This is an offshoot of the TAG project. The motor assembly will be used in TAG (and other pins) but the extra boards won't be required.
I have designed this kit to fit ANY pinball machine. The cheapest option will be "Stern interface only PCB". The motor assembly has identical mounting hole spacing to Stern machines and will bolt straight in.
The next step up the price ladder brings us to "any machine" interface PCB which includes 2 x optical sensor boards and 2 x 3M cables with plugs fitted. These can be fitted near any lamp in the machine that you want to trigger the shaker event and the two inputs will give different shaker responses. There is a sensitivity adjustment pot on the sensor board. Additional sensors can be added with no limit to the number used. Different "shake" responses can be programmed using the 3 way DIP switch on the interface board.
The "Stern ONLY" kit is just that. The full "fit any machine" kit will fit any machine AS WELL as Sterns.
All mounting hardware including threadlocker is supplied. You will need to supply some wire to connect to your machine.
I have a few of these made up and will install one in a couple of machines at robm's place next weekend.
They will be on display at Pinfest and available for purchase shortly after that.
I am still unsure of the sell price but postage will play a big part in that as the kit weighs in at 2kg. I believe I am still on target for <$200 including post but by how much less I don't yet know.
This is the "Stern only" kit:
....and this is the universal kit that will ALSO fit Sterns:
