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Topic moved from Thrustmaster forum..... thought this area was probably be more suited. Hey all. Just wanted to post my current 3d project on here.... its a bit of work in progress but thought I would share. I will be posting the std files on Thingiverse once i’ve ironed out all the prototype issues..... rear instrument panel sized for Ipad pro 11.7 center screen sized for iphone max button controllers are LeoBodnar BBI-64s in button box and Micro-BBI in throttle also designed a afterburner finger lift

Some may remember a year ago, I was whining about the price of button boxes, which naturally followed in making my own, which resulted in this: Past year, I've been playing with Winwing Orion 2 and Virpil Mongoost v1, screwed down inline on an old speaker cabinet, not the best setup, having to reach almost behind me operating the Virpil throttles when flying the Mosquito, also no good platform to expand on (the cabinet was too small and actually had the Virpil hanging off the back), so that needed to change when the chance arrived Well, chance arrived when my company dumped some old modular displays, consisting of square steel pipes and connecting pieces This gave me a roughly 54x37 cm 'table' which could put the 2 throttles side by side, it was a little too high, but instead of the chore of sawing through steel 4 times, I opted to 'drop' the plateau on which it all was screwed, which lowered my throttles level with the edges, of course this left 2 'cavities' forward and back and I, for the time being, filled them flush with 1mm plastic sheet Using a front plate designer on the PC and the plastic sheet as template, began working on designing and adding a button board, at work found an old +/- 4mm 'address board' that used to be screwed to the gate, which was plastic reinforced with laminated aluminum foil, perfect for my plan When I had some drafts, I got (another) Bodnar BBI-64, went shopping in China for various switches and buttons, started puzzling the RL layout and found I had way more space than I had connections on the BBI, but I still had a TM MFD lying around and figured I could add its functionality and fill space with it So far, this is the result: Though still mostly built by hand like my first try, this time, I put in a bit more effort/precision in the actual drilling of the holes (still won't win any beauty contests up close ) Modeled some configs from the F-14, like the top left plate has engine L/R start and inlets (since it would be above the Virpil and furthest to reach, figured I wasn't gonna populate it too much), the AFCS toggle layout, a 4-way hat as Target Designate Switch, and the rudder trim (unused in DCS) on the bottom right panel For fun also put in an emergency stop button (probably will be using it as ejection seat arming) Still need to work on the bottom left panel, the encoders need to be soldered and connected (that 'area' combined with the Virpil rotaries and axes will function for radio's and volumes), after which I'm gonna ponder what I'm gonna put in the space inside the MFD as I will still have some 10 terminals free on the Bodnar Now I also need some solution to power the led-equipped buttons, the Bodnar apparently can only do 1 led

Hello everybody, I share with you my solution to the DCS-Bios multi-module management for any button box. The code is based on an ESP32 that allows fully wireless communication with DCS, that means it is not required any USB port https://github.com/pavidovich/ESP32_MultiModuleDCSBios The code can be easiliy adapted to your button box, just replace the function getButton() (present in the ESP32_Code.ino) with any other that gets the button ID from your button box. There are 3 examples based on the A-4E-C, F-5E-3 and T45 modules. Just take into account that these examples are based on my button-box, so you should adapt them to your necessities.

Links to the updates: - Initial setup: Current post - 1st update: Added 6 analog axis - 2nd uptade: Added a LCD screen + two control buttons ----------------------------------------------------------- Hello everybody, I would like to show you my first button box. It is based on an Arduino Micro Pro board and the Arduino Joystick Library from Heironimus It is composed by 4 rotary encoders, 4 toggle switches (ON-ON), and 16 push buttons. It is also prepared to add 6 analog axis. It is made by cheap 3mm plywood, and covered by an adhesive vinyl, just to improve the look. I have also applied some weathering technique to get an old look.

Hello to you Pilots!! Presentation video of my different "button boxes" and other improvements from my simulator: Many thanks to Dominic from CuraSimControls for his professionalism and the quality of his products. https://www.etsy.com/fr/shop/CuraSimControls Fly Safe!! Redfield!