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oilersfan99 · Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 4:30 pm Post subject: Scoreboard Schematics

I've zipped up some schematics and jpgs for the design of a scoreboard. It's an earlier scoreboard design of mine that uses electronic logic rather than programming logic.

The schematics are for a 3 digit, 5 minutes clock. There is also a period display and a score counter for team A and team B. There is the potential for seriously customizing this board if you are prepared to put the time in.

The schematic is made using a program called ExpressPCB. Link is http://www.expresspcb.com/ . I use the schematic program quite a bit and their pcb design program too.

I have not included a parts list, but pretty much everything is labelled on the various schematics that are included. I've included a readme text file in the zip archive.

I've put the zip of the file on my personal website, but ultimately hope to have it available in the download section of this site.

I'm fine with providing support. I can be contacted through the forum.

http://www.joelbrown.ca/sb_download/scoreboard.zip

Separately, I'm really close to releasing some pics of the electronic guts of my latest design.
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Paul · Site Admin Joined: 17 Jan 2007 Posts: 698

Joel,

Thanks for sharing the info. I can add this to the download section.

-Paul

oilersfan99 · Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:59 pm Post subject:

That would be great Paul. I can email the archive to you if you would like.
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Beener · Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 11:57 am Post subject:

Not sure if this got loaded onto the site, but I would be super interested in the diagrams. I would like to do a Gondola style scoreboard and have not much idea where to start.
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Kacher · Minor Leaguer Joined: 01 Jul 2010 Posts: 14

I'm going to take a shot of modifying a Carrom Air Hockey Scoreboard for my Benej.

Here's the unit:
http://www.inhomegames.com/product_info.php?cPath=68_92&products_id=289

From my first pass, I don't think that there's a reliable way to make the switches from this Carrom unit work for a tiny Benej puck. Also, there's a lot of clearance required for the goalie's control stick above the puck catcher. As a result, I'm going to use manual buttons mounted on the side of the Benej near the existing goal counter pegs. Here's the switch I'm planning to use:

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=060-662

I can't find any information online about the length of the periods. Hopefully it's 3 minutes. It would be nice if the time was programmable.

One of the models says the following about this scoring unit: AC adapter/battery operated electronic scoring unit celebrates goals with light and sound.

We'll see how well it works...

Kacher · Minor Leaguer Joined: 01 Jul 2010 Posts: 14

Here's a more close up shot of the Carrom scoreboard unit:

http://www.airhockeydirect.com/scoreunit.jpg

Kacher · Minor Leaguer Joined: 01 Jul 2010 Posts: 14

I got the scoreboard in the mail today. This should work pretty well. I'll post some pictures when I finish the mod. The only downside is that the periods are two minutes instead of the preferred three minutes.