Picture of the panel(unfinished):
For quite a while i have wanted to build a control panel of some sorts. The more serious planning started about two years ago when i was very into Kerbal Space program, and i started browsing the forum there for people who made their own panels and switch boxes. I never got around to building something for KSP, but i did a lot of planning for it and looked at a lot of different techniques and such.
Not too long ago i got access to usage of the laser cutter at my workplace. This really started the thoughts of building something again. I quite recently got into DCS, but i never really considered building panels for it since i am using VR.
About one month ago i tried out the AWACS-role on GAW and i really liked it. Then i had the idea that i could try building a panel for all of the radio controls! I managed to design and construct the panel, source the parts i didnt have lying around and right now i am in the process of finishing up the hardware and the software.
I am using the UDP-interface that SRS implements to read and control all the radios. The UDP-messages are recieved and parsed by a Java project that i have been writing. The Java program then sends the info to an Arduino over USB (serial). Most of the functionality is done at the moment, i just need to get done with all of the wiring. The paint job is also a bit shoddy, but it doesnt really bother me that much at the moment.
Radio panel(unfinished) with some of the components working:
For the full album:
https://imgur.com/a/YGzcVw9
Dont know if anyone is interested, but this document explains what is connected to what, and what the functionality of some things are:
A short video to show some of the function of it:
https://streamable.com/s/67xac/uhcubt