PIN2DMD EVO HD - upgrade to 256x64 resolution

[Aetios_PinballMag]

On 11/21/2021 at 3:25 PM, Rene368 said:

@TeamPPAetios @Ashram56 and everybody else :).

I redesigned the board to a full through hole version.

If there is any, I would like to get some feedback on the current design.

I followed as much as possible the layout of the SMT version.

I narrowed (from 60mm to 50mm) the opening behind the panels to fit the nucleo. Should be enough for the ribbon cables and power cables to be placed.

 

-René

 

I've just seen what you did (sorry for the delay) and I've downloaded the last version 1.1.

I'm ordering 5 of them.

 

Thx for your work ^^

[scoby78]

Hi Lucky,

 

I have been unsuccessful in my attempts at converting the BRD eagle file to a gerber file, and the elecrow guys can't seem to convert it as well.

 

Is there a particular software program I need to use?

 

PCBway I know have the gerber files already uploaded however they are not available for download.

 

I have had significant quality control issues with PCBway in my last orders so would like to try the elecrow guys.

 

Thanks again for your help.

[lucky1]

8 hours ago, scoby78 said:

Is there a particular software program I need to use?

 

You need eagle to make a gerber export !

[Benoit33]

hi

i can't find nucléo 743zi2

it's possible to setting this board to put your firmware and run Pin2DMD ?

[Benoit33]

https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/4000067780112.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2fra&spm=a2g0o.order_list.0.0.21ef5e5bDVwWDJ

[Pinballuser]

10 hours ago, Benoit33 said:

hi

i can't find nucléo 743zi2

it's possible to setting this board to put your firmware and run Pin2DMD ?

 

as of 4/14/2022

Digi key has one in stock 

https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/stmicroelectronics/NUCLEO-H743ZI2/10130892

 

I ordered one and it still says that 1 is in stock

Edited April 15, 2022 by Pinballuser

[Benoit33]

i do with another cards

 

best regards

[Benoit33]

hi i can use your .dfu for flash this cards

 

https://stm32-base.org/boards/STM32H743VIT6-STM32H7XX-M.html

 

someone can help me for this boards i can put the card on DFU mode but after when i plug normaly no sound no connnection, an idea ?

 

Benoit

[lucky1]

5 hours ago, Benoit33 said:

hi i can use your .dfu for flash this cards

 

https://stm32-base.org/boards/STM32H743VIT6-STM32H7XX-M.html

 

someone can help me for this boards i can put the card on DFU mode but after when i plug normaly no sound no connnection, an idea ?

 

Benoit

 

As far as I can see the clock of that board is 25Mhz while Nucleo has 8Mhz. You may have to change the oscillator on that board to make it work.

[Benoit33]

thanks

 

 

[Benoit33]

thanks

[lucky1]

Like I said, change the 25Mhz oscillator Y2 to a 8Mhz oscillator with SMD  5032 2-pin footprint and it should work. This part is fairly big and should be easy to solder.

SD Card and USB use the same pinout like my EVO and should work also the rest of the schematics need to be moved to the shield.

[Benoit33]

thank you I finally understand you have to change the Y2 directly on the card with an 8mhz and flash with the dfu and it should work, is that just a hardware replacement? thank you and sorry for my insistence. Benoit

 

Edit : I just tested with an 8mhz crystal, it's perfect thanks again

 

 

 

[Benoit33]

hi !

 

when pin2DMD HD is activated in pinballx I can no longer exit VPX and pinballfx3 crashes when I delete the pinballx dmddevices the dmd did not work but everything is ok on VPX and pinbalFX3 any ideas?

 

[lucky1]

5 hours ago, Benoit33 said:

hi !

 

when pin2DMD HD is activated in pinballx I can no longer exit VPX and pinballfx3 crashes when I delete the pinballx dmddevices the dmd did not work but everything is ok on VPX and pinbalFX3 any ideas?

 

 

Could it be that PinballX sends 128x32 RGB frames to display the pinballX logo etc ? It is not supported by PIN2DMD HD to display 128x32 RGB24 frames. 

[Benoit33]

is the problem with pinballx or my "media" files? if I put the latest dll in the pinballx folder it works. but impossible to exit from VPX once the table has been launched

 

no solution ?

[lucky1]

3 hours ago, Benoit33 said:

if I put the latest dll in the pinballx folder it works.

What is your latest DLL ? Freezy only or my DLL + DMDExt ?

If my DLL try setting the dmddevice.ini pin2dmd from "enabled" to "native"

[Benoit33]

i change the enabled by native. the image on the pin2DMD HD is cut into 4 small distorted image but we recognize the logo and the frontend crash always.

[lucky1]

14 hours ago, Benoit33 said:

i change the enabled by native. the image on the pin2DMD HD is cut into 4 small distorted image but we recognize the logo and the frontend crash always.

 

Sorry . My fault.

You need to change from

 

enabled = true;

to

enabled = native;

 

in the pin2dmd section of the dmddevice.ini.

[Benoit33]

hi lucky

 

i  change the line to "native" and the PC tell me "communication error check cabling". the pin2DMD HD can load the media, i can with the freezy dll. but the VPX bug and pinballX crash when i want exit the table

[lucky1]

6 hours ago, Benoit33 said:

i  change the line to "native" and the PC tell me "communication error check cabling".

 

Which USB driver do you use ? Please try WinUSB.

[Benoit33]

same issue with winusb driver.

[lucky1]

Is the device activated ?

[Benoit33]

yes activated.

with a pin2dmd "Classic" no problem the pincab work correctly.

[lucky1]

Could you post the dmddevice.log file ?