Archive for September, 2010

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Freitag, September 17th, 2010

Today I done some Text for the Buttons and here we go and it looks a lot better as before:

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Making of Magic standard Merlin Mod

Montag, September 13th, 2010

Hi Folks,

last week I tried to illuminate a Merlin with a blue Led.

If you want a Merlin including this magic RGB-LED you can order it right here

This works good, but I have a better idea in mind. Put a RGB-Led into the Magic Ball.

The hardest part was to get the hole into the glass. A lot of Balls was destroyed during the making…

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I am using a powerfull 5mm RGB-Led and reduce the size so it fits into the glas ball:

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Now Its time to make place for the wires into the merlin

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And here some wiring:

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The LED:

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First Impressions: Red,Green,Blue

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Be on wire:

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common plus site of the rgb LED (Pin2):

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shematic:

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In the final Version we will use shrinking tube and Molex Connectors so you have only to connect it in between to molex parts.

Look here for the molex Version, no soldering, only some doublesided adhesive needed

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At the final place:

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Video:

Medieval Madness Merlin Ilumination

Dienstag, September 7th, 2010

Today I take a blue Led 5mm with 39Ohm Resistor and connected it parallel to the Merlin Magic Lamp.
It is flickering to much, so I will add a Capacity to reduce it.
First I use some head shrink tube to reduce the angel of radiation and connect it to the merlin magic lamp (here you have to check the polarity).
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way of the wire…

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I am using double sided adhesive for position the led

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Soldering:

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Video:

MM Catapult mod

Samstag, September 4th, 2010

Today I got the Capatult Led mod from pimpmypin.com

The documentation told me to remove the catapult ramp.
Oh no, so much work … There must be an easier way..

I opened the pinball like this and put in the led pcb:

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The tricky part is the screw on the left site…
I used bothsided adhesive to get the screw at the right position:

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and screwed this way

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Medieval Madness easy pimp

Samstag, September 4th, 2010

Hi Folks,
today I have done some easy mods for my mm.
I started with a Merlin and replaced the original fire with a magic ball :-)

Here you can see some pictures (easy going…)
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With the help of some hot glue the magic ball fits.

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