Raspberry Pi 5 edge mod
Boot authentication, visual username detection, score capture, local caching, and fail-safe playfield display output all run at the machine.
V1 platform
Built for the operator, the maintainer, and the machine.
pinball.cv keeps the cabinet untouched. The edge device watches native video, recognizes Stern Pinball Insider Connected usernames, and only records games linked to a recognized player profile.
Operator dashboard
Login, fleet selection, score updates, local leaderboard reloads, custom messages, plan changes, username bans, and device unregister flows in one tabbed workspace.
Admin authority
Maintainers can focus on one operator, manage their devices, change plans, update scores and messages, and see banned username status before banning or unbanning.
Playfield monitor
Welcome to Smith Pinball Arcade
Edge loop
Track only the games that can be trusted.
Authenticate on boot
Registered devices connect to the cloud. Unassigned devices display a QR code generated from the Wi-Fi adapter MAC address.
Detect Stern username
OCR watches the native cabinet video and arms tracking only after a recognized Insider Connected username appears.
Submit composite score
Final score payloads are authenticated by the registered device identity and the OCR-extracted player username.
Degrade gracefully offline
When cloud connectivity drops, local messages and device leaderboards continue without exposing OS or API error screens.
Dashboards
Device operations, plans, and moderation in one surface.
Operators get device-scoped actions for the selected Fleet machine. Admins can focus the left rail on one user, manage that user's devices, and run the same score, local, message, plan, ban, and unregister workflows.
Godzilla ProOnline - Pro tier
Jaws PremiumOffline - free fallback
Foo Fighters LEReady to claim
Score
Local
Message
Plan
Ban
Unregister
FreeLocal scores and message
ProGlobal and premium V1 tools
ArcadeTBD venue features
1LUNA_SPIN842,901,220
2JET_BUMP731,004,880
3ORBIT_7685,553,140
LUNA_SPINAllowed
TILT_RAGEBanned
Subscription model
Free fallback, Pro network tools, Arcade later.
The current dashboards show Free, Pro, and Arcade in a shared feature matrix. Free and Pro can be selected today; Arcade is visible but disabled until venue and fleet features are defined. Stripe Link remains the planned billing path.
Free tier
Included with registered hardware and resilient during network interruptions.
- Basic telemetry
- Custom playfield welcome message
- Local device leaderboard
- Offline cached state
Pro tier
Everything else currently in V1 for active locations and connected play.
- Global pinball.cv leaderboards
- Advanced machine analytics
- Premium dynamic playfield video
- Plan changes available from operator and admin dashboards
Arcade tier
Shown in the plan matrix as a future tier while venue and fleet features are designed.
- Venue-level controls TBD
- Fleet-level workflows TBD
- Disabled for selection today
- Reserved for later subscription packaging
Delivery plan
A nine-week path from hardware proof to admin control.
The milestones keep the riskiest pieces early: video capture, OCR reliability, conditional tracking, QR onboarding, and load testing for 500 simulated devices.
Hardware PoC and onboarding
- Pi 5 video passthrough and boot authentication
- Stern username OCR training
- Mobile QR claiming flow
Cloud core and dashboards
- Device claiming backend
- Free, Pro, and Arcade plan matrix
- Local and global leaderboard APIs
Admin and resilience
- Offline fallback routines
- Focused admin user/device workflows
- Ban status and username moderation APIs
- 500-device API load testing
Ready for a pilot location?
Bring one machine, one Raspberry Pi 5, and one secondary playfield monitor. The V1 scope is built around proving reliable OCR, QR onboarding, and conditional score capture before scaling the fleet.