Virtual Pinball: how to install addressable led strips and matrixes
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- čas přidán 11. 01. 2023
- Episode#27 Custom Virtual Pinball Cabinet Build
In this video I will be showing you how to make a custom matrix board and how to install your matrix and addressable led strips along the sides of your playfield. As usual, this video will have a ton of tips and tricks to get your custom virtual pinball looking absolutely amazing! This stuff seems crazy hard but is actually pretty simple once you have a walkthrough like this. Fear not! I got you!
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Just keeps getting cooler and cooler. Can’t wait to see it all together!
Thanks Hugh! Yeah it's really coming along nicely! Cheers!
I watched every episode off this series, and this series got me really into this new hobby.
I also started building a 27" inch pinball/arcade tabletop with a wall mounted backbox. A lot off the tips and tricks you show made me a better woodworker. Thanks for teaching so much good stuff, and can't wait to so your build completed.
That's awesome dude! I'm glad I could help ya out and teach ya some new skills! Thanks for the watch!
You mentioned the hole saw plug and getting it out here in this episode and in another at some point. If you drill into one side about 1/2 to 3/4 of the way through the board (enough that the center guide bit has broken through) and then cut in from the other side at the same guide hole, it leaves the plug sticking out of the hole saw enough to grab the plug, usually with your fingers and pull it out. This technique also prevents blow out without needing to clamp the board so hard.
Great video series. Really enjoying the build and you got me planning a project.
Yeah that's a good tip! Sometimes I forget these tricks myself. Cool, cant wait to see your build, send me some pics when it's done!
Always awesome! I’m going to collect parts and build one for my dad for next XMas. You always do the research and find the extra bells and whistles that kick everything up a notch. Can’t wait to see the finished product!
You my friend are a great son! He's gonna love it! Thanks, I really do put a ton of time trying to make the absolute best videos for you guys. I'm just glad you guys are enjoying the effort! Cheers!
Great job! Very informative and great presentation!
Thank you kindly!
Thanks for your work.... You are awesome....All your Pinball Videos are very detailed and makes fun to watch and lern.....Best regards from Germany
Thanks dude! I appreciate your support for the channel! Cheers from Canada!
Lots of good info thanks for taking the time making this
Glad it was helpful!, thanks for the watch!
Great video Emil. Thank you!!!
Thanks dude!
Awesome as always. Keep it up!
Thanks Bruh!
Great series! Pinball Bible of how to.
Church is in session! LOL, thanks for the praise!
Another great video - of course I hit my like and can't wait for the second part! I have my LEDs installed now and was able to test them but need to better understand DOF, the DirectOutput installation/config, and the other configurations associated (filenames, etc). I have watched a few pretty good tutorials but think I am still missing a couple steps. So many unique parts to this build.
Thanks Scott! Cool, your in need of my cabinet.xml video and my dof video. Both are in edit and coming in the next few weeks. I hear ya....lots of unique stuff to do correctly in order for the leds to work. I got you! Thanks for the watch!
@@wayofthewrench - really looking forward to those videos as well. I am sure others find your teaching style super helpful so thanks in advance for all of your future efforts.
Glad you're enjoying the content Scott! Thanks for supporting the channel and my build!
Great Video! I've seen some build ideas in this video I have never tried before. Can't wait for the next video. This is one of my favorite CZcams channels.
Great work buddy!
Just an idea for you:
Looks to me like you are going to chain your left and right playfield together. I use to do it that way which was good and have zero objections.
However, I did find an easier cleaner way to install them by giving the right and left playfield their own lanes on the teensy board. Consider installing the teensy behind the Matrix now and feeding all data lanes from back to front. One channel for speakers, one channel for the matrix, one channel for the right playfield and I chain the right flippers buttons if you like, one channel for the left playfield, and chain the left flipper buttons if you like.
Thanks dude! Ya I was thinking about doing that but I didn't want to run power injection to the front just for one strip so I have already done exactly what you recommended. Thanks for the suggestion though, appreciate it! Thanks for the watch and the support!
@@wayofthewrench Exactly, could not articulate the reasons why better than that. It also make it easier to replace in the future. Very cool!
Cheers!
Very informative video. Good idea with the Matrix holder.I will try to make the holder with the 3D printer. Is the cover of the Matrix acrylic glass plate tinted ? Thanks
Thanks, glad you liked the video! Yes it is a tinted piece of plexiglass from a local plastics supplier. Thanks for the watch and enjoy the series!
