PS3 Pinball Controller WIP

[Squid]

Nice work!

Now I have the MacGuyver theme song stuck in my head.

 

[Groni]

A pen and a rope....Ohhhh A Pinball Controller

 

[SKILL_SHOT]

That looks awsome! Well done. How do you charge it?

 

[Jeff Strong]

I'm very impressed! I wish I had the skills to do something like this.

 

[Groni]

And here is the final status for today.

The foliage is on the Box and all Buttons, Plunger and Coindoor is attached to it. Only thing missing on the Box are some trims on the sidecorners and the Springfeets.

Time to do some electronic

Enjoy

 

[Sean DonCarlos]

Aren't you going to need a second button on each side for games like Black Knight?

 

[spoonman]

Very impressive. Nice job.

 

[Groni]

When Black Knight will be available, and the Magna Save has a own Button, then I can easily add it.

 

[SKILL_SHOT]

That looks so much better now. I thought your bump box hung but after seeing it inside that'll work to either way although it might be more sensitive higher up and closer to the buttons. AWSOME! AWSOME! AWSOME! Now all you need is VR glasses.

 

[spoonman]

Any chance we can see a video of this in action?
I am very curious to see how the nudging works on it.

 

[gjarnling]

seriously, if you have a friend or a friend of a friend of a friend who's a patent engineer you should sit down and work one out. I'm sure you could turn this into something profitable. anyone else in here that would be willing to pledge quite some money if it went on Kickstarter...?

 

[Fungi]

Are you freakin' kidding me???!!! How am I supposed to go back and play on a regular controller now and not feel inadequate? Geez!

 

[Groni]

seriously, if you have a friend or a friend of a friend of a friend who's a patent engineer you should sit down and work one out. I'm sure you could turn this into something profitable. anyone else in here that would be willing to pledge quite some money if it went on Kickstarter...?

Turning this into something profitable would mean this Controller would be around 500$.

Here are some parts with prices:

Rails and Lockbar = 100$
Coindoor = 80$ ( Not even a original Pinball Coindoor )
Leafswitches with Button = 30$
Main Controller Board = 60$
Button and switches illuminated = 80 Dollar
Material around 100$
Worktime = Unpayable

If someone in here is willing to pay me 500$, I will build one

 

[spoonman]

Would love one of these, but if I had $500 to play around with I'd buy a pinball machine.

 

[Gord Lacey]

Guys, let's stick to discussing the awesome controller, not tables that cost $500. I deleted a few posts that were off topic, and moved it to the PS3 section.

 

[SKILL_SHOT]

Damn gord a lil'quick on the draw dude. $500 was relevant to this when hes explaining HIS costs +labor. This could be made alot cheaper, key word CHEAPER! No high density particle board,cabinet rails...what WE NEED is a diagram for sodering. I have 2 worn out controllers for donors, functions wouldn't be compromised with the controller issues i.e. L anolog gets stuck right because the surrounding circle is cracked into a cresent circle. Did you print out inlays for your buttons GRONI? How about a Subwoofer inside, or could you use stronger motors for vibration?

 

[spoonman]

Damn gord a lil'quick on the draw dude. $500 was relevant to this when hes explaining HIS costs +labor. This could be made alot cheaper, key word CHEAPER! No high density particle board,cabinet rails...what WE NEED is a diagram for sodering. I have 2 worn out controllers for donors, functions wouldn't be compromised with the controller issues i.e. L anolog gets stuck right because the surrounding circle is cracked into a cresent circle. Did you print out inlays for your buttons GRONI? How about a Subwoofer inside, or could you use stronger motors for vibration?

I guess I missed what was said.

Yeah, a sub woofer would be pretty cool. How about a fan on top for Whirlwind?

 

[Gord Lacey]

You could use a Sixaxis controller for this instead of a Dualshock3, right? That should drop your controller price down a little bit. Maybe some of those Asian knockoff sites sell knockoff PS3 controllers?

 

[Groni]

I only listed the parts that I used. Of course it could be cheaper, but then it won´t have the same quality.

Uhm...a Subwoofer for what?? I already thought about a stronger motor, but i will let the original motor inside for now.

I printed the Insides by myself. And the Problem with the Original Controller Board are the solderpoints. They are too small to get a good solder.

I ordered "Wire Glue" A glue that is electrically conducting. Didn´t tested it out yet.

 

[brakel]

Groni, the way to deal with really small solder points is to not solder to the points directly. Build up some solder on the wire that you're going to solder to the board, build up some heat on the wire and then connect the soldered wire to the board. If you're already using this technique then just ignore me. ;D

The controller looks cool!!!