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I'm not a lights guy I presume...It's like virtual backglass, it's not something particularly interesting for my own taste. I'm more concerned about controls, forcefeedback, sound, that kind of things. Of course if I buy a ledwiz or other interface with hundreds of outputs, I'll add some lights...Just because since I'd pay for these options, I'll use it. But if someone create a light version of ledwiz, with maybe 16output, with a significantly cheaper price, I'll be the happiest man.

Sounds great, even if I'm not sure it 's the kind of products I'm searching for... In fact, I just need about just a dozen of outputs : 3 bumpers, 2 flippers, 1 knocker, 2slingshots, 1 ball eject, 1 rumble motor...If someone create that kind of poorman driver board I'll be happy

INteresting, do you have any links to share about that ? I'm not hurry, I've got plenty of work on my cab for the next weeks, so I can wait to buy a ledwiz or something similar. thanks

So without a driver board, the arduino canno't be used to replace the ledwiz ? I'm asking because drivers boards are expensive. So the combo arduino +driver board will cost more (or equally) than a ledwiz board. Thinking about that, I heard about Pacdrive board. It seems cheaper than the ledwizz. Can it be used with eficiency for a very simple setup : 3 bumpers 2slingshots 1 shaker ? thank you !

Thank you, Ok, I didn't know. I was thinking that the combo solenoid + relay was suficient (at least with ledwiz). I guess I have to find another way, then.

8 euros (on ebay.hk) more expensive for the 1280 Just joking. I was thinking that it was more expensive, quite similar price of the ledwiz. But concerning outputs, I was thinking that I could use relays to trigger the solenoids, instead of a driver board ?

thank you for your answer. Ok, too bad cheapest cards can't handle your system. It would be a very good alternative (price) to ledwiz, for my purpose (only a dozen of "events" to send). I didn't know that, I believed that "simple" relays should be suficient ?

Great work you did with Arduino ! I've got a few questions : are all arduino boards compatible with your system ? For example, this one : http://cgi.ebay.fr/ATmega328-P-20AU-USB-board-USB-2-0-Cable-for-Arduino-V3-0-Nano-AVR-/180798066408?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_71&hash=item2a18678ee8 I just want to control a few solenoids for force feedback (half a dozen, I think ), and maybe a few leds (start button, launch button). So I don't need thousands of outputs. I'm not a develloper, I just know HTML-css, had made some AS2, php and javascript code before (but I barely remember). Do you think I can use and understand this kind of system ? In one word, is it something user-friendly, or only reserved to devs ? thanks