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<big><center>'''P-ROC / P3-ROC''' (Pinball - Remote Operations Controller)</center></big>

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The P-ROC / P3-ROC (and their related driver boards) are a set of pinball machine controller boards that allow a computer running custom software to control a pinball machine. The P-ROC board is an intelligent interface board that controls the low level pinball machine circuitry according to instructions from the computer running the game code. In most cases, a [[Single_Board_Computers|single-board computer]] works quite well as the computer. The P-ROC board can be used to either (1) replace the CPU board on existing machines (WPC-x, Stern Whitestar, or Stern S.A.M. systems) so they can run custom software, or (2) control a new pinball machine, whereas a P3-ROC can be used only to control new machines.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan="10"|P-ROC / P3-ROC Feature Support
|-
|
|WPC Driver Boards
|Stern Driver Boards
|[http://www.pinballcontrollers.com/index.php/products/driver-boards PDB (P-ROC Driver Boards)]
|Switch Matrix
|[http://www.pinballcontrollers.com/index.php/products/sw-16 Serial Switch Boards]
|DMD Support
|Aux Port
|I2C
|GPIOs
|-
|[http://www.pinballcontrollers.com/index.php/products/p-roc P-ROC]
|Y
|Y
|Y
|Y
|N
|Y
|Y (WPC compatible)
|N
|N
|-
|[http://www.pinballcontrollers.com/index.php/products/p3-roc P3-ROC]
|N
|N
|Y
|N
|Y
|N
|Y (Custom)
|Y
|Y
|}

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== Getting started ==
=== P-ROC ===
* [[P-ROC_functionality|How the P-ROC works]]
* [[P-ROC_hardware_installation|Hardware installation]]
** [[Connecting_switches_to_the_P-ROC|Connecting switches]]
* [[P-ROC_software_main|Software Development]]
* [[List_of_P-ROC_Open_Source_projects|List of P-ROC projects with source code]]

=== Driver Boards ===
* [[Driver_Board_functionality|How the Driver Boards work]]
* [[Driver_Board_hardware_installation|Hardware installation]]
* [[Controlling Coils|Controlling Coils, Motors, Flashlamps, etc]]
** [[Controlling Flippers|Controlling Flippers]]
* [[Controlling A Lamp Matrix|Lamp Matrixes]]

== Projects ==
* [[JD_rules | Custom JD Software]]
* [[Single Board Computers]]
* [[Pyprocgame_vp|pyprocgame / Visual Pinball]]

== Additional resources ==
* [[Modifying a WPC-95 board for Audio Input]]
* [http://www.pinballcontrollers.com PinballControllers.com website]
* [http://www.pinballcontrollers.com/forum PinballControllers.com discussion forums]

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