I wonder if there's a way to somehow use virtual pinball to help teach schematics. I'm assuming the programming is essentially the schematics. If there was a way to digitally start a game and see the schematics light up in real time in a way that could be slowed down and examined, it may help some visual learners. It'd be really helpful for troubleshooting too. If someone figured out a way to do it I'd bet there'd be some money in it. Sounds like a lot of work though. Just a random Monday thought for people smarter than me

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#2 1 year ago

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ForceFlow

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There is a WPC emulator here, which may be helpful for some things: https://playfield.dev/

For EM specifically, SteveFury posted a number of animations and videos that stepped through various features and functions of EM games, such as here: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/what-is-an-end-of-stroke-switch-find-out-cool-animation

https://rumble.com/c/c-1366303

#3 1 year ago

SMM

dr_nybble

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Ottawa, ON

10y 111K 3,537 15

I played around with building a simulator but never got super far with it.

Can the schematic be modelled as a directed acyclic graph? I think my code was traversing the graph, noting whether relays changed state, and then re-traversing until it got into a steady state. I had something that could step the score motor, model units, etc.

Maybe there is a ladder logic simulator out there already that could do it. But to support score motors etc. probably need something pinball-specific.

#4 1 year ago

LJM

DaMoib

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MarkG has some too:

https://www.funwithpinball.com/learn/animated-schematic-diagrams

#5 1 year ago

JLS

genjackson

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Leitchfield, KY

11y 25,400 165 3

Those links are awesome! Thanks for the info

#6 1 year ago

GTW

Gotemwill

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Quoted from DaMoib:
MarkG has some too:
https://www.funwithpinball.com/learn/animated-schematic-diagrams

Yep his are the best.

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