Schredder Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Hi all, I was asked from some friends to make a generic input front panel with buttons ,toggle etc... Made one. parts are on their way... I'm pretty sure I'll have some tweaks to make but afterwards I think to make some and sell. maybe as a kit to assembly or a full ,ready to run product. This panel can be expanded with daughter boards (one is already designed and on its way too). My intention is to give a good , affordable and easy way to novice users who are willing to expand their input options but simply don't know where to start. Major guidelines and requests were(please add if you can think of more): Big PCB's to solder everything minimizes wiring mistakes. A step to Step guide to write the Firmware. Surface mount parts will be pre-soldered upon request. Will have its own casing and parts to assemble a full panel. Will be "seen" as a regular input interface - thus no external software is required (but can be used). Mainboard will have: 1 hat switch 4 way. 4 potentiometers (axis input) with center detent. 42 pushbuttons First Daughter board will have: (this board is optional to further expand functionality) 2 rotary switches 4 selectable stations each. 4 toggle switches. double action. Both boards will have backlight "windows" - this allows to print on a transparent sheet (will supply template) with dedicated configuration to each of your modules. this can be changed in an instant.Lift one ,place other. Attached pictures(not to scale). Will update on progress. Cheers ! Nir Bar "Schredder" "In the warrior code there's no surrender, though his body says stop,his spirit cries... NEVER !!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schredder Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 Some progress... The main board has 44 pushbuttons,1 HAT switch and 4 axes with center detent. Optinal addon panel adds two 4 position rotaries and 4 double action toggles. Next comes the enclosure... Cheers Nir Bar "Schredder" "In the warrior code there's no surrender, though his body says stop,his spirit cries... NEVER !!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FragBum Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Neat will this be hid or use one of the currently available usb interfaces? Nice either way.:) Control is an illusion which usually shatters at the least expected moment. Gazelle Mini-gun version is endorphins with rotors. See above. Currently rolling with a Asus Z390 Prime, 9600K, 32GB RAM, SSD, 2080Ti and Windows 10Pro, Rift CV1. bu0836x and Scratch Built Pedals, Collective and Cyclic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abburo Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Very nice ! Did you considered to use a normal PC computer controller and remap your board accordingly? Romanian Community for DCS World HW Specs: AMD 7900X, 64GB RAM, RTX 4090, HOTAS Virpil, MFG, CLS-E, custom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schredder Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 Very nice ! Did you considered to use a normal PC computer controller and remap your board accordingly? This board identifies and acts as a joystick. not a keyboard. I have made some other work for controllers with lots of input headers so everyone who's not very familiar with electronics could use without spending so much money over it. I intend to make it open source. once I have the final design. Cheers Nir Bar "Schredder" "In the warrior code there's no surrender, though his body says stop,his spirit cries... NEVER !!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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