Hey hey all!

So the last few months I've been working on a mod that allows you to design custom RGB light shows with a few clicks and drop custom RGB flashers into any WPC game. All in all, progress has gone quite well and I've been able to get far enough where I have something to show.

There are several pre-programmed effects that you can customize to fit your game, and I have several more features planned that will really extend the options for customizing these lamps. Now you have trigger flasher shows based on either a flasher or number of flashers or even motors and other devices firing in your game.

The board design is based on the original circuit for the Pinduino designed by Eric Lyons (used with permission). If you know how to code and want to do some really really cool stuff, use his board! He's a great guy and makes a great product.

How does it work?
Each kit includes two flashers (you can use up to 6 per board, purchased separately), the logic board itself and a copy of the SmartRGB programmer software. All you need to do is connect the board to your Windows or Mac computer using a USB cable, select your game, and you're presented with an easy configuration screen where you can select which effects you want to run on which flashers depending on what devices are triggered in your game. Save the program to the board, plug it back into your game using the supplied wire harness, and you've got a completely custom RGB LED flasher setup!

This mod runs off of the 12V line on WPC games and includes an on-board regulator so that it doesn't strain your 5V line!

The software already contains all of the input triggers for each WPC game and I'm currently working on adding support for Stern Whitestar, SAM and SPIKE games as well as Multimorphic P3-ROC platform games (TNA, Houdini, Alice Cooper, Big Lebowski)

I've attached some pictures of the kit, the software and the board itself! There's also an explainer video as well with some demo shots on a test AFM!

Kit contents:
2 SmartRGB Flashers
WPC Wire harness
Logic Board
SmartRGB Flasher Kit

Logic Board
SmartRGB Logic Board

Video explainer, tour and demo:

In action:
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Software configuration:
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DISCLAIMER:

Let me know if you have any questions! The mod should be available to anyone who is interested over the next few weeks as I finalize board and software touches!

I certainly hope so. It's a fun challenge designing the software editor so that you can make effects that look good with the game while not being left to completely guess at things that might fit with the color scheme, or be visually appealing.

Sure, each kit comes with the board and all components needed, and there are various sizes available so you can buy up to 6 with the initial purchase. No worries there.

Another question I've received was whether or not this would work in the UK, and there shouldn't be any power concerns as we're patching directly into the WPC boardset (the 12V line) well after any DC power rectification has taken place.

I do not have any distributors over there at this point. I'm working out a deal with Titan Pinball to carry the product, but I'll ship directly anywhere more than likely. Once it's done, if you want one, you'll be able to get one

Working on some enhancements to the software, and will be casting some molds for the flasher assemblies here this weekend!