README.md

Grand Prix '86

Grand Prix '86 is an attempt at a solid-state conversion / re-theme of the 1976 EM Pinball Machine by Williams.

Rules

Proposed rules can be found from here.

Docs

A simple web server is included to serve up the markdown docs and Mermaid diagrams. To setup, run pip install -r requirements.txt in the ./web/ root. Then to run it, use bin/docs.

graph TD
    TODO --> DIAGRAM["Diagram Modes"]

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Production Machine Setup

Hardware is as such:

• Mini 5" HDMI Display
• MLLSE M2 Mini PC
• OPP "Cypress" Pinball Interface
• My Pinballs Segment Display
• FadeCandy LED Controller

A guide to setup the production machine on Xubuntu is here.

Proposed OPP Build

OPP boards can each have up to 4 wings attached as shown:

Board Switch Mapping

For latest, see Google Sheet.

Setup for MacOS

See the MacOS Setup Guide from our other project Combat.

Running

• Development - bin/dev will run both mpf and mpf-mc without the console GUI. It will also run mpf monitor so you can interact with it.
• Production - bin/run will run for production using the real hardware devices and the console GUI.
• Test - Run a test with bin/test tests/test_something.py or simply bin/test to run all tests from the ./tests folder.