PinHeck System
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1 Introduction
This is the first boardset system used by Spooky Pinball. Designed by Ben Heck. Based on a micro controller, everything other than the switching power supply is contained on board.
2 Games
| Title | Date of Release | Model # | Production Count | Current Code Version | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| America's Most Haunted | 2014 | AMH01 | 150 | 22 |
3 Technical Info
3.1 Boardset
The boardset is contained within a single multi-function CPU board and a switching power supply.
3.2 MPU
The pinHeck system uses a single board design for the CPU, coil, light, switch, sound, and video controls. The CPU is based on a PIC32 architecture, running at 80Mhz. The CPU controls game logic and everything except audio and video. All Audio and Video (A/V) is controlled using a Parallex Propeller processor (Prop for short) running at 104Mhz. The Prop is connected to the CPU using an SPI based communication. This allows the CPU to say "Play sound 3", "Display Video 7", etc. This was offloaded from the CPU to allow critical timing for the game code to not interfere with keeping smooth and clear video and audio.
3.3 Power Supply
3.4 Lamp Matrix
3.5 Switch Matrix
The switch matrix consists of an 8x8 matrix for game switches and then 16 dedicated switches for various cabinet switches, such as coin door, flipper buttons, coin switches, etc.