dj505

@5panel.dance

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Arcade Technician! Rhythm Games | Programming | PCB, Hardware & Graphic Design | Electronics | Arcade Game Content™ // @dj505_ on the other site https://5panel.dance ↙️↖️⏺️↗️↘️ Pump it Up • Expert Lv. 3

A top-down shot of a render of a densely packed circuit board. There's a USB C port on the top right, a button roughly in the middle, several jumper pads along the bottom left, and 3 status LEDs along the bottom middle.
Top-down view of an unfinished PCB, featuring several nicely laid out jumpers and LEDs, alongside many neatly organized chips. Alright, maybe not *that* neatly organized. But it's plenty better than the last one.
A photo of a Meshtastic node sitting atop a wooden surface. It's a basic device, in a nondescript black 3D printed shell. It has an antenna sticking out the upper left corner, and a mechanical keyboard switch (Kailh Choc red, in case you're curious) on the lower left corner. There's a screen in the middle displaying some information about the node. Above the screen, the word "MESHLET" is engraved into the shell.
A screenshot of the revised PCB in KiCAD's 3D viewer. The board is a black rectangle with rounded corners, about half the size of a credit card, with gold contacts for the components & solder points. It's pretty messy, but many of the decorative details previously present have been replaced with additional components.
A photo of a PCB sitting on top of a battery, which is sitting on the edge of a desk, in front of a keyboard. There are two bright LEDs on one side of the PCB, one white and one red, but they're so close together that they blend into one point of light. There's a yellow USB cable plugged in on the upper end of the PCB, and the battery is connected by a plug on the closer right end.
A photo of the front side of a printed circuit board, unfinished, roughly half populated with components.
A screenshot of the JLCPCB order progress page, cropped to my most recent order. Visible are 2 rows, one for the PCB order, and one for the PCBA (assembly) order. There is a text overlay on of the image, stylized after the Dark Souls "victory achieved" style in-game text, which says "PCBS ORDERED"
The PCB from the first photo, but with the magnet sensor chip removed, sitting beside the board. It's an AS5600 IC, which is a programmable hall effect sensor that can communicate over I2C, as well as output an analog or PWM signal.
Two potentiometers from a Raw Thrills "Snowboarder" game. The one on the left is new. The one on the right is also new, but has been cracked open, and the parts are laying on the table. There's a small circuit board with a magnet sensing chip, a green insulating plastic piece, and a magnet.
A screenshot of a 3D render of the top side of a circuit board. This board has a black base, with white silkscreen text, and yellow-gold pads. It's very densely packed with components.
A photo of a Pebble Time Round smartwatch sitting on a white table. The watch body is slightly open, separated in half.
A spinning 3D render of a circuit board, to the tune of a low quality rendition of Funky Town
A poorly lit photo of the entire Pump it Up arcade cabinet. There's a yellow-green underglow from the RGG lights I installed underneath the stages. The arrow panels are all placed with the arrow graphics pointed inwards towards the center, instead of outwards, to reduce and even out years worth of wear on the polycarbonate during play.
Top down shot of the "Minimesh Solar" Meshtastic node. It's printed in dark grey ASA plastic for the main case, with a light blue PLA faceplate. I do not recommend PLA for the faceplate. It's just all I had :( The display shows some basic information about the device and its stats. There is a screw missing from the upper left corner of the keyboard, which I forgot to install before taking the photo.
A Meshtastic node resembling a grey plastic square with screws in 4 corners, and a solar panel in the middle. There's an antenna sticking out of the upper left corner.
A bin full of noticeably dull tokens that were once shiny
A screenshot of a Fusion 360 CAD model of the fully assembled Minimesh node. The entire model is dark grey, save for the keyboard and screen. The keyboard is white with yellow buttons, and the screen is a dark blue. The Meshtastic "M" logo is embossed on the lower left corner, and the "Minimesh" logo is embossed below the screen. To the left of the screen is a cutout for a speaker.
A screenshot of a node in the Meshtastic mobile app's node list on Android. The node's short name is displayed as "8088" in a small, pinkish pill on the left. The long name is "LAMBNet T-Deck". It is roughly 8.2km away, and 3 hops away. Last seen 13 hours ago. The battery level displays as 0% 0.00V.
A fakeTec-based Meshtastic node, printed in matte olive green filament. There is a black dial at the upper right of the unit. The screen displays the text "5panel.dance Home Base 3 minutes ago Signal: 77% ? km" The string "5P.D" is embossed vertically on the lower right side of the unit, which is the 4-character "short name" this node broadcasts to others nearby.
A photo of two "Explosive Danger" arcade games set up side by side. One of them has a narrow, skinny balloon. One of them has a very rotund balloon. The shapes of the balloons are oddly similar to those of the robots playable in the Portal 2 cooperative campaign.
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A blurry photo of an arcade employee mopping the Pump it Up dance pads.
A screenshot of the KiCAD PCB editor UI, showing the front layer of the board's copper traces, pads, and vias.
