Mike R
An I/O controller for virtual pinball machines: accelerometer nudge sensing, analog plunger input, button input encoding, LedWiz compatible output controls, and more.
Dependencies: mbed FastIO FastPWM USBDevice
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Issue: Use 74HC595 for high power output ports (Closed: Wontfix)
This is a V3 feature request.
There are two types of output boards; those on the TLC5940 serial chain and those on the '595 serial chain.
For the high power output ports, it is unnecessary to use a TLC5940 as there is no PWM requirement; it is either on or off. In this case it is better to use 2 or 4 74HC595 chips. They are also easier to obtain and cheaper.
This is more of a board design change than anything affecting the FW per se.
DOF actually does let you use PWM with solenoids - Arngrim uses it to create different effects for bumpers vs drop targets, for example.
Anyway, I don't think there's an enhancement request here, is there? If you want to use 74HC595's for your outputs, you can just use chime boards instead of power boards.