P-ROC Board

How to run custom rules on an existing machine:

• Replace the CPU board with a P-ROC.
• Install a processing element (ie. PC, single board computer, microcontroller).
• Write custom rules in the language of your choice or load rules written by others.
• Play pinball!

How to control a custom machine:

• Install a P-ROC.
• Install a processing element (ie. PC, single board computer, microcontroller).
• Install a Power Supply and Driver Boards.
• Optionally install a DMD.
• Write custom rules in the language of your choice.
• Play pinball!

Whether you're a pinball hobbyist or a high volume manufacturer, the P-ROC was made for you!

The P-ROC (Pinball - Remote Operations Controller) is a circuit board that enables a computer to control a pinball machine over USB.

• Develop your pinball ruleset in the language of your choice on the PC.  The P-ROC hardware controls the drivers and reads the switch matrix for you, providing switch events as they occur.
  • Functionality verified in all 3 major operating systems (Windows, OS X, Linux)
• Connect it to a power/driver system to control all of your game features. 
  
  • The P-ROC was designed as a drop-in replacement for the CPU board in the following generations of machines:
    
    • WPC
    • WPC-95
    • Stern SAM
    • Stern Whitestar
  • Custom machine designers, or those looking to enhance their existing machines, can interface the P-ROC to PinballControllers.com Driver Boards or custom control circuitry.
• Use open source software developed for use with a P-ROC to get your homebrew pinball project off the ground quickly. A P-ROC can be used with existing pinball driver boards or those of your own design.

• Control all of the elements on your machine:
  • 208 driver I/Os (for lamps, leds, coils, motors, etc)
    • Includes direct, matrixed, and multiplexed drivers to support a variety of hardware configurations.
  • 32 direct switches
  • 16x8 switch matrix
  • Dot Matrix Display (DMD)
  • Alphanumeric displays
  • Playfield features such as mini-DMDs, lamp arrays, multi-segment LEDs, etc
• Configure switch–driver links in hardware to enable lightning fast reaction times where needed.
  • ie: flippers, slingshots, and jet bumpers
• Use multiple DMD frame buffers to create smooth animations. Each frame supports up to 16 levels of brightness (colors).

• Protect your machine again software crashes.  Watchdog timer logic shuts off drivers to protect your game when the P-ROC is not in communication with the PC/microprocessor-side software.

• Optionally use an embedded controller, such as an Arduino prototyping board, for fully self-contained applications.

• Combine a P-ROC with a driver board and power supply to create a complete programmable pinball system architecture.