pitbull Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 I used the hat functions too when I wired up my UFC, works fine. My work is not as clean has yours... I soldered out my 6x6 matrix using only the switches and wires.... it`s works great but looks like hell! :) Is your master caution led driven by a phidget card? and Helios? MOBO ASUS P5QL-Pro, Intel Q9550 2.8Ghz @ 3.5 GHZ, 8GB DDR2 Crucial, XFX HD6950, TM Warthog, TIR4 /w Pro-Clip, 24 In Samsung Syncmaster LED, 2 X Cheapo 8in LCD's for MFD's and TM MFCD's attached to it, Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
TulsA-10 Posted September 28, 2011 Author Posted September 28, 2011 (edited) Yes the caution light is wired to the phidget 1031 board and driven by helios as the green leds are. It's hard to make anything hand made look perfect. It's a very tight fit in the box so the soldering was a bit of fun.lol I just wired it all up and did a quick all on test. I will configure with helios later tonight and watch the caution light blink. Edited September 28, 2011 by TulsA-10 " I'm gonna have to be taking your car today. See I have some top secret clown business that supersedes any plans that you might have for this here vehicle."
MTFDarkEagle Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 Looks good man! Q: So you wired up the buttons to the Leo board, and the lights to a "phidget 1031"-board? And that works through Helios? Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
CubPilot Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 Looking good TulsA-10! :thumbup: Give you a soldering iron and look what happens!:smilewink: :pilotfly: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Win7 Pro 64 | Asus Rampage III Extreme |Swiftech H2O cooled: CPU, Video, N. Bridge | i7 980X EE @4.5GHz | 16 GB DDR3 @1726 MHZ | AMD R9 290X 4GB DDR5 +EK H2O block+Backplate | BenQ XL2730Z 2560x1440 @144Hz | Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB | 2 - Samsung HD 1TB | Pinoeer BD-RW | ASUS Xonar DX 7.1 PCIe Audio | CoolerMaster Haf-X case | PC Power & Cooling Silencer 760W PS | HOTAS Cougar w/Evenstrain Mod | HOTAS Warthog | TM RCS Rudders + Mods | TM MFD's w/monitors | TrackIR5
pitbldr Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 Great work Tulsa! :D I see there is some light bleeding through on some of buttons. I've had issues with getting enough paint on those in some areas. I may try using a small brush to put on a couple extra coats in those areas. If you want to try fixing it, you could try that and just paint the "shoulder" dark gray or black and that should seal it up.
walker450 Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 Awesome!! Speedpad for Inputs | My Simpit | Joystick Damper Mod
Succellus Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 This seems some madnes soldering time... i better prepare. I wish i could find the kind of material you have there as easy. HaF 922, Asus rampage extreme 3 gene, I7 950 with Noctua D14, MSI gtx 460 hawk, G skill 1600 8gb, 1.5 giga samsung HD. Track IR 5, Hall sensed Cougar, Hall sensed TM RCS TM Warthog(2283), TM MFD, Saitek pro combat rudder, Cougar MFD.
TulsA-10 Posted September 29, 2011 Author Posted September 29, 2011 (edited) Looks good man! Q: So you wired up the buttons to the Leo board, and the lights to a "phidget 1031"-board? And that works through Helios? Yes sir helios will control the leds including the master caution light.. very cool. I'll put up a video on how to do it once i get it setup. Great work Tulsa! :D I see there is some light bleeding through on some of buttons. I've had issues with getting enough paint on those in some areas. I may try using a small brush to put on a couple extra coats in those areas. If you want to try fixing it, you could try that and just paint the "shoulder" dark gray or black and that should seal it up. Yeah my initial lighting test showed the bleeding so i cut thin stips of black electrical tape and applied it to the areas that showed the most. I must have missed a few spots but i'm not going to run the leds at max more like 25%-40%. I'm really happy with the way it turned out and i still wanna buy your ufc box for another project if you can still cut it along with other panels for me. This seems some madnes soldering time... i better prepare. I wish i could find the kind of material you have there as easy. Thank you. I enjoy soldering very much and find it an art form worth mastering. I solder everyday under a microscope on cell phones and game consoles, laptops and other items. It took about and hour to get it all done. I could of taken more time to make it better looking but man i was ready to get it finished..lol. I didn't see the need to heat shirnk any of the connections because the led legs are stiff and as long as they are seperated and not touching shorting won't be an issue. This would not of turned out as nice if it was not for the cnc work and helios tips from pitbldr and some other fellows. Thanks everyone who helped me throught the build :thumbup: Edited September 29, 2011 by TulsA-10 " I'm gonna have to be taking your car today. See I have some top secret clown business that supersedes any plans that you might have for this here vehicle."
pitbldr Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 I'm really happy with the way it turned out and i still wanna buy your ufc box for another project if you can still cut it along with other panels for me. That won't be a problem. I've got several things I need to finish up and hope to start making some more panels next weekend.
TulsA-10 Posted September 29, 2011 Author Posted September 29, 2011 Now we're talking! I'll be out of state this weekend, big airshow at KFSM in fortsmith AK. The 188th will have static A-10Cs for me to creep on. Pics, Pics, Pics :worthy: " I'm gonna have to be taking your car today. See I have some top secret clown business that supersedes any plans that you might have for this here vehicle."
