This is what we are building.

These are the requirements for the prototype.

These are the requirements for the final project

This is what we should be following for our project.

Working LCD screen

Today we got our LCD screen working that is gonna be our score board for our pinball game.

Today we went to a pinball machine arcade! Our goal was to learn more about pinball machines, what components they have. what most of them have in common and about individual components.

Right side

Front

Inside

Left side

Pinball machine Elements

All pinball machines have these elements in common

Bumpers
Flippers
Ball slides
Scoreboard
Start button (releases the balls)
Ball guides
Ball guides with shooters
Launchers
On off switch
Coin slots (we will not implement these)
Flashing lights
Sound effects
Theme
Graphics
Score information sheet
A variety of ways that you can score (often times with different score values)

Bumpers

The bumpers are the things in the pinball machine that when you would shoot the ball at it i would bounce back and forth.

Flippers

The flippers are the arm things inside the pinball machine the help shoot the ball so people can score more points.

Lancher

A pinball launchers purpose is to launch a pinball into play. It keeps the ball from into the whole so you don't lose a ball.

Start Button

The start button is the button you press so you can start the game to the pinball machine.

Ball guides

These are the ball guides / shooters which are placed on the front of those pinball machines.

Selenoid

This is the solenoid I made with my partner with the 3D printer. This creates the motions for the flippers and the bummers .

Score board with buttons

This is the scoreboard my partner I coded to work with our buttons on our pinball machine. The buttons are used to control the score of the game on the pinball machine.

Scoreboard with mount

In class today I created something like a holder for my Scoreboard. What you see in the picture is the mount I made for our scoreboard using the Glowforge in our class.

Switch mount

In class, I created a mount for the switch that will be put on our prototype pinball machine. I made this mount using the Glowforge in class.

Targets

I am going to start designing my target's for my pinball machine first I would have to do a little research on it. What I learned about targets are there are actually many different pieces to make the targets and my pieces would have to be very sturdy. for my prototype I could do a I can be thinking about what material I want to be using. When I go to test I can see which material works best. When I get to a point in my prototype where I fell like it works I can put it on my pinball prototype to see if it works.

Bumpers

I am going to start designing the bumpers for my pinball machine. The first thing I would do to see how I will build my bumpers I will do some research on how the bumpers are made and what the bumpers are used for. When researching bumpers I found that a bumper uses a spring and there is a lot of calculation of distance when it comes to the bumpers. That's one this to keep in mind for the prototype there might be way more iterations than the targets. I can use CAD to test the measurements and then I will know it works when I print it out

My Scoreboard mounted my my pinball machine

This is my scoreboard mount I put on my prototype on my scoreboard machine. In class I made they scoreboard mount with the Glowforge. I drilled a hole in the back of the pinball machine and and used screwed to attach the mount.

My switch mounted to my pinball machine

The is my switch I mounted to my prototype pinball machine. If you flip it over I drilled a hole in the back of it so I can add the base of the light switch mount then I added the white piece on it and made it look like a light switch.

Mounted power source

This is the mount me and my partner made in class. First we measured all the parts of the on how we need to cut the piece of wood. We used the bandsaw to cut what we needed to cut on are piece of wood and screwed it in to hold it in place.

My 4th iteration

This is my first iteration I worked on in class. I made the leg of the first one the wrong size it was to short so I couldn't put it together.

My 2th iteration

This is my second iteration of my target. This is when I realized I need to add holes to my design because I wanted to use screws, I made wholes in like the "L" shaped part and in the leg of the actually target I drilled a hole in the side of it.

My 3th iteration

This is my third iteration this one is a full prototype that I was able to put all the way together putting this together I realized I need to add holes in it. I used the glowforge to cut these pieces out.

My 4th iteration

On my fourth iteration I realized that one piece of wood wasn't sturdy enough so I added two more layers and drilled a whole into the side to put a screw through it so when the ball hits it its more sturdy.

My 5th iteration

On this iteration decide to used screws to add whole so my prototype could be more sturdy.

My 6th iteration

On my sixth iteration, I put it all together and it was very sturdy if a ball were to hit it multiple times it would hold up.

Neopixel

In class we created a neopixel light that works with an switch. When the switch is clicked the color changes.

Neopixel holder

This is my neopixel holder that I made with our laser cutter in our class.

Flipper Research

In this design for making a flipper for my pinball machine, you are making a mechanism for the solenoid-powered flippers. I wanted to have the flippers controlled just like the ones in the large pinball machines

https://thepracticalengineer.com/blog/pinball

An idea I had in my head was I take a solenoid and put it at a good angle and use a button if I can to use the flipper to hit the ball and then like a spring to return it and I build my own holder and arm crank. (something like this)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JKKMNccPso

How this is works is this is made out of all wood and in place of the rubber band I can use a spring for more strength.

My 3D sketch of my flipper model

Personal project:

popsicle stick house

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