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Indianapolis, IN
7 months later
Getting back around to figuring out this project. I bought a Meteor back in July and have the Arduino kit, Amazon amp etc. I've never been able to get it to work. Out of frustration I put it down because I was having issues with the Meteor in general. Now I'm out of sorts as to how it should properly be hooked up. New Alltek board. I'm confused as to where the extra 2 pins going from the board to the sound board are supposed to be. Left middle or right? Meaning 2 pins are open but where should they be open? Or does it only matter when it comes to the sound.
Goal is to just get the Arduino up and running and then go from there.
Attached are pics to better give you an ideal of how I have everything currently plugged in.
20230111_161236 (resized).jpg20230111_161254 (resized).jpg20230111_161305 (resized).jpg20230111_161309 (resized).jpg20230111_161317 (resized).jpgQuoted from Robotworkshop:Did you buy just the adapter board for the Arduino in kit form or did you get the whole set as a kit ready to install and use?? Big difference.
If you didn't buy ready to go you'll need to download the code and the Arduino tools to load the Meteor code onto the Arduino. With that it should just get you playing without sounds. As far as I am aware the original sound board (connected by those ribbon cables) is only used when the jumper on the Arduiono adapter board is open causing the original Meteor code to run.
When the Arduino takes over it uses the WAVtrigger for sounds.
For the WAVtrigger to work there are two pads that need to be solder bridged so it can be powered from the pinball machine. Also that WAVtrigger may also need the latest firmware installed. That requires connecting the WAVtrigger to a computer to upload the new code to that. Finally the soundset of WAV files needs to be copied onto the MicroSD card for the WAVtrigger to use.
Bought it ready to go from RoyGBiv. Supposed to be plug and play. When my Meteor was working, I couldn't tell if the adapter was working because I never got the sound working. Then Meteor stopped working in general so I am fixing that then moving to get the kit working as this was the sole reason I acquired the Meteor. I'll update progress once I get something working.
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