I'm going to be installing a Pin2DMD into my Data East Jurassic Park. Can someone please provide or point me to the installation instructions for the physical DMD (I already know how to do all of the software)? I just want to make sure I get the power connected correctly.

BTW, if you've not seen the JP colorization, it is really nice:

https://www.facebook.com/netz.zwerg.54

I believe theres a how to on youtube somewhere
Dont have the link but pretty sure

No luck finding anything. Anyway, I can figure out the 12V power, I just didn't know what to do with the DE video board. I've decided that I need to design a platform I can mount to my existing PIN2DMD acrylic frame.

Here is my solution for PIN2DMD on a Data East pin (Jurassic Park, specifically). I designed and 3D printed some 20mm spacers then mounted the DE video board on them. I had to move the power converter, but that was not an issue an all using an existing screw hole. I then aligned the board so as to have clearance for the DMD mounting screws, drilled the 4 holes, and voila!

Now, lets see if I can get it powered and working.

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Well, it took some effort to swap the DMDs between my two games, but I must say that the PIN2DMD JP colorization is excellent. I actually prefer it much more than the ColorDMD I had in the pin before. The only issue I had was the colorization not working, then I realized I probably needed to upgrade my firmware (I was on 2.54 and 3.12 is current). Anyway, once I upgraded the firmware the colorization worked perfectly.

Hi,
Which power a pin2dmd 192x64 needs to works properly? Is a 5v/8A is enough? Is Amp important? Thanks

Looking into having the EVO pcb cut and populated. I got a quote from pcbway, and it was around $75 per board shipped if I did a run of 10. Looking around, it looks like jlcpcb.com could do it for a good bit cheaper, but I would be on my own for the through hole components (which is fine).

Has anyone done a successful run through them? Their site is pretty self service, and I have a handful of components that I'm having difficulty in matching from the BOM:

1) Can't find same sized buttons for reset, etc. (430152043826). They have the following, e.g., which is a bit too small: https://lcsc.com/product-detail/Tactile-Switches_XKB-Enterprise-TS-1187A-C-E-A_C318887.html/?href=jlc-SMT

2) Can't find exact match for the inductor SRP1265A-470M. They have the following in the stock which is similar in size, but it's only 2.5 amp instead of 6.5 amp: https://lcsc.com/product-detail/Power-Inductors_Sunlord-SWRB1207S-470MT_C169376.html/?href=jlc-SMT. Is the 6.5 amps needed?

3) Can't find a clock crystal in the same package as FC4SDCBMF8.0-T1. The have the following in stock which looks close-ish: https://lcsc.com/product-detail/SMD-Crystal-Resonators_Harmony-Elec-X5H008000FC1H-X_C136084.html/?href=jlc-SMT

4) Can't find a match for SK54BTR. Can I drop in an rectifier that matches the max reverse voltage and amps, or is the lower voltage drop of this component super important?

5) Can't find an SD card socket of any kind. Is there another search term I should be trying?

6) They're out of stock on the STM32F427VIT6. Is an STM32F427VGT6 an appropriate substitute? They are the same size package from what I can tell and the data sheet bunches STM32F427xxxx together.

For fun, I cloned the repo w/ the evo files and downloaded the free version of EAGLE, but it seems the free version doesn't allow for editing of boards this size. Is there an open source/free alternative to EAGLE?

I'm pretty inexperienced in this area so...Is the design flow w/ EAGLE that I load the schematic file make my modifications, and then use that to generate the board/layout? Was playing w/ this in case 1-3 requires modification of the board to support the components that jlcpcb has on hand. (When I last did this way back when in college, I used that type of a flow, modifying the final layout as necessary.)

Thanks! Any constraints that I should be aware of on the rectifiers?

Have you been using EAGLE for your design work? Or are there better free alternatives?

I have heard of Kicad but not used by myself

Sorry, the schottky diodes. Is the forward voltage drop super critical? Or any other constraints to be aware of?

Thanks

Hi,
I ordered some EVO boards from PcbWay and today I received this email:

"TS2940CP33 is out of stock, can we use AZ2940D-3.3TRE1 , brand DIODES instead? "

I don't understand much, can I confirm the change of component?

ok

thank you very much

If folks are having issues installing EVO boards on Data East machines, I've posted a spacer solution here:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4553809

Those worked great - I posted the results to your thingiverse page. Thanks again!

Is there a repository of colorization files yet? Cannot find anything.

Not that I'm aware of, but the best place to look for titles is in the VP Universe forums.

http://vpuniverse.com/forums/forum/138-pin2dmd-dmd-colorization-works-in-progress

eh so still hardly any colorizations that are complete. thanks for the link though.

I think nobody changes the thread titles nor even edits the original post. You have to poke into the threads at the end to see kind of what the status is from what I can tell. But there *are* a good many completed games.

--Donnie

Ask here for the files
https://pin-display.ch/

There are several actually, what exactly are you looking for?

I am looking for files that will work on the pin2dmd that i have for any game that i own. The one I have has the STM module on it. I have had it for probably 4 years and it is just sitting unused. I would love to get it working in a game though.

