This page identifies P-ROC related software projects.  No software is offered by pinballcontrollers.com or the makers of the P-ROC board.  The software projects are listed here for informational purposes only.

Projects in Development

• libpinproc: P-ROC interface library
  • C language API
  • Tested in Linux / Mac OS X / Windows
  • Open source: http://github.com/preble/libpinproc
  • Includes sample higher level app (pinproctest) showing how to use the library to interface to a pinball machine
  • Includes a firmware update app (pinprocfw) that can be used to update the P-ROC's FPGA image
  • Installation Packages
    • Win32 : libpinproc_1.1_install.exe
      • Includes only USB driver (FTDI), Firmware Updater (pinprocfw.exe), and python extension

• pypinproc: Python module wrapping libpinproc
  • Used to access a P-ROC via libpinproc within Python
  • Open source: http://github.com/preble/pypinproc

• pyprocgame: A Python-based pinball software development framework for use with the P-ROC
  • Provides access to a P-ROC via pypinproc/libpinproc
  • Open source: http://github.com/preble/pyprocgame
  • Contains classes/functions to control most standard pinball machines features
    • Basic coil/lamp/switch control
    • Mode-oriented game framework for switch event handling
    • Lamp shows that work by running a "script" text file that looks something like a musical staff
    • DMD management and support for animations, bitmap fonts, layers, etc.
    • Ball/Player/Score tracking
    • Service mode with standard switch, lamp, coil tests
    • Trough management, ball save, and ball search
    • Drop target modes
    • High score entry
  • Includes a sample game (starter.py) that implements a basic pinball game without rules.
  • Interfaces to Visual Pinball for playing on virtual machines (dev in progress)

• proc-shared: Shared resources for use with P-ROC software (libpinproc / pyprocgame)
  • Open source: http://github.com/preble/proc-shared
  • Machine configuration files
  • Generic sound
  • Generic DMD sequences

• JD-pyprocgame: Custom software for the Judge Dredd pinball machine, written against pyprocgame
  • Open source: http://github.com/preble/JD-pyprocgame
  • Fully custom rules, light shows, sounds, DMD animations
    • Rules described here

• PinMAME support: Modifications to pinMAME that allow pinMAME to interface to a P-ROC
  • Allows a user to play the game's original software on the real machine by running pinMAME on the USB connected computer.
  • Source code here

* Note, the github repositories for the above projects have two branches: Master and Dev.  The Master branches are updated for major milestones whereas the Dev branches contain daily updates.  To see a project's Dev branch, click on the link for the repository, click on the 'Switch Branches' button, and select Dev.

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