Let the adventure begin

We were thinking about building a virtual pinball for a long time now and as the prices for LCD TVs have drastically dropped we have finally decided to start the adventure.

There's a lot of research to be done as most of the needed information are scattered around the internet. So we thought a complete build log would help people who also want to build their own virtual pinball.

So far we've decided to build a 42/32/19 inch cabinet.
For the 42" inch playfield we're thinking about buying the LG 42LB550V TV, but further research needs to be done.

For the real thing, many components are neccessary to provide force feedback, lit buttons and so on. We're thinking about using following components to control the solenoids and leds:

Sainsmart 8 Channel USB Relay 12V
LEDWiz
IPAC



Software

We've tested visual pinball 9 and it seems it works great. There will be a more detailed post about the whole setup when the time comes.

First Screenshot