Damn you left us hanging lol great tips on the leds
LOL...gotcha! Yeah no one likes watching a 70 min video so......part 2! Speaker panels, back box, and undercab plus final test in the next video! Thanks for the watch!
@@wayofthewrench I built a computer for an off the shelf unit and you helped so much and now I have gutting the off the shelf unit and replacing it with stuff needed for a full build like yours. Your guides are my go to for information and how/why it works. Thank you for doing this.
Perfect, glad I could help ya out so much! Cheers!
Start your hole saw cut then drill 3 holes in the circumference helps remove the chips and it helps it come out. Great video as always this is so dang cool
Cool tip but that sounds like even more work. Can you please just invent an auto ejecting hole saw Leroy! LOL. Thanks for the watch!
Dude that looks like my 92.cadillac deville back there
Hey if you're from South Delta....it probably is yours. LOL. Thanks for the watch!
I routed channels in the side of my cabinet for the LED strips, there's some great frosted LED holder strips designed specifically for led strips you can get on ebay for really cheap. Oh nevermind, I see you bought some :D
Cool! Yeah I might try that on my next build (if I ever get this one done....lol). You get much glare on playfield from that setup?
I love watching your solutions to problems. I'm curious. There's been more than once where you could have used/implemented a dado set. Do you not like them or do you just not have them?
Great question! I actually have a fully equiped wood shop full of every tool you could ever want, including several dado sets. However, I am trying to use basic tools and equipment for my diy videos so it is more accessable to people. When I did my arcade, I did the opposite and some people commented that it must be nice to have all of that, guess I'm not making an arcade cabinet. So for the vpin I went basic.....no dado sets. Thanks for the watch!
Thanks for the videos. Been using a lot of your suggestions on my build. I may have missed it but what is the led count on your strips?
In total, 1,111 leds. The side strips are 144 per meter and the rest are 60 per meter. The matrix is two 8x32 matrixes. Thanks for the watch!
I love this build but I need a little clarity on the wiring of each LED Addressable light. is each light a different pair of wires on the CAT cable on the Octo board? so the left playfield is orange white and the right playfield is blue white blue, etc. ?
nevermind i finally read the guide!!!!!
Yes, it's either in this video or in the cabinet.xml video using tiny tools. The videos are meant to be watched in order as there is lots of info broken down into smaller videos. I have one cat5 wire going to the left side, right side, matrix, and speakers/undercab/behind blackbox (these are all on one just to show you can do it that way too). Hopefully that helps. Thanks for the watch!
Amazing video again! Only 999 867 likes and we are good for the next part! We can do this !
I don't know, this part 2 video is pretty lippy.....might have to make an example of it. LOL.
Hey WOTW nice idea about routering out a gap for the leds along the inside of the cab. How would you do it with a hand router? Is it a dismantle the whole cab kinda job?
Yeah it would be best to do it while it's still apart. Just clamp a temporary guide and router it out. You might be able to do it in a finished cab but you'll have issues with the edge of the router hitting something and not letting you cut the full length in the cab. Thanks for the watch!
@@wayofthewrench I think I'll go for the strips mounted in the bezel this poor cab has been pulled apart quite a few times already. Ha
Hey that's what I did and it looks great. Cheers!
Any chance you have a part # of the trim strips? I literally cannot find these any where. Everyone i go, they have holes in them.
What trim strips are you asking about? The Aluminum strips that the aleds are on?
@@wayofthewrench yep!
I just went to the Rona hardware store and searched the isles till I found something that would work. Try the flooring and construction aisles. Cheers!
I've been following your pinball series and building my cabinet nearly verbatim to yours and I'm ready to do LED lights. Going through the process and setting things up, would you still go with the Muzata strips? Did you end up using automotive tint on the smokey covering? How about the LED lights or Teensy/Octo boards? I'm ready to buy, but thought I'd double check and see if you had any suggestions or stay the course. Thanks!
Awesome! Thanks for the watch! Stay the course my friend! I'm absolutely happy with my parts and setup. No I didn't put auto tint on the smoked plexi. If it was too bright for you, you can turn down the brightness in your cabinet .XML file. I love the muzata strip, my only complaint is that I wish I ordered more. Thanks for the watch and the support for the channel. Cheers!
