Player Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 (edited) Hi all. Been sitting on this for a while. Wanted to get it in a better cabinet but it's time consuming. Long story short, I always wanted to make my own fruit machine from being a young boy, so here it is. Excuse the cabinet, it's a proof of concept. It plays to (I think 80%). I based the hit rates of the original machine but had to make a few adjustments. I can give more details if anyones interested. Cheers P.S The sounds are recorded from the original machine but the speaker is a cheap wank thing. Edited July 6 by Player 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Awesome dude nothing wrong with the cab though except for one minor detail, you need to add a lip on the payout tray, just cut a thin piece of wood and sand it off, that is all it needs tbh. Love it though John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdent Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Love it John, I always wanted to build one as a kid and was attempted in my teens, failed miseralby! Tell us more? lets see the gubins? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinb Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Awesome! love it 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player Posted July 7 Author Share Posted July 7 23 minutes ago, netdent said: Love it John, I always wanted to build one as a kid and was attempted in my teens, failed miseralby! Tell us more? lets see the gubins? It's using an Arduino Mega as shit loads of I/O's. Will put up some pics later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riche100 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Thats awesome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixnetuk Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Love it John 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player Posted July 7 Author Share Posted July 7 9 hours ago, netdent said: Love it John, I always wanted to build one as a kid and was attempted in my teens, failed miseralby! Tell us more? lets see the gubins? Ok so a few pics. Please excuse the mess. Again, this was purely a proof of concept and was never intended to look pretty. Sound board Stepper motor driver boards. lamp breakout (cut down bell fruit pcb) led driver board (converted dot matrix driver board) Then the Arduino mega under all that wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player Posted July 7 Author Share Posted July 7 The next version will have separate control unit which you can remove easily 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davep180 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 That is both awesome and mind boggling to me. I built an MFME cabinet but this is next level stuff. Nice one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player Posted July 7 Author Share Posted July 7 3 minutes ago, Davep180 said: That is both awesome and mind boggling to me. I built an MFME cabinet but this is next level stuff. Nice one. Thanks. Just wanted to see if creating a fully working machine out of parts available was possible. It’s something I have been wanting to try for years. It started off by getting a reel moving. Then just built on top. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdent Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Wow that's epic John, what's driving the payouts etc, loving it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player Posted July 7 Author Share Posted July 7 (edited) 8 minutes ago, netdent said: Wow that's epic John, what's driving the payouts etc, loving it Payout is a parallel universal hopper. Very easy to use. I can now use the MK2 encrypted serial compact hoppers as well Edited July 7 by Player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mavroz Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Heap of junk Dave, seen and played better Epoch machines.... 😄 Seriously, great mate, tried something like this years ago but was way out of my depth and failed miserably.... really impressed with what you have achieved. 👏👏👍🏻 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player Posted July 7 Author Share Posted July 7 5 hours ago, matrixnetuk said: Love it John 😄 Thanks for letting me record your machine 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbank Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Very nice, great work you little cunt. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Just gotta love Superbank and Player taking the piss out of each other, reminds me of someone I chat to on the phone off the forums, it is cunt cunt cunty wunty bastards all the way😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player Posted July 8 Author Share Posted July 8 That horrible cunt Superbank is coming round on Saturday. He’s not been in years. He’s collecting a DOND I picked up for him 🤣🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Oh nice one dude. So he is a DOND nut, can't stand them but have a good mate who likes them too, knows how to empty them as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player Posted July 8 Author Share Posted July 8 43 minutes ago, Zippy said: Oh nice one dude. So he is a DOND nut, can't stand them but have a good mate who likes them too, knows how to empty them as well. @superbankloves em. Awful taste in machines bless him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyL Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Nice work mate love the work that's gone into the internals... particularly how you are controlling all the I/0s perfectly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player Posted July 8 Author Share Posted July 8 9 minutes ago, MattyL said: Nice work mate love the work that's gone into the internals... particularly how you are controlling all the I/0s perfectly. It took a long time mate. Happy with results. Still needs more work. Next is saving data (hopper level, coins in out etc) with no battery needed. Already got it working. It will auto save all data when you switch off 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player Posted July 8 Author Share Posted July 8 Here's a video of where it began. Nothing special but had a reel doing something. I'll upload more video's of the various stages of achievements 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbank Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 11 hours ago, Player said: That horrible cunt Superbank is coming round on Saturday. He’s not been in years. He’s collecting a DOND I picked up for him 🤣🤣 I'm gonna empty all your machines. Shame you haven't got a Track & Field 'cos I'd beat all your records too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player Posted July 8 Author Share Posted July 8 1 hour ago, superbank said: I'm gonna empty all your machines. Shame you haven't got a Track & Field 'cos I'd beat all your records too! I can dig a board out. To be fair you are good. Your skill at track n field are better than your fruit machine buying skills 😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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