Configuration for a 1947 Chicago Coin Play Boy pinball machine with 1940s big-band jazz theme.
This project uses a wave trigger board to add digital sound and musicantique electromechanical pinball machine.
The project also includesswitches to change the configuration of the sounds, toggling between a primary and secondary set of music, kick out sounds, rollover sounds, and tilt event sounds.
| Switch | Function | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Test Button | Track 001 | On-board test button |
| 01 | New game | Reset bar - Random music track |
| 02 | New game alt* | Random alternate track |
| 03 | Kickout holes | Random kickout track |
| 04 | Kickout holes alt* | Alternate kickout track |
| 05 | Rollovers | Random rollover track |
| 06 | Rollovers alt* | Alternate rollover track |
| 07 | Tilt relay | Random tilt track (non-polyphonic) |
| 08 | Tilt relay alt* | Non-polyphonic alternate |
| 09 | Info button | Play informational voice track |
| 10 | Quiet button | Stop music tracks |
| 11 | 1K score relay | Score tracking |
| 12 | 10K score relay | Score tracking |
| 13-16 | Undefined | Reserved for future use |
- Pair of 2PDT toggles create primary/alternate versions of music and sounds
- Primary/alternate New game triggers are non-polyphonic (one song at a time)
- Primary/alternate Tilt triggers are non-polyphonic (all tracks halt on tilt)
Made lots of progress using optocouplers and a custom cicuit to signal the WAV Trigger. The signal line is usually high and is pulled low when the opto closes. Triggers for these electronic interfaces I'm using:
- Active interface
- Edge trigger
- Invert cleared (trigger high to low)
- Re-trigger cleared (to help with de-bouncing)
- Extend Quiet button to include informational tracks
- Consider removing sample sounds from final product
- Implement three-position DPDT for bell settings:
- Mechanical bell on
- No bell (off)
- Digital bell on
- Use optocoupler for game timer status monitoring
- Play power up on game state
- Play power down on inverted state
| Track Range | Purpose |
|---|---|
| 001 | Self-test / welcome track |
| 009 | Information track |
| 011 | Small score wheel |
| 012 | Large score wheel |
| 020-029 | Primary kickout sounds |
| 030-039 | Alternate kickout sounds |
| 040-049 | Primary rollover sounds |
| 050-059 | Alternate rollover sounds |
| 060-069 | Primary tilt sounds |
| 070-079 | Alternate tilt sounds |
| 100-199 | Primary music tracks |
| 200-299 | Alternate music tracks |
| 001-018 | Sample files (for troubleshooting) |
The last wavtrigr.ini file I copied into this file:
#TRIG 01, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 4, -10, 101, 199
#TRIG 02, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 4, -10, 201, 299
#TRIG 03, 2, 0, 1, 0, 1, 4, 0, 21, 29
#TRIG 04, 2, 0, 1, 0, 1, 4, 0, 31, 39
#TRIG 05, 2, 0, 1, 0, 1, 4, 0, 41, 44
#TRIG 06, 2, 0, 1, 0, 1, 4, 0, 51, 53
#TRIG 07, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 4, 0, 61, 66
#TRIG 08, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 4, 0, 71, 73
#TRIG 09, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, ,
#TRIG 10, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 7, 0, 100, 299
#TRIG 11, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, ,
#TRIG 12, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, ,
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Config 1.7