Autor: klaus

  • handmade R2D2 USB Stick

    some times ago I orderd a LEGO R2D2 keychain and found a little usb-stick fits into the r2d2.

    Its a Lacie moskeyto USB-Flash Drive 8GB.

    First I done some dremel work at the r2d2 and removed to original cover of the usb-stick.

    Some hot glue and ready to go.

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  • Left Ramp Troll LED Mod for Medieval Madness

    I found a nice Troll, fits into the MM Theme and put it on the left ramp.
    With the help of some plastic it can connected to the left ramp.
    The eyes where replaced with yellow/orange 3mm Leds for the Eye glow mod.

    If you want a Troll including this eye led mod you can order it here:

    http://www.wolfsoft.de/shop/product_info.php/products_id/14870

    or sent me an email to klaus@wolfsoft.de and I will take care of you order. Please sent me your complete adress for checking the shipping costs.

    I done the two holes first with a 1,5mm drill, then with a 2,5mm.
    After this I drill a hole from the back to the eyes the holes are like a Y.

    Look here:
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    First Led

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    This helps me to get the two flex wires though the hole:

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    both Eyes replaced by leds

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    first glow

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    dark glow

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    pics on the playfield will follow…

    Preview without LED MOD

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    today I got the lasered plastics look here

    I connected the feed with two screws and I don’t have trouble with airballs

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    free

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    Here you can see it in action:

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    Intstallation Manual

    Here you find a video:

  • „Simba“ LED Mod for Cirqus Voltaire Pinball

    I found Panther called simba for placing it in a Cirqus Voltaire Pinball. As there is one displayed on the playfield it fits to the main theme.

    If you want a Simba including this eye led mod you can order it here:

    http://www.wolfsoft.de/shop/product_info.php/products_id/14872

    or sent me an email to klaus@wolfsoft.de and I will take care of you order. Please sent me your complete adress for checking the shipping costs.
    Here you can see how I add the green LEDs to the eyes.
    I used a 2,5mm Drill and 3mm LEDs in green for the eye replacement. The installation is done solderless with the „croco“ connectors to the 28 bear playfield flasher with two 680 Ohm Resistors.

    Drill 2,5 extra long into the
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    to get the cables out of the panther use a drill from downsite 8-9mm in diameter:

    two green leds 3mm:

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    eyes pushed into the eye holes

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    connector to get the cables though the playfield without soldering

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    (the resistors are 680Ohm, because I saw too late it will not be connected not to a insert lamp. It will be connected to a flash-lamp)

    first light up

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    dangerous in the dark…

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    with „croco“ connector to get it work at the flasher lamp

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    Here you can see it @ work:

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    I vectorized the outline of the plastics needed for connect simba to the playfield
    Here is the new plastic with holes for the simba

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    connecting simba with two 2,5mm screws

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    the third leg is sitting on the plastic with the flash

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    Installation Manual

    Video:

  • Archer Led Mod #2 for Medieval Madness Pinball

    After looking into the web for new figures out of the Knightworld, I found some Archer can be placed under the glass of my medieval Madness and make the same LED Mod at the arrowhead as weeks ago.

    Some cutting, some drilling and wires

    making a 5mm LED look like a arrowhead 😉

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    replaced the arrowhead

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    drilling for a hole through the plastics, wires, glue.

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    connectors for solderfree connecting

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    look here for pictures at the right place…

    right one, without light

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    both together

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    I got the plastics to connect the archers
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    Click here for Installation Manual

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    Video #2:

  • New Custom Knightset for Medieval Madness wip

    For MM I found only one custom Knightset with 4 knights.
    I don’t like the faces covered with complete helmet, so I am in search for some other.

    I found a King that looks similar to the king of the backglass. Next I will try the same in red…

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  • wordclock

    a few weeks ago I saw the one year old project of a clock with leds.

    http://www.mikrocontroller.net/topic/156661#1479435

    I done two for me one, with a black plexi and one with stainless steel.

    After a lot of soldering and some woodwork…

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  • Rebirth of the Dragon -WIP-

    Some weeks ago I saw a great dragon with two heads and my first thought it can work in MM…

    Its time for ashes of the Dragon, now with two heads 😉

    After some drilling and cutting I the hole is big enough to put it over the lamp of the original dragon.

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    Here a some pictures from the first work in progress state

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    After some finetuning with a dremel, the dragon fits perfectly including the lamp to the original place of the „old“ dragon

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    with flasher lamp on under the dragon

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    red flasher right down on

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  • Medieval Madness DIARY

    After getting this great mashine. I Think its time to make a diary about the mods, repairs I done to it.

    here some pictures after receiving in August 2010

    a) It works but  the DMD is right down darker

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    b) The Eprom Version is 1.0 on ipdb I found a 1.09.
    d) The Drawbridge is not 100% up. Its a little bit open in the up state.

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    d) The Decal

    is not the best some scratches where painted with a edding..

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    Whats this?

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    e) The playflield

    can this black parts removed

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    Was macht man hier:

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    Some Infos about the Power Driver PCB Assembly

    F108 ->Led 105 -> +50V solonoids

    F107 (4A)-> Led 104 -> +20 V Flash Lamp Power

    F106 (5A)-> Led 102 +18V DC  -> +12V DC -> Led 100

    F105 (4A)  -> Led 101 +5V DC

    F109 (4A)  -> Led 103 +12V unreg.

  • Ringmaster Blue Eye Led Mod for Cirqus Voltaire

    Today I got a replacement for the ringmaster. So its a good time to make the ringmaster look more realistic. So as I a great friend of LEDs I set up two 5mm blue leds behind the eyes.

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    I can take care of the modification for you in two ways.

    a) You can sent me your ringmaster and I will add the two Leds for you
    b) You can order a complete new ringmaster including this modifcation

    Video:

    Here you see some pictures how I done this mod.

    First I removed some of the PCV holding the eye to get a closer look.

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    After some modifing a standard 5mm blue LED

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    Some shrinking tube to get the light only where it belongs

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    First testing with one led insite

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    both eyes light up

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    In the darkness

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    Now its time to remove the original ringmaster and have a deeper look to the Flasher.
    I have to remove some part of the shrinking tube to solder the wires for the blue leds

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    I put some connector between, to make it easy to assemble/de assemble

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    I uses 330 Ohm for each blue 5mm LED and wired it this way

    red wire from the Pinball is plus

    blue wire is GND

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  • Archer LED Mod for MM

    The next step after making the replacement of the Archer in MM was to replace the the arrowhead of the archer.
    Some cutting, some drilling and wires

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    making a 5mm LED look like a arrowhead 😉

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    color it red (at the next I will try some silver color…)

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    a hole for the wires through the plastics

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    place the archer to the right position

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    the right one

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    with light up red

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    both together

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    I done some little modifications on the archer.

    The first version of the arrowhead was red, now I used some silver paint.

    Look here:

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    Here you can find a installation Manual