@@wayofthewrench I was rewatching your video and noticed you added a switch to turn off all LED lights. I was curious, do you see any issues if I were to add inline rocker switches between the power supply and each of the different LED runs (side rails, matrix, backglass and under cabinet) would each be on their own switch? I could see a scenario where some users may find the matrix or side rail LED's distracting, but may want to keep the backglass and under cabinet lights on or some variation thereof. I'm not an electrician, so I am assuming as long as keep the same gauge wire from the power supply it would be safe, but thought I'd bounce it off the boss 😜
Yeah my light switch was a quick and dirty way to turn the LEDs on/off but yeah you could totally do the same for any or all of the led strips. I would make sure you don't cheap out on the switch though, make sure it will handle the amps you have glowing through it. Cheers!
Well you have come a long way on this since I last watched. You should get a quick stop on your table saw for safety.
Yeah it's getting there....slowly. Not a bad idea, they can save fingers for sure. Thanks for the watch!
I ordered a 2x4 foot sheet of #2064 and #2074 tinted acrylic. I used my circular saw with a 120t carbide blade to cut my acrylic. I sanded and polished the the inside edge of the strip covers and the bottom and sides of the matrix cover. I endes up going with the #2064 as the #2074 was too dark. I'm also running a Teensy 4.0 since the 3.2 is not available anymore. My matrix panel is mounted with a 8-32 threaded insert with bolt thru backer block.
Nice! How much was the sheet?
Hello VD2021, did you have to do any special hardware/software modifications to get the Teensy 4.0 to work in place of the 3.2?
@@kenkociolek3501 Teensyduino 1.57 install would not complete with the latest Arduino IDE 2.0.x. I had to use a legacy version 1.8.16. The port selection will be different initially also. It will start with "hid#vid" but will have "Teensy4.0" in the selection so look for That. These and having to copy and paste the coding into the TeensyStripController are the differences I recall.
I wonder if the Arnoz Tiny Tool firmware flasher works easier?
Another fantastic video! Are you going to put a “Fire” button in your lockbar? That is my LAST step and finally done with my project. Hoping to watch your set up and install of that. 😊
Keep up the great work!
Matt
I'm not sure, I kinda don't like the look of them. However, I will be adding an ledwiz and dof controlled button lamps which will be the same info you need. Just stay tuned!
@@wayofthewrench i'm staying tuned! any updates on part 2 on how to do the speakers etc?
That video is up plus the cabinet file generation video. Enjoy!
@@wayofthewrench sweet! Didn't want to jump the gun
No worries...Cheers!
Lookn' good! Now, where can I find 999,947 likes?
I make the videos.....you find the likes. Remember, 1 million unmarked fresh likes by tomorrow or you can kiss your part 2 video goodbye!
@GoodTwist you'll find them under any damn 10 seconds shuffle dance move vid. crazy world.
@@Mr_Turnbull It is a strange world!
Yup...this!
Making pinball machines now ? LoL any welding in there ?
I want to make a Zaltar box lol
Yup! You should build one! You'd love it! There actually is 3 videos that you'd enjoy for the metalwork and welding aspects. The diy lockdown bar video, you should check them out. There's lot's more welding a diy car stuff coming....
@@wayofthewrench my torch arrives today lol
What's a zaltar box?
@@wayofthewrench oops … Zoltar .. you put in a dollar and he tells your fortune lol sometimes… or if the thing not working you get ripped off lol
Oh that would be really cool!
Dont the lights reflect on the glass ?
I was worried but they actually don't. I do get some glare from overhead lights in the shop though but turn the lights off and it's perfect. Thanks for the watch!
You bet. I've been watching you guys for 2 years on Utube and now finally modding out my ALP.
Sweet! I looked for an ALP but here in Canada, they are non existent. At least where I am.
how can i turn the matrix please help i see the word fire on the head
The word Fire is on the matrix but backwards?
@@wayofthewrench yes i have it, i have change the top to bottom 👍
There ya go! Glad you got it sorted out! Cheers!
the plural of matrix is matrices, just saying. awesome videos.
Did I say something different? Lol, thanks!
I have a trick so that the piece of wood does not get stuck in the hole saw. I do not drill the wooden board completely and I turn the wooden board over to finish drilling.
Yeah that is one trick and that actually helps to not have tear out too. Thanks for the watch!