First dartR build. Never built one of these before. Let’s see where it goes.
This is the first dartR machine, so I'm keeping a log of it as I build it.
I'll post when there's something worth showing. Cabinet work, wiring, firmware, depends what's on the bench that week.
The photos are just from the garage. I don't set anything up, so it usually looks messy.
For the last three months I've mostly been staring at code and drawings. Not much of it is worth a photo.
The firmware's finished now, and I've got one wiring plan instead of twenty bits of paper lying around the bench. Everything's backed up before I start testing.
The next job is to get everything working on the bench. I want to test the relay, proximity sensor, target matrix, buttons, piezo, coin acceptor and lighting one by one before any of it goes into a cabinet. The cabinet is still at the sketch stage.
First proper 3D sketch of the cabinet. You can see roughly where it's going, though a lot of it will still change.
Spent most of today going through the wiring plan again. Checked every sensor, relay and pin against it. Found a couple of things I wasn't happy with and fixed them now instead of later.
The next job is working out how the wiring will actually run through the cabinet. Once that's sketched out properly, I can stop looking at the 3D model and start building it in the garage.
The garage belongs to dartR now. Honda is out.
I didn't spend much time in the garage this time. Most of it was on the computer.
I went through the firmware, the calibration software and the documentation and fixed the small things I found. Easier to sort them out now than with the whole thing screwed together.
The workbench is in the garage now.
Hurt my hand a bit, so I'm out of the garage for a while.
I can still type.
Prepared the logo for shirt printing and made a few mockups.
Almost finished.
Then came another redesign.
Two additional boards.
The new boards are now in one place.
The current 3D design, translated into a more realistic view.
Same direction.
Now easier to see.
Started with the dartboard section.
Started assembling the base section.
