Avionics i'm lost how do i make it?

[Sammy-E]

Hi all,

I have been reading and searching for some time now.
What i want is: make an avionics panel like the saitek one, but do it myself. I am the lucky owner of an cp mcp which works great. On 737,s but not on the carenado stuff i love to fly.
So project x started. Make an autpilot and nav panel.

Why not the saitek route? Because i want control over the output.
I cant do anything with the mcp as its software driver is the boss and i have no control over what it has to do. Sometimes i can control the ap of a ga aircraft, mostly i can't
I fear the saitek panels are the same. I want to use fsuipc to give me as much control as i can.

But now i cant seem to understand the way to go. I need 7 digits and switches, but which io card suits me best i cant figure it out.

Any ideas? Tips? I could also take the mcp apart and rewire it to an i/o. Board... But i would hate do that..

Greetings,
Eric

[bas_v]

Eric,

Have a look at the Teensy IO board at http://www.pjrc.com. I am using this card to build a boeing 737 NAV radio (see http://alt7700.net).

The creator of the Teensy board, Paul Stoffregen, has created a plugin to use with X-plane. The board will hold and run the code you upload to it. I have no experience in electronics, but managed to build that NAV radio.

Since you need 7 digits, you might want to look at the LED control library (which I used): http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_LedControl.html

There's a nice thread running at the X-plane forums: http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?showtopic=55952&st=290

I'd really go with this board. I also bought a Pokeys56U card, which is a nice card, but it is windows only whereas the Teensy is cross platform (Mac/Win/Linux)!

Just my $0.02, HTH

[Sammy-E]

Hi Bas,

Thanks for the reply. I took a look at the board. For xplane it seems like a good option, but i use fsx and that is not (yet) supported. My programming skills are not that good to do it myself.

Greetings,
Eric

[bas_v]

Eric,

Another option is to buy the Pokeys56U card with the Display Driver card from http://www.flightsimparts.eu. It works with PROSIM737 and FSUIPC or FSUIPC by itself.

In case you don't want to do any programming, you could go with the PROSIM737 option, which supports this card. Have a look at http://www.flightsimparts.eu/Simulator_PoKeys_7Segment.html.

I have one Pokeys56U card and one Display Driver board which I don't think I'm gonna use. If you're interested, PM me.

CHeers,

[Sammy-E]

Hi Bas See PM