Feedback: When checking for coin: When the coin is inserted and triggers the start, wait for the restoral of the switch before the actual start. Mitegates a continuation at the end of the game. For the button: Once pressed, game controls are locked - it goes down, attempts to grab, goes back up - then returns to home, releases. Trick - leave the claw over home in an open position - on a game start, restore to closed and then begin game. - or you can just have the claw reset to closed after music has settled - just gives time to clear. Also add a sound for 30/15/5s remaining if it really takes that long - just for fun. Since the button signals the end of the game, different lighting can trigger (like flashing - eg gameshow / wheel of choice etc) Also means you can have a set bit of music that plays while it's homing
The Raspberry Pico (RP2040) is a dual-core microcontroller. You could have used just one instead of two by using the two cores separately (one core for control, and one core for SFX).
Great video. One other thing to add other then using the second core on the pico, you could have it home back once you pick something up. You have limite switches so it should be easy.
Feedback:
When checking for coin:
When the coin is inserted and triggers the start, wait for the restoral of the switch before the actual start.
Mitegates a continuation at the end of the game.
For the button:
Once pressed, game controls are locked - it goes down, attempts to grab, goes back up - then returns to home, releases.
Trick - leave the claw over home in an open position - on a game start, restore to closed and then begin game.
- or you can just have the claw reset to closed after music has settled - just gives time to clear.
Also add a sound for 30/15/5s remaining if it really takes that long - just for fun.
Since the button signals the end of the game, different lighting can trigger (like flashing - eg gameshow / wheel of choice etc)
Also means you can have a set bit of music that plays while it's homing
The Raspberry Pico (RP2040) is a dual-core microcontroller.
You could have used just one instead of two by using the two cores separately (one core for control, and one core for SFX).
This is awesome! Taking old things and making them into better new things is one of my favorite Maker genres!
Cool upgrade! That person in the clip of Morley’s video looks rather familiar!
Yeah, I wonder why 😅 thanks for designing the part for me by the way!
Great video. One other thing to add other then using the second core on the pico, you could have it home back once you pick something up. You have limite switches so it should be easy.
Two picos? But each of them is dual core, for exactly this purpose :D
Did I see a custom PCB in there? Welcome to the green side
i have been waiting for this for ages and i came to this channel from the repair of the coin lid video
Yeah, it took a little while longer than expected to finish the video 😂
Awesome work...
Please more
Thank you, I will
So... I guess you could say that... you managed to...
Make it better...
nice
Thanks
I've always wanted to do this. As usual you have smashed it. The best bit is the paint by far 😂.
Love your shirt!!!!! BPEssssss