PanelBuilder Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 (edited) This is kind of an overview. I want to do a shorter seperate video for each switch type. Also,I make no claims that the lua code at the end is the best possible lua code, but I think it's clear at least. Cheers, Colin Edited March 14, 2011 by PanelBuilder
pitbldr Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 What are we seeing here exactly? Is this a board you're offering, just software for the board or both? I could find anything on a USI 16 board. It looks very promising. More info please. :)
PanelBuilder Posted March 9, 2011 Author Posted March 9, 2011 What are we seeing here exactly? Is this a board you're offering, just software for the board or both? I could find anything on a USI 16 board. It looks very promising. More info please. :) Thanks pitbldr. It's boards and the GUI to configure them. I'm not suprised you couldn't find anything on them -- I just came up with the name a little while ago. I only have six at the moment but I'd like to get some of them out there. I'm not trying to make money on these but on the other hand I can't afford to loose to much either. I guess they'd be about 20 bucks. Only thing is, you need one of these: TTL-232RG-VSW5V-WE or TTL-232R-5V-WE at: http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/Cables/USBTTLSerial.htm Cheers, Colin
pitbldr Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 How many inputs can one of these handle? Any outputs? I am just reaching the electronics part of my project. Would love to test one of these out for you. I'll shoot you a PM with my address and you can give me the price with shipping.
PanelBuilder Posted March 18, 2011 Author Posted March 18, 2011 (edited) Only thing is, you need one of these: TTL-232RG-VSW5V-WE or TTL-232R-5V-WE at: http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/Cables/USBTTLSerial.htm Cheers, Colin Attaching the FTDI cable: Orange Yellow Black Red From the top. Note the orientation of the board, though. Two wires taped back (unused): Brown and Green. Also, there's a 10K pullup resistor shown on the left between red and yellow. There needs to be one per string, i.e. if you have 6 boards on one FTDI cable, only one of them gets the resistor. Cheers, Colin Edited March 18, 2011 by PanelBuilder
LtFransky Posted May 24, 2011 Posted May 24, 2011 What are we seeing here exactly? Is this a board you're offering, just software for the board or both? I could find anything on a USI 16 board. It looks very promising. More info please. :) I second this. I see the interface and the PICs, but specifics would be nice. Ours is not to reason why, but rather to do and die. A man walks into a zoo. The only animal in the entire zoo is a dog. It's a shitzu
PanelBuilder Posted May 25, 2011 Author Posted May 25, 2011 I second this. I see the interface and the PICs, but specifics would be nice. Thanks for the interest. These boards have 16 inputs. Any of the inputs can be: Momentary switch Toggle switch 3-way switch Rotary switch 2-bit incremental encoder 4-bit binary of Gray encoder Three of the inputs can be pots. One nice thing is that with multiple input devices, the inputs can be attached in any order. They don't need to be consecutive or even contiguous. I have one of these running the Fuel System control panel. I'll make a short movie with pitbldr's front plate and my circuit board. These are the Rev 1 boards. I just got the first batch of Rev 2 boards back from the board house yesterday. Rev 2 uses a newer processor. Only obvious difference is that now 6 of the inputs can be pots. Feel free to ask any questions. Thanks, Colin
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