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There are 16 segments displays in the market but not this size. If I had design my own face plate I could have made the windows taller to fit market's displays but as I have a real face plate I had no choice. Fun fact: On the original instruments the segments are in fact filaments and there are way narrower.

Hi there! Today is a big day! After many iterations I finally managed to manufacture a mask for the LED of my PCA. A friend of my designed the PCB and it was make by JLCPCB. The face plate is a real one. The mask is done on my CNC with a 0,4mm bit, the digits are 7mm tall and 6mm wide. They are covered with tracing paper for a better light diffusion. Sadely, some LED are broken...

Thanks!

Thank you very much Rob

Thanks guys!

Then I designed 2 little PCB. The first is a generic board to mimic the thrustmaster board. It is very similar to the Debolesti's one but a bit smaller to fit in the grip. The second is a board which allows to manage the weird behavior of the multidirection switches ALPS RKJXM1 that I use. Indeed these switches activate the central clic each time a direction is activated... very boring behavior. The last step was to design the connector to attach the grip to the base. And here is my new grip sitting amonst his friends:

Hi there! Almost 1 year since the last update but I did not make much progress on the dashboard... Sadely I have very litlle time to spend on my cockpit but I manage to start and finish an old project that I had in mind: Mirage 2000C grip for Thrustmaster/Virpil base. The base 3D model was made by Tibow from Checksix forum. He very kindly give me his model so that I can integrate all the triggers, paddles, buttons and electronics to make it a usable grip. Here is some pictures of the grip itself (it is printed on my resin printer then painted and varnished):

Hi skyblockpro1. Sorry for the late answer, I lost the following of this thread but i just reactivated it. The work is very slow on the PCA. There is still lot of trial and modifiactions to do. The PCB was designed by a friend of mine I don't know yet if he would like to share it. I can share the rest of the 3D model If you want but I am quite limited in the export format because I use a free version of Fusion 360. You also have to know that it is very difficult to print the mask, even on a resin printer. I never succceded for now... I think the only way is to mill it. I decided to go with a custom PCB only because I have a real face plate and "on the shelf" 16 segements display don't fit in it, but if I diddn't I would surely design my PCA to fit "on the shelf" 16 segments displays.

Hello Brainfreeze, Yes, sorry, I deleted it because nobody used them. I did not save them so I am afraid you have to make your own. But thanks to Onshape it is really easy to do. Try it and let me know if you have questions.

Hi there! I am working on Engine instruments. Here is some 3D render: And here is a video of the rpm display in action:

Here si the G-metrer in action:

Hi everybody! Here is my new G-meter.

Dear friends, I have not posted any updates since a while!!! Today I deleted my Google album showing the construction of my cockpit I feel so stupid! I know some of you were following this album so here is the new link to access it: https://photos.app.goo.gl/iisC9DzBihXibL5x8 I take the opportunity to show 2 pictures. Have a nice weekend!

Hi Treker. Thanks for your kind words! Unfortunately I have no wiring diagram to give to you but you really don't need one. Just download Dcs Bios and install it. Then you launch it and you go to the Documentation section. All is explain, it is really simple if you just want to interface DCS with some Buttons and LED. It is just a matter of copying and pasting some line on your arduino sketch and change the number of the inputs and outputs. For the LED you have to add a resistor in serial with the LED. If your are not familiar with the Ohm's law you can calculate the resistor value on this site: https://www.digikey.fr/en/resources/conversion-calculators/conversion-calculator-led-series-resistor You can also open a thread to show your project and ask for help if needed. Good luck for you project and show us some pictures!

Thanks for the tips!