I'd be all over one as well. Definitely would like to have some animations preloaded (if possible).

Just had a question on this. When you buy the two split DMD panels, does it come with the interconnection ribbon cable? Does it also come with the data cable between the Run-DMD and first panel as well as the power cable from the Run-DMD to the panels?

Files sent to your email. They are drawn in millimeters. I plotted them out full scale to pdf and converted them to eps.

The frame is 637mm x 181mm = 25.0787" x 7.126".

I think the standoffs shown on that page are thread x length (mm).

40mm = 1-5/8"
30mm = 1-1/8"
16mm = 5/8"
12mm = 1/2"
8mm = 5/16"

Threads would probably be 6-32 or 8-32 depending whether M3 or M4. Not sure what the standards are for hex spacers and lengths but you can probably find what you need here for lengths.

http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=358

Yep that's what I'm saying. Probably hundreds of retailers are going to have better prices that even MMC. Just citing an example of some different sizes that are available.

Here's the only caveat that I'm thinking you will run into using imperial standoffs, for this project, and the Alibaba displays. The displays already have the threaded metal studs in them that you screw the standoffs into first. I'm assuming these are probably metric as they are coming from HK. Granted, you probably could run the proper metric tap in the threaded end that attaches to the display and it might work. Just throwing that out there. Or just source the metric standoffs somewhere.

It's all pretty much on the run-dmd website. The firmware is on a chip that plugs into a socket on the board. The SD card is just the animations. Updated firmware is with a new chip. Buy the board and displays, attach the ribbon cables and 5V wiring. Plug in the adapter. The clock now works as a clock. Download the animations and the clock grabs the images off the SD card. Then you need a frame...

While were at it, a PS/2 port for a GPS antenna to keep accurate time (1pps signal). Just a thought...

Go to Run DMD and follow the FAQs.

Here is my Run-DMD story:

I was in the middle of hanging my Run-DMD clock last Saturday May, 2, 2015 at 12:25pm in west Michigan. Standing on a chair placing it on the wall screws when I heard what sounded like a freight train outside the game room. Then the whole place shook for 5 to 10 seconds!

Magnitude 4.2 earthquake. Second largest in 68 years and very rare for Michigan. The epicenter was only 15 miles away.

True story.

I PM'd Linus. He's going to have the developer change that. Right now you can have it come on at 06:00, 07:00, 08:00, 09:00 or 17:00 and then shut down after 5 min, 15 min, 1 hr, 2 hr, 4hr or 8hr.

Mine's set up to come on at 5pm and then set for 8 hrs so off at 1am. I'd like on at 8am and off at midnight. Would be nice for weekday vs weekend, but then he'd have to set up a day input as well.

Will there be another batch of animations released within the near future?

Are you using one of the larger HUB displays or a red Stern display? If a red Stern display, I'd suspect that. Those things are junk.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/sterns-red-led-dmd-anyone-have-issues

Yes. It's one of the settings. Something like startup animation. For some reason this was set as default 1/10. There are other settings including disable.

No that's the setting that dictates the number of seconds between animations. There's another setting that allows you to show the start-up Run-DMD screen as one of the animations. The settings are based on one out of every x animations it will show the start-up screen. I think it was accidentally set to 1/10 by default in the B122 update. There are other values like 1/30, 1/50, etc. Just set that one to 'disable' if you don't want to see it.

The new LED displays only require 5V. The plasma displays will require a transformer able to output 110V and 88V to an HV board. The HV board will then convert this to get the +60V, -100V and -110V to drive the plasma. You'll also need a 12V source as well and a connector to get from the HV board to the display.

It's probably doable, but best to get an LED display.

I can't imagine using a standard DMD for this clock. Glad I spent the $40 for the large panels.

I'm anxiously awaiting the expansion board and firmware to run an occupancy sensor with off delay.

Issue running v3.10 when the clock is set to 12H mode. The clock displays 0:00 at midnight rather than 12:00. Just noticed it tonight.

Did you try removing the clock from the wall and using the cable that came with the power supply? That would rule that out if it's still having issues. I'm running the cable that came with the power supply and no issues with the latest PIC or SD images. I am running mine on medium brightness though.

I adjust the settings in mine to turn on at 17:00 (5pm) and run 8 hours until 1am. If I have an event or party, I just disable the on and off settings temporarily.

Sleep Timer --> 8 hours

Wake Up Timer --> 17:00

This turns the clock on at 17:00 (5pm) and lets it run for 8 hours. Typically the day before a party or event, I will go into the settings and set both to DISABLE. This will keep the unit on 24/7.

Anyone try installing B130? All I get is a full on display with a faint clock in the background. I tried brightness settings but it doesn't change anything. Reverted back to B129 for now.

Ok. I have a feeling a different flag is set in the boot up sequence where he was probably testing with a different display. I'd imagine the next update you might have to do this again to get it back to the original display setting. Thanks. I'll try again.

EDIT: Thanks jletourn, that did the trick.

Are any subsequent animation updates going to be hosted somewhere else in the future?

Put it in the FAQ section of the rundmd website.

How did you determine they are 'fake'?

B132 worked for me. The Ghostbusters animations are definitely neat to see.

I hate fake images.

I get that with each new update now. You have to hold down button 3 when plugging in the power then let go when the clock powers up. Then wait for the proper image display to come up then press button 4 to select.

B134 images were released a year ago (1-2-17). Any new animations planned for 2018? Would be nice to see something new...

So are the animation updates for this thing officially dead? It's been 15 months since anything has been updated and uploaded to the site. Is there a way to pass the torch onto someone that can grab animations from DMD games and continue on with creating new .imgc files?

I don't have a list of what games are included in the images, but I can't imagine there are animations from every Williams, Bally, DE, Sega, Stern game from 1991 to 2016 in there.

Champion Pub?
Godzilla?
Jurrasic Park?
Harley Davidson?
Lost in Space?

Thanks for still being here and not abandoning the clock.

No that plasma display will not work. Well it would if you built a high voltage system to get the display to operate. But, you can get those red LED DMDs Stern used to use and connect that up to the kit specifically for that type of display.