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Very nice work DeadMeat :thumbup: Cheers Hans

I just measured 0.3A @12VDC or 0.65A @28VDC. Cheers Hans

That is correct Mr Burns. To the best of my knowledge then several people are running Tekkx's system as also described by Draken152 which looks like a very nice solution. Cheers Hans

MAX487 was recommended by Ian, father of DCS-BIOS. More in depth explanation can be found here https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3277947&postcount=11 And here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2967464&postcount=550 Cheers Hans

Try this :https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3247704&postcount=171 Cheers Hans

Looks awesome John. Really beautiful work all the way sir. Cheers Hans

I believe the three refers to how many master lines you can make from a Mega. I am pretty sure that Ian started somewhere that he wasn't sure the Mega Master could handle all three lines. I am only running one line from the Mega Master but on that line I have around 23 slaves connected. Not home at the moment so can't check exact number. Cheers Hans

Been a while since we saw you last time. Welcome back Sir. And good find. Looks very interesting Cheers Hans

You may wanna get in contact with TripRodriguez. I believe he is the master of 6DOF https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=180747 Cheers Solo

No I don’t think I have said it like that. First of all you need to install DCS-BIOS and add it to the export.lua, and start the communications program SOCAT which connects DCS-BIOS to a COM port on the PC please see; Then you need some Adruino boards, I presume these are the boards you are referring to? Then you need to program these boards for your specific needs. The software for doing the programming you can get here; https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software Currently when you make a board for e.g. landing gear panel on the F/A-18 Hornet then it doesn’t work for the A-10C. Reason for this is that the commands that the Arduino boards are sending back through SOCAT to DCS are aircraft specific. There is no mapping done in DCS when using DCS-BIOS. The commands are being programmed within the Arduino boards So this is what it looks like when DCS-BIOS SOCAT is running and I flip a switch; In this example I switch A-10C AAP STEER PT into MARK then back into MISSION, then I turn left generator ON then OFF, followed by right generator ON then OFF. So it's not exactly plug n' play. You need a little bit of handling yourself but most of the commands you can find already done within DCS-BIOS. In case of the F/A-18 Hornet the mayority of the work is done by AndrewW :thumbup: But what DCS-BIOS and the Arduino's allow you to do is to get input/output to(from DCS at a very reasonable price. I used to run may caution panel for years on a Phidgets LED board at around $80. Here I needed Helios to get it running and that worked fine. Now I use DCS-BIOS, and a Arduino setup with a MAX7219 chip at a total cost of less than $10. Cheers Solo

Looking very good Lynx

Very nice work Sir. Got more than a few from our Squadron drooling over this Cheers Solo

Agreed. Nice job and very good idea with the airspeed to release the solenoid. Just directed Fusedspine33 to this idea. Keep up the work sir. Cheers Solo

You will need a small piece of software found on the Leo Bodnar site to let it run rotary encremental encoders but for switches you do not need it. For the On-Off you need two wires. Reznik sold the collective to me but I haven't had time to pick it up so I am unable to post any pictures or videos. Cheers Solo

Small update Alright the circuit I posted in #231 wasn't to correct but I found one that worked; https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/96317/whats-wrong-with-this-circuit-to-convert-0-5v-to-10-10v This worked perfectly; Just need to implement it via RS485, but that is for later. Then I managed to install both AN/ARC-186's, the AN/ARC-164, the KY-58 and the LASTE panel in DZUS rails. It's only the light plate on the LASTE panel which is original, the finger guard is missing the screws but I'll fix that later. Still need some small items like the covers for the displays on the AN/ARC-164 but time is currently scarce due to work . Cheers Solo

This is an old one for the A-10 but may still be valid to explain what you should look for; https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2017801&postcount=52 Cheers Solo

Thank you very much @quick. Looks very handy indeed. Thanks a lot Sir Cheers Solo

Thanks a lot quick. I'll give it a try. Cheers Solo

Very nice Fusedspine33. Thanks for sharing the pinout. Cheers Hans

Alright got a little further. Haven't been able to do the complete schematics but enough to get a general idea of what the pcb does. The board needs -15-0+15VDC and a command signal. Test shows that the command signal needs to be app. +-10VDC for full deflection. The +-15VDC power supply used is from Sparkfun; https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14101 In the first test the command signal is send via a 10Kohms potentiometer; It can't be seen on the YT but I did get some stuttering when running low speeds. So far it appears to be a problem with the command potentiometer messing up the loops for the amplifiers. Test 2 is where the Arduino is sending the command via PWM in a slow fading sketch; And test 3 is also with the Arduino but with a fast fading sketch Next is to make a circuit that allows the arduinos 0-5VDC to become +-10VDC. The idea is to use this method found here; https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3042/converting-scaling-a-voltage-range-0v-5v-to-5v-5v Anyway that is for a little later. Cheers Hans

Excellent Sir. I went with DCS-BIOS over RS485 as per post 159. If you don't want to do too many panel just use USB interface for the code. The RS485 can be a little tricky although I have had relatively few problems with it. With regard to flying the potentiometer I accidently applies full current to the potentiometer. I should have used the Arduino to read the value instead. It happens :cry: Cheers Hans

Don't worry Fusedspine33. No harm in asking for assistance. People will answer if they can :-) If the pinout doesn't match with yours and you need some guidance on how to figure out the pinout just let me know. Cheers Hans

Fusedspine33 it may be the similar pinout as this; https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2958104&postcount=109 If the pinout is not the same then IMHO there is no other alternative than using a multimeter with sound for continuity. That's what I did. Take one pin, connect it to the multimeter, then press a button and run the other pin of the multimeter until you hear a sound. If nothing try next pin. It's tedious but my experience was that you couldn't see too much from the PCB and it takes a little delicacy to take it apart. If the pinout holds same or similar matrix it can be interfaced with DCS-BIOS; https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3236594&postcount=159 Cheers Solo

+1 that F-18 UFC looks amazing :thumbup: Did you scrub the A-10C UFC BTW? Cheers Solo

Next project. I managed to get a simulated AAU-9A Vertical Velocity Indicator a while back; I took the hat off to see whats inside and plan to try and figure out the schematics for the PCB. So far I have identified a positive and negative voltage regulator, a quad channel operational amplifier as well as a high voltage/current operational amplifier. The motor appears to be just a DC motor with potentiometer feed back. My initial guess is that it should be fed by +-15VDC and then the command signal is somewhat in the same levels. Cheers Hans