Feature ideas for pin2dmd
Shaker motor output where you can use frame Id to trigger shaker.

Output from the pin2dmd to the GI so that the pin2dmd can control rgb leds in the GI circuit.

This should be doable with pin2dmd event trigger output. You would need a secondard device (or controller board) that receives the serial commands and then controls a shaker or control rgb leds in GI.

Shaker control I've done based on RasPiSound already in my HS2 see here https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/rebuilding-sound-for-de-jurassic-park-using-a-pi/page/3#post-4562327

Br Steve

Is there a different firmware for using in DE 128x16? I have a nucleo F429ZI with V4 shield and controller from Rapplebox. I have tested the the the nucleo and V4 shield in my LW3 and it works fine so my issue I'm guessing is in the controller board.
Thanks for any help.

What firmware version do you have installed on the nucleo? It looks like the 128x16 support started at 2.43. Did you configure the device mode to be DE 128x16 in the config menu on the unit?

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I knew I was missing something. I do have the latest firmware and your controller board but it looks like I need to configure the device mode. Thanks Lucky1!

OK, I was planning to set 3 additional pin2dmd
I just received the 64x64 but sadly these ones are a single device, not twice 64x32

So I have to purchase again.
Any seller recommendations for europe/France shipment? AliExpress is still the best option?

And last but not least, what can I do with 3 panels 64x64??

Thanks lucky, that's a good idea.
Would you sell one board of your batch?

Dear lucky

So I order 2 panels for eur 20 and 10 pcbs for eur 60, purchase a license and I am ready to go? No STM board or whatever is needed? The PCB looks like it is also a frame for the panels and can install direct in a Stern? Is also works with inframe coloring smartdmd?

And 1 other question, can the same setup also be used for a go-dmd clock?

Even if it would be minor effort to port the latest firmware to the EVO board, it is still missing headers for (more or less) required peripherals like dht sensor, pir sensor, ir sensor also with neither wifi nor rtc even correct time will be a problem. So no goDMD support with this board.

Br Steve

The EVO board is really purpose made for a Pinball DMD - virtual or real. Given the very specific setup for fixing and DMD size, there would be no point in adding all the required goDMD peripherals.

The best option for goDMD is the VET6 design. I built one recently - looks great, works great

I really like the functionality - time, date, temperature. relative humidity, and animations. Also you can set the text (time, date etc) to one colour or random and set the animations to another colour or random.

I like the fixed colour for text and random for the animations.

Some links to the VET6 board info.

https://go-dmd.de/2017/07/15/neues-godmd-prototypeshield-fuer-vet6-controller/

https://go-dmd.de/2016/09/27/godmd-with-simple-stm32f407vet6-board/

Can it display multi-color animations (i.e., 16-color replacement frames that were custom-colorized by the Pin2DMD editor)?

Hi Lucky1 or Steve45,

is there any instructions on how to use the PIN2DMD editor to create animations for goDMD? There is good info for colorizing DMD animations, but I can't find any instructions on how to choose the animations and to then use those animations to create the foo.ani file.

No I didn't before you asked,
but I just tried and no file was was created.

Actually there are a lot of options and I was hoping for some sort of guidance on how to export for foo.ini.

Here is a list of questions:

I expect that the first step is to load a project in the editor. for example I am working on colorization for Scared Stiff so I loaded this project.

When I export for DMD will it export all of the scenes that I have cut as part of my colorization work?

Otherwise, how would I choose what scenes will be exported?

How do I create a project with scenes from multiple games?

For the goDMD, there are some options - cycle, hold, fsk etc - what does each do?

When exporting for goDMD, there are some options - filename, I just entered foo.ani - is that OK.
RGB version - what is the difference between version 1 and version 2.

I am using editor version 2.5.05 32 bit.

Hello
Do you put a film or something in front of the pin2dmd to avoid seeing individual leds?

I'd like to reduce a bit this effect

ok, thanks lucky1

Has anyone had success getting color palettes to change in MET v1.80 code? I upgraded from 1.70 to 1.80 and I can't get any colors to load other than the "default" palette. All settings are the same - side channel, serial connection. Thanks.

