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# Claw Machine Reverse Engineer
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## Cables
- Light 1
	- small barrel jack, labeled {light icon} 1
- Light 2
	- small barrel jack, labeled {light icon} 2
- A
	- Audio connector jack (stereo small jack)
	- connects into 1 cable with B
- B
	- even smaller barrel jack
	- connects into 1 cable with A
- Combined A/B
	- This cable goes into the joystick box/controller area.
- IR Sensors
	- Cable going from joystick control box to a series of IR sensors to sense if something has interrupted them in the prize drop area.
- Power adapter jack
- Multi-wire cable
	- goes from back controller to the claw mechanism
	- 17 wires total, 2 are doubled up, one connector is empty

## Claw Mechanism
- Not stepper motors, just regular (I assume brushed) dc motors
- limit switches
- X motor
- Y motor
- "Z" Motor
	- Controls a spool of string to lower claw
- Claw Actuator
	- I think this is a solenoid, though I am not sure.

## Main Control Board
- 24V 3A in
- Unused 5-pin connector on the inside
	- 5V
	- DAT
	- CLK
	- RST
	- GND
	- not sure if this is usable, after a little research it might be for flashing the EEPROM, which is probably locked now.
- Nothing else stands out.

## Joystick Control Box
- Joystick
	- Surprisingly similar to the old ones, just smaller, and with cheaper looking/feeling components. Still uses the same type of mechanism with switches
	- Same with the single button
	- 2 different switches for volume/power
	- surprisingly complex circuit board, with 2 dip switches. Not sure of their purpose
	- There is a difficulty dial thing on the side of the box, not sure how it changes the game, but it is wired up.



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