Any interest in a new Morlock Board?

[Meleager7]

the Auto Response feature looks really cool

[XEMON]

Been talking with curt for a little while about it and he's a great guy.
all the boards are hand made and hand programed by himself.

[Roger7pball]

Very cool! May be a good substitute for the virtues in my LEDs. Just wish the battery was same dimensions as a 9v, but may be able to work around that.

[curt]

Sorry I have been lurking this thread but didn't want to post until I had something to contribute.. Doc pretty much completely covered it all before I got to anything

Yeah the project is complete and the boards are designed, but much to my enormous surprise the initial production run sold out before I had even finished building it!

I have been updating the online documentation with images and videos : http://northarc.com/morlock if you are interested in one or have any questions.

One thing I don't know if it was mentioned, there is an on-board voltage booster so the Morlock should run any solenoid from the on-board LiPo, although I don't have an 18v e-mag monster to test with to be sure. The booster is software-programmable in 0.2v steps from 4v -> 20v

As of this post there is a week backorder, but I put a rush on the next boards from the Fab house.

I'll be in for a few if can run eblade guts and uses a regular 9v battery

Sure, you can use a regular 9v, there is an external-battery wiring on the main connector for exactly that, but the LiPo with on-board recharging is soooo much nicer, and should do the same job.

-Curt

[ford]

Thanks for putting in the effort to do this project. Time catches up with all our gats so I picked one up just to try and future proof some of my goodies.

[Pumpytrilly1]

Would this work with spyders and does it have a 5.5 bps cap?

[curt]

Would this work with spyders and does it have a 5.5 bps cap?

The power MOSFETs on board have more than enough oomph to switch any solenoid, so yes, as long as the Spyder you are referring to has a solenoid

The Balls Per Second cap defaults to 10, but you can set it to anything you want. 5.5 is not a problem, if you specify that as "special instructions" when ordering I can pre-program it that way for you.

[Jordan]

Bought one this morning... now I just need to figure out what to put it in.

[Cdn_Cuda]

That’s the MCB spirit! Buy the part, look for the gun to put it in. My current build is opposite, buy the gun, wait to see if part becomes available. You way is better!

[lizardking132]

I love how modular these are, but I've literally done nothing with electronics like this. I'd like to say I'd be able to set one up but I honestly have no clue

[BrickHaus]

Okay, I snagged one. Full package at that. I have a gen 2 timmy I am hoping this would work in. Reallly hoping to get the oled in the frame window where the lcd was. I have no idea what else is wrong with that trainwreck, but now I have a reason to find out.

[RedLeaderSB]

Would the 2nd solenoid functionality be able to operate as an intellifeed output?
Could it be as simple as a long “dwell” on the second noid?
I’ll probably use a rotor anyway, but dedicating a revy to the IR3 on intellifeed would be sweet.

[Roger7pball]

That's a good idea. Hopefully Curt can comment on the current limits of the output. The motor in the hopper is going to pull a lot more amperage than a coil in a solenoid.

[curt]

Would the 2nd solenoid functionality be able to operate as an intellifeed output?
Could it be as simple as a long “dwell” on the second noid?
I’ll probably use a rotor anyway, but dedicating a revy to the IR3 on intellifeed would be sweet.

Current limits? Not a super meaningful one, it can switch more current than the wires can handle but I'm using a DMG4800LSD dual-channel MOSFET which by the specs will handle.. around 9 amps, so let 'er run all night.

Using the off-channel as intellifeed is something the Morlock boards did from the very beginning, this one is no exception, it's already built into the docs on the site.

You can adjust the timing of when you want it to kick in. Originally I also had it hold off for X time after a trigger and have all these adaptive algorithms but none of them seemed to really be better than just turning it on immediately.

Just look at the lower-left of the configuration utility, "accessory run time" is where you configure how long to run after the string ends, from 0 to whatever.

[Roger7pball]

Morlock Matrix, I like it! Install wasn’t bad and I like the programming procedure.

[Alexndl]

And now I want one of those board...

[Roger7pball]

[JCC]

Mine just came in and now trying to get it installed in my old Droid. Doing it cleanly is going to be a challenge, but getting this gun up and running with current modes has been a goal for awhile.