Pinscape Pico Expansion Boards - DIY-Friendly by 3DPTronics

We are proud to support the new amazing Pinscape Pico project ( https://github.com/mjrgh/PinscapePico ) with its DIY-Friendly Expansion Boards ( https://github.com/mjrgh/PinscapePico/tree/main/ExpansionBoards ).

The Pinscape Pico Expansion Boards by 3DPTronics support virtual pinball cabinets built around the Raspberry Pi Pico RP2040 - MAIN and POWER boards as PCB-only or fully assembled with ENIG gold-plated finish. See also our VirtuaTilt, the Wireless VirtuaTilt, the Case and Lockbar, the Standalone Decals and the 3D-Printed Lockbar - all powered by the Pinscape Pico Expansion Boards platform.

We offer PCB only or fully assembled Pinscape Pico Expansion Boards!

Pinscape Pico Expansion Boards - NOTES:

- All Pinscape Pico Expansion Boards are ENIG finish (Gold Plated)

- All assembled components for MAIN and POWER boards are strictly as official BOM (no alternative components are used)

- Counterparts connectors are also included for fully assembled boards (no need to source any component!)

- (Obviously) No RPi Picos or any other modules (LIS3DH, ADS1115, etc.) are included

Pinscape Pico is a new comprehensive I/O controller for virtual pinball cabinets, designed for the Raspberry Pi Pico RP2040. It handles nearly all of the common input and output functions in a virtual pin cab: arcade-style pushbuttons and switches, accelerometer-based nudging, mechanical plunger position sensing, and feedback effect devices such as lights, shaker motors, fans, and solenoids. The project includes hardware designs for a number of expansion boards that implement particular collections of peripherals selected to meet the needs of most pin cab builders.

Features

- 32 button inputs, using shift register chips for extremely low latency scans (order of 10 microseconds)

- Accelerometer (LIS3DH), installed via a pre-assembled module available from Adafruit (no need to hand-solder the tiny SMD chip), for nudge sensing

- An optional ADC (analog-to-digital converter, ADS1115), installed via a pre-assembled module available from Adafruit, for high-precision analog input from a potentiometer-based plunger

- 28 MOSFET outputs for high-current feedback devices, such as motors, solenoids, and standard LED strips

- 16 flasher/strobe ports for high-current LEDs, up to 1A per port, for driving the 3W RGB LEDs typically used for flasher panels plus a strobe LED

- 32 medium-current ports, up to 500mA per port, for driving almost any sort of lamp (small incandescent or LED bulbs like those used in lighted pushbuttons, small LEDs, large LEDs), relays and contactors, and anything else that runs on less than 500mA

- All output ports have full PWM control, with configurable PWM frequencies up to 65000 Hz

- Plunger input port, pin-compatible with the original Pinscape KL25Z plunger port; just plug in your existing Pinscape plunger

- IR transmitter and receiver, with the sensor and transmitter on small separate boards (connected to the main board with cables), so that can be positioned anywhere in (or outside) the cabinet, to place them in line-of-sight with the devices they're communicating with

- Power-sensing circuit for the Pinscape TV ON function (to help you implement seamless one-button startup of the whole pin cab, even when using TVs that don't remember their power state)

- Real-time clock/calendar chip with battery backup, for time-keeping across Pico resets, even when the board is unpowered

All informations about the boards and Pinscape Pico project are available at official GitHub page here: https://github.com/mjrgh/PinscapePico