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- gcall1979 made the instructable Busy Button Box - Montessori-style Electronic Board Toy for Toddlers
- gcall1979 commented on gcall1979's instructable Automatic Scoring for a Small Skee-Ball GameView Instructable »
I'm sorry, I do not have a schematic, I have never learned how to use any electronic schematic software. The micro-switch I used with the long metal wire extension were used in old arcade machines to register the coin of token dropped through the coin slot.This switch is just a momentary on/off switch. It is wired as a regular on/off switch that is normally closed. All the colored LED lights are extra touches but don't figure into the actual scoring.The arduino code adds the score up each time a ball goes through a scoring ring when the switch (long metal wire) is triggered by the ball pushing it down. Please reference the electronic bench set-up photo under Step 6. One leg of the switch is connected to ground and the other is connected to the input pin on the Arduino board. I would test …
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Thank you for your nice comment. Let me know if you have any questions when building your dice tower.
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Thank you for the nice comment.
- gcall1979 commented on gcall1979's instructable A Shuttle Mission Control Mock-Up for KidsView Instructable »
No, I don't have a schematic, I have never learned to use the Fritzing software. Most of it is basic wiring to the LED lights and I2C compliant 7-segment displays. The best I could do was provide a spreadsheet of all the inputs and outputs to the Arduino Mega board. Thank you for your interest.
- gcall1979 commented on gcall1979's instructable Arduino Based Counting Tree for ChildrenView Instructable »
You are exactly right, it had been a while, I had to go back and look. A picture is included. Two grounds to the Arduino. One is all serial ground connections from the LED lights and one is the serial ground connections from the micro switches. The black ground on the battery assymbelly is not touched. Just spice the red power wire to the on/off switch and you should be good to go.
- gcall1979 commented on gcall1979's instructable Arduino Based Counting Tree for Children
Hello,You only splice your on/off switch to the power wire (red) from the battery. The ground goes directly to the ground pin on the Arduino as the grounds from the LED lights and the buttons do. You should have 3 ground connections to the Arduino.Good luck,Gordon
View Instructable »Sorry for delay - was on vacation. You connect the button connection to the normally open (NO) spade. That should be the one below the ground. Ground is the first one on top.Gordon
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Here is a spreadsheet of the pins I used on the Arduino Mega board.
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Hello,Yes, I can do that. Give me a few days to put a spreadsheet together. Unfortunantly, the Fritzing software doesn't accommodate a Arduino Mega board.Thanks for your interest,Gordon
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Thanks, I was able to open the sketch but I will copy it here:// File = Skeeballgolfball5.ino//**************************************************************// 1/20/2020 Covert to basic 1-player after wrote 2-player version// 1/26/2020 Added 100 point light// 4/17/2020 Start modify to golfball size game.// Used internal resistors on all switches (Push = LOW).// 4/23/2020 Got single large 7-segment LED working (# of balls)// 5/1/2020 Added LED light for each point hole (match LED in hole)// 5/4/2020 Almost completed code, adapted well from oneplayerskeeball// Added servo for drop down release of balls for new game.// 5/2/2020 - Start building score board for top of machine.//***************************************************************#include <Wire.h> // Enable this line if using …
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Thanks for your detailed comment. I have not tried the game outside yet. I am interested now to see how it works.
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Very nice project. I improvised a little bit. Used a premade wooden box with some flashing LED lights and a buzzer. I like the idea of the large lightbulbs under plexiglass. Thank you.