buo836x question

[rottenlungs]

Hi all

I received my new card from Leo last week and one of my first projects is to rewire my ch pedals using three of the analogue axes. I have already built a quick & dirty mcp panel (5 rotaries and 5 pushbuttons) which works like a charm.

Question: are the +5 and GND common to all the analogue inputs? I wired it up assuming this to be the case and it only seems to show one axis.

I combined the +5 and GND connections to each of the three pots so I only needed to run 5 wires from the ch pedals to the BU0836x board, +5, GND and the three signal wires.

What I`m not sure of is whether the axes aren`t working because 1) I should wire each pot completely independently to the BU0836x, 2) the pot ranges on the CH brake pedals are not suited to the BU0836x or 3) I have simply wired it wrong and confused some connections.

Any advice gratefully received..

Thanks.

James

[ian@737ng.co.uk]

hi james......
i think your problem is that you have 'grouped' the 5vdc and GND wires to each of the axes.
the BU0836X has independant supplies to each axis. hence you are only seeing one axis, the one from which you have lifted the 5vdc and GND probably.
the pots i dont think will be an issue because if the BU0836X is seeing one, it will see them all.
sorry mate, but you will have to wire up each axis with it's own independant 5vdc, GND and input. but you will get great results, especially if you assign and calibrate thru FSUIPC.
good luck and best regards from wales... ian

[iwik]

Hi James,
Not sure if its the same for x version.Make sure that you connect the pots before you power up pcb.Think the inputs are not enabled unless the pots are connected.
Les

[rottenlungs]

Thanks to both of you guys.

iwik - that makes sense about the inputs only enabling on first load -I was trying each signal pin in turn and steadily losing axes.

Sweet. I`ll rewire it with separate connections for each pot and try again - the weather is getting decidedly autumnal here in NZ so an ideal day for soldering..

Cheers

James

[rottenlungs]

Just a quick note to say thanks. I rewired the pots using separate power connections and away it went. I`ve just got back from a nice practise session over kSFZ, some slow rolls (which I am crap at ) and a couple of trial falling-leaf`s to test the rewired CH pedals out.

Tomorrow I will map the rotaries / pushbuttons to the MCP functions in the FT 737 and see how that feels. First I need to reconfigure the axes.

Cheers

James