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This DIY Jurassic Park pinball machine is a T-Rexcellent use of Arduino

Pinball machines are prime examples of the dizzying heights achieved by engineers in the electromechanical era before digital electronics came along. But while those classic pinball machines are extremely impressive from an engineering standpoint, they required an immense amount of expertise and were therefore unapproachable to most. By utilizing modern digital components like Arduino development […]

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Sorry wizards, this pinball machine plays itself

As an enviable senior design project at Kennesaw State University, students Tyler Gragg, Kevin Kamperman, Cody Meier, and Omar Salazar Lima created their own autonomous pinball machine.  As seen in the videos below, the table is not only nicely finished with an interesting playfield, but works quite well without human interaction. The machine’s IO system is […]

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