ACE in ULE's

[yagrmiestr]

askman,

The micro on the emag board is an Ateml AT90S2313. It's an AVR based micro and there are plenty of programmers and compilers out there for it. No secrets there. The good thing is that it has 2k of flash and can support in circuit programming. Only bad thing is 2k of memory means plenty of trade-offs with what you can fit.

I agree with you on how the ACE board works. Whether it gives the main board a "1" or "0" for a present ball is all the software cares about. The only wires going from the ACE board to the main board are probably 18v, 5v, and the ACE signal (ground is through the frame).

If I can get a hold of an ACE board I will give it a try. I already have a ULE frame, so if the height from them frame to the bottom of the body is the same as the xmag then it should work. I imagine having to mill an area of the rail for the switch as well.

Anyone have a picture of the bottom of an xmag body?? I want to see if it has more than just a hole milled for the ACE eye and a notch for the on/off switch.

[Jack & Coke]

Originally posted by yagrmiestr
Anyone have a picture of the bottom of an xmag body?? I want to see if it has more than just a hole milled for the ACE eye and a notch for the on/off switch.

From: http://www.automags.org/resource/tec...pe/ace_1.shtml






These are pics from the prototype. I'm not sure if anything has changed since the XMAG came out...

[yagrmiestr]

Thanks Jack,

So the hardest part is mounting the larger board in the ULE rail. It might be necessary to mill a normal emag rail to take the board since it has more "meat".

I didn't realize it was 2 boards.

Edit: The board must extend further forward now to include the on/off switch. I don't see this in the prototype.

[askman]

looking at the board, looks like power, gnd and signal. voltage regulator for 5v. I am not sure what they are using for detector. some form of opto switch looking up. hmm. probably not hard to prototype. second board is to provide the connector from power.


also, sensitivity is on the ace board. Hmm, I milled out my own rail, and it might be possible to put similiar board.


oh yes, this board will be easy enough to lay out. www.expresspcb.com offers 2sided board protoboard with layout tool. their prices are affordable. (use it for proto job at work)

[yagrmiestr]

yeah, making a new ACE board would be easy enough, but if AGD will sell me one of theirs then that's even easier. We have a board cutter at work that I can do single or 2 layer board with, but I don't have the time for that right now.

I emailed the office to see if the boards were available so I should hear something on monday.