The Conrad Brothers

Pinball Lamp Driver Board

Jon — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:19:48 +0000

I have finished designing the Pinball Lamp Driver board. It can drive up to 40 lamps!! Yeah Blinking things are cool.

Lamp Driver

Pinball Posts

Jon — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:53:59 +0000

I wanted to add some real pinball posts but didn’t want to buy them from ebay so I made a mold of a post from my Target Alpha pinball. They turned out great. Now I can make as may as I want in any color.

Here is the post from Target Alpha

Post From Target Alpha

Here is the mold I made of the Post

Pinball Post Mold

Here is a post I cast in White

Cast Post

Home made Pinball Build Log

Jon — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:17:07 +0000

Well I have been working on this pinball for way too long. And by working on it I mean it has been sitting in my garage for ever. I decided to move it into my office and do something one it every day. The kids are always asking me so dad are you ever going to finish you pinball game? I have some of the main board installed and is starting to get fun. There is still a lot of work to be done bt at least it is starting to get somewhere.

Here are some shots of the insides.

Pinball Guts

HauntedLCD is live on iTunes!

Jon — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:17:33 +0000

Well it’s about time. My first iPhone game has been released on iTunes. I hope that people give it a whirl and like it. If you want to see more details about this game click Here

Mini Pinball

Jon — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:11:00 +0000

Well Like I don’t need any more projects. I’ve started a mini pinball for the kids. I’ve been collecting piball parts for my Target Alpha Machine and realized I have enough for a mini game. I’ve done up a layout in Sketchup to see how it would look.

Here is the pinball with my friends from Dr. Who.

HauntedLCD iPhone Game

Jon — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:04:35 +0000

Well our first iPhone game has been submitted to apple for approval. Check out the main page to see what it is all about.

Blisterball Remake for Wii

Jon — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:33:48 +0000

Blisterball was released on the Apple ][ computer in the 80′s and I just loved it. You used a rotary dial to control this blaster thingy to shoot these “Blisterballs” coming at you. I wrote a version for the Wii hope you like it as much as I did.

Download blisterballv1

And the winner is ME!

Jon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:10:57 +0000

After a false start ( I had to resolder the board as two motors weren’t working) The new beast is alive!! and wow it is fast and accurate. No more swearing and crying. Take a look at a cut I did on the old CNC vs. a cut made on the new faster happier cnc. The bands on the new cut are from running it too slow. I wasn’t sure on the first cut how fast I could push it. I am happy to say the least.

When Will it end

Jon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:05:44 +0000

Well since I’ve updated the motors I needed to update the power supply as well. I put the controller and power supply together in a big case and added serial port connectors for the motor conections. I’m running this thing right on the line of destruction as the max voltage on the controller board is 42V and I’m right there at 43V hehe.. I don’t see smoke… must be good.

New Motors For the Beast!

Jon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:02:48 +0000

In an attempt to Rock my cnc into new heights I’ve added 205oz motors to kick up the speed and accuracy! Here is a pic of the new on the Left and old on the right.