't be complete without some examples of projects created by home hobbyists.<br /> <br /> &lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;<br /> <br /> * [[Angry Birds]]<br /> * [[Bill Paxton]]<br /> * [[Bioshock]]<br /> * [[Blue October]]<br /> * [[Buffy Vampire Slayer]]<br /> * [[Coconut Island Pinball]]<br /> * [[DeadPin]]<br /> *[[Duck Hunt]]<br /> * [[Evil Dead]]<br /> * [[Ferrari]]<br /> * [[Futurama]]<br /> * [[Game of Thrones]]<br /> * [[Ghost in the shell]]<br /> * [[Ghostbusters]]<br /> * [[Godzilla]]<br /> *[[Goonies]]<br /> * [https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/haunted-cruise-new-pinball2000-kit Haunted Cruise]<br /> *[[Hitchhikers Guide]]<br /> * [[Hot Rod]]<br /> * [[Indiana Jones (Stern &amp; Williams)]]<br /> * [[Iron Maiden]]<br /> * [[Kugler Family]]<br /> * [[Lost]]<br /> * [[Metallica (earthshaker retheme)]]<br /> * [[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]<br /> * [[Ramones]]<br /> * [[Rhett &amp; Link]]<br /> * [[Rush]]<br /> * [[SharpeShooter III]]<br /> * [[Slayer]]<br /> * [[Sonic]]<br /> * [[Skyrim]]<br /> * [[Spaceballs]]<br /> * [[Three Stooges]]<br /> * [https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/whirlwind-software-rewrite-the-journey Whirlwind]<br /> * [[Van Halen]]<br /> * [[Wrath of Olympus]]<br /> * [http://www.linscustompins.com/?page_id=28 Tail of the Dragon]<br /> <br /> &lt;/font&gt;</div>

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