As some of you know I've done a bunch of work to figure out the protocol for the Sega Versus Billboard system: VS Billboard Output from Sega ST-V/Model 2/Model 3/NAOMI
which has resulted in me developing a piece of hardware to allow custom control over the billboard which I called the Billboard Commander: Sega Versus Billboard Commander
For those unfamiliar the billboard commander runs on a Raspberry Pi, and connects to the billboard module in a Sega Versus City, New Versus City, or the optional billboard for Blast City and the Megalo 410 you can connect to it via wi-fi on a Smartphone or PC and issue commands as well as develop your own "attract mode" sequences (animations, text scrolls etc).
I still have more features I'd like to add but once I'm done I'm curious if anyone out there is interested in buying a kit, it would be a Pi with a pre-configured SD card and a harness to hook it up to your cabinet and maybe a small enclosure as well. This would allow anyone who owns a billboard equipped cabinet to simply plug it in then load up the interface on their cell to start using it.
No matter what all of the source info will be open sourced I'm just wondering if there is enough interest in a kit for me to put some together and offer them for sale.
which has resulted in me developing a piece of hardware to allow custom control over the billboard which I called the Billboard Commander: Sega Versus Billboard Commander
For those unfamiliar the billboard commander runs on a Raspberry Pi, and connects to the billboard module in a Sega Versus City, New Versus City, or the optional billboard for Blast City and the Megalo 410 you can connect to it via wi-fi on a Smartphone or PC and issue commands as well as develop your own "attract mode" sequences (animations, text scrolls etc).
I still have more features I'd like to add but once I'm done I'm curious if anyone out there is interested in buying a kit, it would be a Pi with a pre-configured SD card and a harness to hook it up to your cabinet and maybe a small enclosure as well. This would allow anyone who owns a billboard equipped cabinet to simply plug it in then load up the interface on their cell to start using it.
No matter what all of the source info will be open sourced I'm just wondering if there is enough interest in a kit for me to put some together and offer them for sale.