Treker's button box

[Treker]

Hi all, 

 

I love flying Mirage and so I decided to make button box based on my favorite plane.

Base controller is Leo Bodnar's BBI-32 button box, for back light i used Arduino nano with WS2812B led pixel strip cut to lenght.

 

First I tried different materials (acrylic, plexyglass plate) Best results I've got with plexyglass with 60% transparency.

 

With lights

 

Now it is time to start drawing, deciding what to put on BBox.

First mock-up

 

Then I got Thrustmaster warthog throttle and got plenty new buttons   Back to drawing board.

Final product with buttons:

 

For enclosure I used off the shelf electronic plastic box.  Mounting piece is cut out of 5mm aluminuim.

 

Gear handle is made out of solid PVC stick I had lying around

 

Almost complete..

 

Just a little black paint

 

And it is done

 

My little pit

 

This is my second button box I've made  Very very happy 

 

Happy flying

 

[No1sonuk]

4 hours ago, Treker said:

First I tried different materials (acrylic, plexyglass plate) Best results I've got with plexyglass with 60% transparency.

What did you mean by this?  Plexiglass IS acrylic.

Those WS2812B led pixel strips are ideal for the backlighting - you can easily make it respond to any of the in-game dimmer controls, They take up only 2 I/O and they only take up processing time if they are being changed.

[Treker]

oh, I didn't knew that... I asked around (locally) and no one corrected me . 

Next project will include use of dcs bios, so they will be used