Alex_rcpilot

Thanks for your feedback. I wonder how your DCS control options window look like with all the cards hooked up. The list must have been stretched real wide by up to 4 devices. Do you have to scroll left and right to browse all 4 devices? If you add more of them, say a total of 10 devices, would you consider it an inconvenient job mapping each of the individual functions?:)

lol, it's okay. Yes I do know about them. So far there's no much for me to worry about input. But with outputs....I just can't stop wondering what the PCIP plug-in is gonna look like. Therefor I'm really curious with solutions that might "go around" it. Like how someone managed to export DCS weapon status to his customized weapons panel. People seem to have mentioned lua scripting. Never spent much time reading about lua though, I don't know whether or how well it supports USB.

:megalol:Thanks, now I've seen 'em. Dude that's a fine drawing. How are you gonna fabricate this panel, especially with the angle between the top part and side part?

I bet you're gonna start laughing right away. I can't keep up with your thread any more. You're gonna have to show me the pics in person.:doh:

Dude that's a mouthfull. Let's talk tomorrow and work out some new topology for I/O cards.

Yes I've seen people working on Mjoy16 with ATmega16L. iBoard looks cool! Another fine product based on PIC. As a candidate of Microchip FAE interview, I'd say these guys are real good!:thumbup:

Well in that way of speaking....patience dude, be patient. I'm trying my best to present you something good.:D

I wish I wasn't where I'm at - I don't have access to some of those links coz commies banned them. They don't even know what the pages are about. Seriously, I won't buy a bunch of overpriced cards which are even more expensive than a decent computer.

Thanks for the supplementary.:thumbup: That's exactly what the wiring requires for a two-way switch. Since switches with more than N resting points(N>2) usually have N+1 contacts, a 2-way switch has only 2 contact, that's what makes it stand out. Anyway, for an N-way switch, there's also means to save ports, and they require firmware support on the I/O card. A. Among N resting positions, use only N-1 of them, when all of them appear disconnected, it must be resting on the spared contact. B. Use diodes to encode multi-position switches. An 8-way switch requires 3 wires and 1 "common wire", with 12 diodes in the right combination.

also keep in mind that many toggle switches have more than 2 resting positions, each of which should be mapped to either a DirectInput button or an emulated keyboard keystroke.

lol! The page got me! Actually I thought it was an ED209 from ROBOCOP at the first glance. Trigger's been out for quite a while?:huh:

LMAO, you're gonna have such a busy day....:lol:

That sounds right when he doesn't count the dials, etc, lol.

Trigger, have built your motor dirver board?

Good work, dude. I'm still working on something.:thumbup:

you're welcome:thumbup:

The type of encoder I posted uses simple 2-phase incremental encoding, with 90 degress(no mechanical angle) phase advancing/lag depending on CW / CCW rotation.

And sorry about the incompatibility problem. I didn't know OC had such issues.

No, and actually I'm building my own I/O cards from scratch. That's why I put up a survey in this section. Right now I've had the computer recognize the board as a joystick with 8 axis, 1 hat switch and 32 buttons. But my expectation is far beyond this. I can't tell you more by now coz I'm still learning about the rest.

I figured a survey many help a lot of people including me get a general overview of how much work is involved in a pit building project. Moreover, it offers valuable information of how an ideal I/O card should be like. This thread covers a wide range of hardware I/O devices, which include but aren't limited to those listed below. Input devices - buttons, toggle switches, clickable knobs, dials, sliders...etc. Output devices - discrete LED's, 7-segment displays, text LCD's, graphic(grayscale / TFT)LCD's, buzzers, speakers, motors...etc The subject is NOT LIMITED TO KA-50 PIT BUILDING, even not limited to pit building. Other human-computer interaction(HCI) peripheral devices may also fit in this topic. OK, here're two simple questions: Which kind of I/O devics have you used or are you planning to use for your pit building / HCI project? By categorizing these devices, could you give an estimation of the maximum quantities of each type of item being used? Your feedback will be highly appreciated. :)

If you wanna order knobs for the encoders, try to specify the type of encoder with a sholder on its shaft. Like this: It stops the shaft from sliding all the way into the knob whole when you press it. Believe me it does slide in without a sholder, and when that happens, the push button won't work. :D

oops, sorry. Try to search for EC11 encoders. Since I'm from China, I bought those components directly from the manufacturer. I didn't notice if they had any affiliation with the internaional market, and I thought EC11 was just from their internal terminology, until I did a search just now.

I've bought a bunch of encoders a while ago. These are 30 notches per circle. I've also got some with 20 notches per circle, which look identical to those above.

wow this keyboard looks cool! Do you mean the PCB you have in hand is actually from this product? That should be powerful enough for a lot of things. In the first place, I thought you made the board. That's why I went so specific with chip models. Anyway, I'm still curious about the chips, would you mind if I asked for the text lables on those two chips? I mean the ATMEL chip in TQFP32 (Quad Flat 32-pin) package, and the Cypress chip in SSOP48 (small outline 48-pin) package, thanks.:)

Curious, what's the ATMEL chip on the PCB? And the Cypress chip also looks interesting to me, coz normally I'd choose Cypress as the USB interface vendor and ATMEL chips for other issues. Of course Cypress also produces chips for other purposes, they just look really professional with USB. :)