A screenshot of the 3D object viewer in KiCAD. Visible is a render of the back side of the TechnoPico main board. The "TechnoPico" logo is etched into the top right of the board, with a caption underneath, saying "18 BUTTON UNIVERSAL DANCE GAME CONTROLLER." The majority of the board is covered in small electronic components, with white text beside each one, denoting its reference designator. There is a neatly arranged column of "spare" components on far right of the board, which are not electrically connected to anything.
A can of Kirin brand FIRE coffee. The can is a gold colour, and has a cool diamond pattern stamped in around the outside.
The Balatro title screen. The game is running on the stereo in my car.
Two tiles have broken off of the game. The left one has come unplugged and is off. The right one is hanging by its wires and is on.
A video in which I switch the erratic third switch to the "ON" position, and switch the first two back to "OFF," making it read "00000011" when read in the proper orientation.
A set of switches in a red, 6-switch DIP package. The top position reads "ON" and the bottom lists numbers 1 through 6. This set of switches reads on, on, off, on, on, on, which is interpreted as "000100" in binary when read in the intended order.
A video showing two tiles on the Let's Bounce game. Both are lit up blue. The tile on the right stays lit up after being hit, until the tile on the left is also hit.
A photo of the original 1st gen Honda Fit radio, borrowed from Google Images. The original stereo features a CD player, large volume dial surrounded by mode buttons, blue backlit LCD screen, and the usual seek/skip/tune buttons. This particular photo is of the Sport trim, as can be inferred by the cruise control buttons present on the steering wheel.
The fan speed dial connector once again, this time held on by five zip ties. One is around the connector, two form loops around different spokes on either side below the connector. Another zip tie is running between those two loops, holding them taut. The last zip tie threads through the one around the connector, and around the one held taut. This pulls the connector down against the contacts. It's rock solid, and just needs to survive the winter.
A photo of the car's original wiring spliced together with the ISO cable harness. The original connectors on both have been cut off. It probably would've been cheaper for me to buy a generic ISO harness, tbh. There's an extra long red wire snaking off at the bottom left of the photo. This is for the illumination signal, the pin for which was missing from the ISO adapter that came with the head unit.
A photo of the connectors on the back of the original stereo unit. They're wrapped up in electrical tape.
A photo of the underside of the head unit after opening it up. Pictured is the fan control dial's connector, holding on for dear life by some twisted wires. There is a slight gap between the black connector piece and the white tube. Visible through that gap is some copper, which is the contact for the fan controls. I'm pretty sure this should not be exposed!
A brand new Eonon UA13 head unit, installed in the dashboard of a first generation Honda Fit.
A short clip of what the gameplay for Over the Edge looks like. There are two spinning wheels with different rewards on them. Tapping the button dispenses a ball. The reward you get, which can be tickets, extra marbles, or a bonus spin, depends on where the wheel is when the marble lands. Bonus spins can win prizes!
An overview shot of the game, lit up, with prizes fully stocked.
A slightly blurry shot of the player 2 side's control panel. There is now a white metal plate where there used to be a coin acceptor. To the right is the mount for the card reader.
A packing list, showing the prizes that were included for the game. - Sonic Prime blind boxes: 25 - Among Us keychains: 28 - Stranger Things capsules: 32 - Disney blind boxes: 27 - Jujutsu Kaisen capsules: 23
A video of the playfield filling up with marbles.
An overview shot of the game, powered on. Nothing is displayed on the screens yet, and no marbles are in the play area.
A photo of a mount for an Embed smart card reader, attached beside the coin acceptor.
Player 2's control panel, freshly attached. I'm giving a thumbs up with my left hand.
A shot of the "Over the Edge" header piece, installed on top of the game.
A small spot of rust and rust dust on the left of the play area, just inside the door.
An overview shot of the game, pre-assembly. It's mostly out together already, but the control panels and header are missing.
A photo of the arcade game "Over the Edge" by UNIS. The game is powered on and lit up. There are no prizes in it, yet.
A video of the center panel on the player 1 side of a Pump it Up dance pad, flashing fancy rainbow colours.
A photo of the Overkill Dance Pad Lighting Kit™ PCB, with all 25 LEDs lit up a dim white. There are several wires connected to the board.
An overall shot of the restored Pump it Up cabinet, running Pump it Up: PRO 2. The room is dark, to showcase the bright lighting coming from the cabinet body and pads. Everything has been put back together.
A somewhat blurry photo of the header, before replacing the lights. The left half is lit by a dull, reddish glow. The right side is barely lit at all.
A Windows desktop, showing a couple file explorer windows in the background, obscured by a loading screen popup displaying the text "StepF2" and "STARTING UP!"
A side-by-side comparison of a dirty vs. clean arrow panel. It's kind of shocking how much dirt ends up on the bottom of these, even though they're suspended above an open space.
A photo of the repaired sensor wires, with green heat shrink tubing covering the joints where the wires were soldered back together.
A pile of metal arrow brackets, rubber sensors/sensor channels, and some LED strips. The LED strips were only lightly cleaned with a slightly damp cloth, and were not submerged in water.