World's Smallest Arcade Machine (Guinness Record)

[Demon]

.... Have you considered the 0.96" 128x64 monochrome OLEDs out there? It is about the smallest you can get today. ...

Regards

Read my post just above. I found 64x64 and waiting for a reply from supplier if they are interested in helping us.

Robert

[Art]

Yep, sent you some pm replies Robert, cool

[rmteo]

96xRGBx64 Full color graphic OLED module

24.8mmW x 30.42mmH x 1.42mmD
Extremely wide viewing angles
Very high contrast ratio
Built-in Solomon SSD1332 Controller
8-bit parallel interface or SPI Interface

[Demon]

That one would be nice for arcade in portait mode. Did you ask Crystalfontz if they would be interested in sponsoring us a few samples? Media exposure is always a nice thing; electronic magazines publish details of projects.

[Demon]

Crystalfontz also has 42x65, only downside is ST7565P controller with SPI interface. Too bad 'cause these are less than half the size.

http://www.crystalfontz.com/product/CFAO4265A-TTL




http://www.crystalfontz.com/product/CFAO4265ATTL

[Ioannis]

Art,
I have the cabinet designed in cad with the measurements already scaled to the size of my project.
I can send you the files for you to take a look and check.

Regarding the cabinet, why not ask for a sponsor from a 3D printer manufacturer? Instead of a wooden one, this plastic will be much thinner and smaller at the end. Is ther any rule that cabinet must be wooden, Art?

Breakout, I like the idea of a pot for the control, there was a breakout arcade machine with a knob,
but I need trigonometry that I have not yet solved in PBP (ball bouncing off walls at inverted angles).

Regarding trigonometry, I think it can be made easier, with just two cordinates that move the ball. The perimeter is known, the ball has two cordinates it moves (x,y) and then if it hits the wall, the appropriate coordinate is reversed (-x,y or x,-y or -x,-y).

Ioannis

[Demon]

Regarding the cabinet, why not ask for a sponsor from a 3D printer manufacturer? Instead of a wooden one, this plastic will be much thinner and smaller at the end. Is ther any rule that cabinet must be wooden, Art?
...

There is.

...The game has to be based on a real arcade machine,
and the arcade machine made from the same material as the arcade machine (I'm glad that's mostly ply then)...

Somehow they permit LCDs to substitute CRTs.

Robert

[Ioannis]

Ooops, I missed that. Thanks Robert.

Ioannis

[rsocor01]

Regarding trigonometry, I think it can be made easier, with just two cordinates that move the ball. The perimeter is known, the ball has two cordinates it moves (x,y) and then if it hits the wall, the appropriate coordinate is reversed (-x,y or x,-y or -x,-y).

Ioannis

Yes, that's right. I was going to suggest that to Art, but you beat me to it first. Anyways, very interesting thread and a nice project.

[rsocor01]

Also, nobody has mentioned how to power the cabinet. In a picture posted by Art of somebody's else work a cabinet is powered by a 9v battery. Instead, I think some coin cell batteries would do the job. They are smaller in size, and it doesn't have to last for hours. It's just for the show and the display for the record.