Hello to you
Here I made a shield in versions 4.02
Nucleo
I did not have the right micro player s.d.
Do you think I can adapt them?
I enclose a photo with
Sorry for my English Google translation
thank you

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lucky1 I got my pin2dmd display from Dom. It is a nice piece of work. I donated and received the key file, copied it to the microUSB card and it worked, thank you very much.

I have a couple of questions:

1. I'm running W10 and would like to update the .pal file to have better brightness to color mapping. The pin2dmd menu system has changed from the documentation. Is there still a way to map brightness to color using the menu? If not, how does one do the basic mapping configuration.

2. I am working on a Frankenstein for a friend. Has anyone colorized Frankenstein? I read that something was in the works, but nothing posted. Perhaps I am looking in the wrong area.

Thanks!

Henry

http://vpuniverse.com/forums/topic/3702-mary-shelleys-frankenstein/

lucky1 Another newbe question: I am trying to install/run pin2dmd.exe on my windows 10 64 bit system. I downloaded the following files from your github:

boot.fsq
colorwheel.ppm
logo.ppm
msvcp110d.dll
msvcr110.dll
msvcr110d.dll
palettes_options_b.dat
pin2dmd.exe
pin2dmd-editor-v2
pin2dmd-editor-v2-64.exe
RGB-color-test.ppm

I've tried running all of the various exe files. The best I get is a splash screen of the editor, but nothing else. Could you slap some sense into me?

Thanks!

lucky1 Windows 10 64 Bit

looks like loading Java did the trick. I'll give it a good once over now that I got it running with your help!

Hello! Has anyone else successfully made to order the all-in-one controller boards EVO128x32 from pcbway? Even sharing lucky1's order information they don't seem to be able to supply them..

As an alternative, where can I buy the shields for the STM32F407 version?

Thanks!

I saw these when looking for shields.
https://www.tindie.com/products/Polyphemus/pin2dmd-godmd-v31-bare-blue-pcb/

Does anyone know if there are places in europe where you can by a fully assembled (plug&play) kit? Alternatively one package containing everything needed?

I have one already that i ordered from german gaming supplies, but if possible i would like to order from some where else this time.

Unfortunately that's not available.. any alternative??

You could download the V3 GERBER.zip from github and order a batch from from one of the online pcb places.

https://github.com/lucky01/PIN2DMD/tree/master/hardware/V3%20STM32F4%20DISCOVERY
https://jlcpcb.com/

Built a goDMD using the VET6 controller. Thanks to SteveNZ for helping me through the whole process. Pretty nifty and it works well but lucky1 I can't say that it really works with 16-color animations the way it should. I find that it will not retain the palette assigned to the animation from the editor. It seems to want to use the same palette 0-pal0 (which is the default palette) for all the animations, so obviously all the colors are then incorrect. I could be doing something wrong but have tried everything I can think of with no luck. I have also tried to get a clue from @Steve45, but no response to emails so far.

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I got his attention already, but I can't do everything at the same time, so please be patient. Nice clock picture by the way ...
Br Steve

It can definitely handle full-color (16-color) animations, they are just not the correct 16 colors. I notice goDMD only has a "foo.ani" file on the microSD, unlike Pin2DMD which has a "pin2dmd.fsq" and a "pin2dmd.pal" file. It might be that goDMD needs a similar palette file to retain the specific palette assignment to each animation. In any case, all I was trying to do was get steve45 to tell me whether my setup was the problem or the firmware was the problem, and he never really did (and still never has) answered, but I am beginning to surmise it must be the F/W. Anyway, I realize goDMD is not your project but you are always prompt to answer questions which I appreciate. I apologize for temporarily hijacking your thread. Keep up the good work on Pin2DMD.

P.S.: I have moved this discussion to a new thread: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/godmd-vet6-true-color-animation-troubleshooting

Converting to true color is easier in latest version of the editor. There's two menu commands available for convert one or all scenes to RGB.

But I will also look in the export you provided, ...

Br Steve