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Spinners

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Spinners are rotating metal plates which close a switch once per rotation.

Hardware

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Part numbers:

  • Stern: #511-5113-00 or #100-0014-00

Config

In MPF spinners are configured as follows:

switches:
  s_my_spinner:
    number: 42    # number depends on your platform

spinners:
  basic_spinner:
    switch: s_my_spinner
    active_ms: 500

It is very common to count the rotations of your spinner per player. You can either use a player variable or a counter for that. This is an example:

switches:
  s_my_spinner:
    number: 42    # number depends on your platform

spinners:
  basic_spinner:
    switch: s_my_spinner
    active_ms: 500
##! mode: my_mode
# in your base mode add 1 for every rotation to a player variable which you can use in slides
variable_player:
  s_my_spinner_active:
    spinner_rotations: 1
# in a game mode the player needs to spin the spinner 10 times
counters:
  spinner_rotations:
    count_events: spinner_basic_spinner_hit
    count_complete_value: 10
    events_when_complete: mode_finished
##! test
#! start_game
#! start_mode my_mode
#! hit_and_release_switch s_my_spinner
#! mock_event mode_finished
#! assert_player_variable 1 spinner_rotations
#! hit_and_release_switch s_my_spinner
#! hit_and_release_switch s_my_spinner
#! hit_and_release_switch s_my_spinner
#! hit_and_release_switch s_my_spinner
#! hit_and_release_switch s_my_spinner
#! hit_and_release_switch s_my_spinner
#! hit_and_release_switch s_my_spinner
#! hit_and_release_switch s_my_spinner
#! assert_event_not_called mode_finished
#! hit_and_release_switch s_my_spinner
#! assert_event_called mode_finished
#! assert_player_variable 10 spinner_rotations

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