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Controlling a Pinball Machine Using Linux

Issue 139

From Issue #139
November 2005

Sep 28, 2005  By John R. Bork
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Create a master hack by bringing the power of Linux to the ultimate electronic toy.
Conclusion

This project is a success story for the Linux 2.6 kernel. It demonstrates that a complex, real-time process control application can be created using a kernel workqueue instead of a complicated hardware interrupt or an additional, real-time package like RTLinux. Furthermore, through the choice of a pinball machine, a jack-of-all-trades hacker can produce something truly useful and fun to play.

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John R. Bork is an IT System Integrator at Marathon Petroleum Company in Findlay, Ohio. He has been hacking Linux and pinball machines since 1999.

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SourceForge.net Project

American Sokrates's picture
Submitted by American Sokrates on Tue, 10/04/2005 - 22:07.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pmrek/

makeing code for basic stamp

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Submitted by rich chez (not verified) on Tue, 03/07/2006 - 11:49.

5 digit 7 segment display

need to have 10s impulse switch,100s impulse switch,1000s impulse switch and reset back to zero switch

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