Capstone Project in Electrical Engineeering at Kettering University

As an electrical engineering  senior design capstone project at Kettering University located in Flint Michigan, we were required to build a pinball machine. The machine was to utilize a PLC to control scoring inputs, light outputs, reset button, and control the electromagnets and doorbell. The PLC my group selected was the DirectLogic DL-06, and we planned to use the freely downloadable DirectSoft100 programming software to program it. We were able to program basic features, but when we tried to program more advanced features we found that we were exceeding the 100 word limit.  We contacted Automation Direct and they were kind enough to donate a full version of DirectSoft5 to Kettering. With the unrestricted programming package we were able implement all the features we desired - such as the doorbell and flashing lights when the game is won.

Check out our YouTube video to see more about our pinball machine.

Here’s the link to YouTube: Kettering University Titanic Pinball Machine

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