Nucore USB Device
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:30 pm
What is it exactly that the USB device that comes in the Nucore kit do? Does anything plug into it or does it just act as a USB security key so people don't steal your software?
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The answer is somewhere in the forums but I'd rather type it again than lookPinball Wizard wrote:What is it exactly that the USB device that comes in the Nucore kit do? Does anything plug into it or does it just act as a USB security key so people don't steal your software?
Did your tests were succesfull in installing a Shaker and hardware knocker?Chuck wrote: ↑Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:55 pmThe answer is somewhere in the forums but I'd rather type it again than lookPinball Wizard wrote:What is it exactly that the USB device that comes in the Nucore kit do? Does anything plug into it or does it just act as a USB security key so people don't steal your software?
It really serves 3 purposes:
1) Hardware NVRAM storage. The game constantly is updating the nvram and long story short we needed to create hardware for it. This is really it's main function.
2) Expansion port. Hopefully in the near future you'll be able to plug additional hardware into the usb board's port. A hardware knocker. Shaker motor. New Bill Ung mod etc.
3) Since we needed the board for point number 1 it also acts as a security device. This was part of our contractual obligation.