Aaron Davis of FAST Pinball - Who, What, Why & How to succeed in Homebrew Pinball - Ep 2.0 4K
Summary
FAST Pinball's Aaron Davis discusses homebrew community building, family, and FAST's control-system approach.
Grownup Adjacent interviews Aaron Davis of FAST Pinball, who builds the electronics and control systems ('the stuff under the playfield') used in homebrew and commercial pinball. The conversation covers his family life, the collaborative culture of the homebrew community, organizing regional meetups, FAST's documentation approach, and the Pin DevCon exhibit at shows. The content is conversational and includes some incomplete or garbled transcription in places.
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Who, What, Why and most importantly How to dive into Homebrew and the essential part FAST pinball plays. Aaron Davis builds the boards under the playfield and I still drain up the middle like the electronics personally offended me. Grownup Adjacent Podcast Ep. 02 is FAST Pinball, homebrew, and the slow realization that my garage is not a factory. This is the guy who makes the control system so other people can build a pinball machine without inventing electricity. I am the guy who has looked at a wiring diagram, nodded, and then done the opposite. We get into what actually changed so a normal person can get a ball to the flippers, the step that still kills a build, and the part where I pretend I understood all of it. Chat is open. High score attempts are fictional. See you in the live chat, you beautiful drain machines. Homebrew pinball runs on a few electronics makers, parts houses, and kit shops. Controllers • FAST Pinball — fastpinball.com — Neuron, I/O, LED/servo, and Retro boards. Standard for serious homebrew and some indie makers. • Multimorphic — multimorphic.com — P-ROC and P3-ROC boards that started modern homebrew. Also builds the modular P3 machine. • CobraPin — wiki / GitHub — Cheap all-in-one board: coils, switches, Neopixels. Sold via Cobra Amusements on Pinside. • Open Pinball Project — openpinballproject.wordpress.com — Open-source boards and firmware. Cheapest if you solder. CobraPin is the assembled version. Software • Mission Pinball Framework — missionpinball.org — Free Python framework. Runs most homebrew games. Works with FAST, OPP, CobraPin, and P-ROC. • Pawlowski Pinball — pawlowskipinball.com/pinball-designer — Layout and rules tool, plus playfield cuts, prints, cabinets, and backboxes. Still in beta. Parts and kits • Marco Specialties — homebrew catalog — Coils, flippers, troughs, wire, hardware. Runs Homebrew Village at Pinball Expo. • Pinball Life — pinballlife.com — Assembled mechs for custom games, plus Multimorphic boards.
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