DMD games I have ngg, wcs, addams, congo, and spiderman

Yeah I guess I will have to go digging then.

Malenko did wcs.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pin2dmd-colorization-of-world-cup-94

I can vouch for that. WAY better than the ColorDMD version, in fact. He may need to send you files that work specifically for a real game (some games only have files online that work on Virtual Pins, but the change to make them work on a real game is trivial)

I started it, but its been a group effort to do more. The people who took over have done a great job.

Latest WCS94 files are here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15F5QfX8MM-i6xUO8srj1fVqNOkUsuU_k
or
https://github.com/KOAmps/WCS94-Pin2dmd

I lost interest in finishing, it's very tedious work. All source files are there if someone else wants to continue.

I feel your pain

If there are sources to share on Getaway I'm sure someone will pick up, at least on one bug or two. I would try for sure!!

I tried working on the Getaway files and it crashed every time when loading one of the gz files can't remember which one. It's really good as is though so I never bothered trying again. I have my buddies Getaway in my basement right now and he's got a 2 billion plus high score on there that the colour doesn't quite line up on since it's so long that I was going to fix but couldn't.

Malenko's files are here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ezyqZ6VAHwOCeZzqoOF-npTQoozmL1lf

I *always* release my source files with every game, the lone exceptions is the madmax customization Im doing because its a paid gig so its up to the person paying to decide if he wants it released.

I paused work on Getaway to finish madmax, after max is done I'll pick back up on it.

Sweeeeet!

Malenko, I just put a PIN2DMD in a few days ago with your current files. It already looks great, so I'm looking forward to the finished product. If you need any help testing or any dump files I can provide, I will be more than happy to help.

Thanks for the awesome work!

Is in a "usable" state ? I mean working well with some screens which are not colored... or is it in a "buggy" state ?

The wcs94 I added to from Malenkos work is 80-90% done I’d say. Most of the regular gameplay is good, just missing a bunch during regular multiball and the where’s striker tv award animations need some work. I use it on my machine as is right now and it’s decent.

Duplicate

Progress on Tee'd Off continues. I decided to replace the colorization of the original Outlane Duck flyby with a custom Duck Hunt version.
https://imgur.com/a/VbHUApZ

2) You can use TMPC1265HP-470MG-D https://lcsc.com/product-detail/New-Arrivals_TAITEC-TMPC1265HP-470MG-D_C357273.html\

3) HC-49SM8MHz20pF30ppm https://lcsc.com/product-detail/SMD-Crystal-Resonators_Zhejiang-Abel-Elec-HC-49SM8MHz20pF30ppm_C107426.html

This looks great. I think pin2dmd should really take advantage of the freedoms that come with letting their work be avail for donations with crossover reference stuff like this.

Colordmd wouldnt be able to get away with it.

Anyone up for completing rocky and bullwinkle?

Original artist/author seems to be awol: X3r2A6

http://vpuniverse.com/forums/files/file/5599-adventures-of-rocky-and-bullwinkle-and-friends/

Unless if all the tools to colorize can be installed in linux mint, ill try to spend some time getting setup and knocking out some frames.... but i dont think its all available in a non windows environment ?

I have one coming for my DE Star Wars, looking to join the club!

I started a new thread but asking here too.
I just installed a display into my Iron Man. It looks and works great. I would like to play with the colorization but I can’t for the life of me find where the “create dump file” check box is. SD card installed on display and connected to my laptop USB. I can change settings on the fly and see changes so the connection is good. What am I missing??

I am trying to get a DIY PIN2DMD to work correctly in a DATAEAST Star Wars. I used a version 2.0 shield from back in 2016. The firmware is 2.86 and the ST STM discovery board had been registered back in 2016.
When the PIN2DMD is powered on it displays the a VGA color palette along with colorprism version 2.68 and then switches over to display DATA EAST. When the pin2dmd starts receiving data from the display driver board from the pinball machine the scenes are shown on the dmd display but they are using the, what I assume, default palette. The colors never change through the game. Always white/blue/brown. Ben Kenobi is blue at the end of the screen,

It seems as if the Discovery board is not reading the pin2dmd.fsq and pin2dmd.pal from the SDCARD. I am sure the Discovery board is reading the SDCARD because if I change the pin2dmd.dat to WILLIAMS instead of DATA EAST the display no longer syncs properly. I cange it back to DATA EAST and copy over the pin2dmd.dat from pc to SDCARD it syncs back up and displays the proper image, not colors.

I can hook up the pin2dmd display to the usb port on my pc and control the display with the pin2dmd editor. I can change the palettes to solid colors on the fly. Then I change the configuration of the pin2dmd display to vga palettes and DATA EAST and save it through the USB.

The SDCARD contains:
pin2dmd.key
pin2dmd.dat
pin2dmd.fsq (martdes colorization version from vpuniverse)
pin2dmd.pal (martdes colorization version from vpuniverse)

I am running game rom version 1.07 and display rom version A1.04 in the machine.

What am I doing wrong? Can anyone help? It is probably something very simple that I am overlooking but at this point I just keep banging my head..