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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Mike R
Issue: Use Chime board for Solenoids board (Closed: Wontfix)
This is a V3 feature request related to " Use 74HC595 for high power output ports"
Conceptually there are different kinds of outputs. The regular FET output board should not really be used for Solenoids - people are better using the board with the 2 second timers to manage the output and ensure no problems (i.e Chime board). Two solenoid boards would support 16 devices which is enough for 10 playfield solenoids (left slingshot etc), 5 chimes, and a knocker. Having the knocker on the main board is still not a bad idea.
I would add LEDs and fuse to each output for added protection.
I don't see the distinction vs the other issue referenced, and anyway I think the same comment applies: if a user wants to do that, they already can, right?