Richard, I have not yet done it, but I do plan to at some time. I got a few of these for various reasons (demo/display, etc.). I assume you have the detailed data / pinball instruction sheet like I do. If not, let me know.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bltgd4w4o9gonuy/Alvin_G_Display.zip?dl=0 My chops aren't good enough to just whip out the electronics to drive these, but I was planning on making a computer that does this eventually. It is an IEEE 8255 interface. I should be able to do it with an arduino. On Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 11:11:26 PM UTC-4, Richard Scales wrote: > > I was wondering whether anyone has had any success talking to the Alvin G > PCA-003 boards that are available: > https://www.pinballspareparts.com.au/electronics/displays/pca-003.html > <https://www.pinballspareparts.com.au/electronics/displays/pca-003.html?fbclid=IwAR2epmNiBA7UkcB1H0XqUivyeQEMSmN1HWyIhaM-oZXsEYUmPsewaJ0FLSw> > I would be interested to hear from anyone that has managed to talk to one > or who might be able to provide any insight into how their interface works. > I have a few coming my way and would like to see if I can make them talk > somehow. > Any pointers to information about interfacing requirements and protocols > etc would be most welcome. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/5aa5df79-c182-485e-89ee-2d0c40c346c6%40googlegroups.com.