PanelBuilder Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 Now we're talking! I'll be out of state this weekend, big airshow at KFSM in fortsmith AK. The 188th will have static A-10Cs for me to creep on. Pics, Pics, Pics :worthy: Any chance you can get pictures of the MFCDs ? Straight on and sideways ? With a ruler ? That would be the coolest thing, short of bringing one home with you :-) Colin
PanelBuilder Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 New pics of the wiring up the rats nest..lol I took some pics with the leds at full brightness and some at a more comfortable level. Hope this gives you guys some ideas of what to do or not to do :thumbup: I think i'm going to add a few more leds to even out a few dim areas. Beautiful work. You the man. But y'know, I think I would have cut those LED leads back to about 1/4 inch. Cheers, Colin
TulsA-10 Posted September 29, 2011 Author Posted September 29, 2011 Any chance you can get pictures of the MFCDs ? Straight on and sideways ? With a ruler ? That would be the coolest thing, short of bringing one home with you :-) Colin Even better.. I'll leave the jet on blocks by the time i'm done. If you have ever seen lord of war when they dismantle the cargo plane.. Day two of the airshow starts and all that is left at the a-10 static display is a set of tires Beautiful work. You the man. But y'know, I think I would have cut those LED leads back to about 1/4 inch. Colin I noticed this after i was almost finished. I should of used the longer tactile switches. If i where to build another one i would change a couple things. Cheers, " I'm gonna have to be taking your car today. See I have some top secret clown business that supersedes any plans that you might have for this here vehicle."
Direwolf5 Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 Get some of the CDU layout as well please. :helpsmilie:I finished making mine in solidworks, and when I placed it on to a section of DZUS rail the mounting holes were off. :doh:
TulsA-10 Posted September 29, 2011 Author Posted September 29, 2011 the mounting holes were off. :doh: Ah crap.. I hate when that happens. I have not made any cdu progress yet. I'm going to tackle my aces ii seat first. The cdu will probably be one of the last panels i complete just due to the complexity of adding a screen. The cdu board will be very similar to the ufc board. " I'm gonna have to be taking your car today. See I have some top secret clown business that supersedes any plans that you might have for this here vehicle."
pcalvert Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 Hey Tulsa, Did you need to use resistors with your LED's or are they just powered through your PCB... How do you specify the voltage? Just received my Leo Bodnar board this week and am still trying to work it out. Haven't ordered my Phidgets board yet because I am only going to run the caution light off it! Cheers :) Asus Rampage II Extreme, i7 920 @3.8Gh, 6Gb Corsair Dominator 1600hz, Msi GTX 470 Twin Frozr, Corsair 850w Mod PSU, TIR 5, HOTAS WH
TulsA-10 Posted September 30, 2011 Author Posted September 30, 2011 (edited) No need for resistors with the phidget 1031 board. The leds are all powered by the pcb and you can specify the voltage and current through helios. It's quit simple how it works once you do it. That's alot of money for the caution light only. You will have 63 other leds you can run. You can use them for panel lights or other things and you can adjust each leds brightness. I have mine all wired up and working great. I'll get a video next week as i will be out of town for and airshow. Edited September 30, 2011 by TulsA-10 " I'm gonna have to be taking your car today. See I have some top secret clown business that supersedes any plans that you might have for this here vehicle."
pitbldr Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 That's alot of money for the caution light only. You will have 63 other leds you can run. You can use them for panel lights or other things and you can adjust each leds brightness. I'll second that. I wouldn't get the phidgets board for just one light. Plan on using it for the other indicator lights or for backlighting.
cichlidfan Posted October 1, 2011 Posted October 1, 2011 I noticed this after i was almost finished. I should of used the longer tactile switches. If i where to build another one i would change a couple things. Cheers, I just looked at the spec for your switch...yikes! .25mm which with tolerances could be as little as .15mm. I will have to see what the other options are in something similar because the price of those is very liveable. It still looks like it came out great. Enjoy the air show! ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
pcalvert Posted October 3, 2011 Posted October 3, 2011 Hi Tulsa, Any chance you can give some instruction of how the programme your Phidgets board with Helios? Thanks.... Asus Rampage II Extreme, i7 920 @3.8Gh, 6Gb Corsair Dominator 1600hz, Msi GTX 470 Twin Frozr, Corsair 850w Mod PSU, TIR 5, HOTAS WH
TulsA-10 Posted October 3, 2011 Author Posted October 3, 2011 Yes sir! i'm back in town so i'll try and make a video tonight. " I'm gonna have to be taking your car today. See I have some top secret clown business that supersedes any plans that you might have for this here vehicle."
pcalvert Posted October 3, 2011 Posted October 3, 2011 That's great! Thank you :) Asus Rampage II Extreme, i7 920 @3.8Gh, 6Gb Corsair Dominator 1600hz, Msi GTX 470 Twin Frozr, Corsair 850w Mod PSU, TIR 5, HOTAS WH
TulsA-10 Posted October 5, 2011 Author Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) Here is a video i made showing how to setup your phidget boards with helios. Edited October 6, 2011 by TulsA-10 " I'm gonna have to be taking your car today. See I have some top secret clown business that supersedes any plans that you might have for this here vehicle."
MTFDarkEagle Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 Fixed :D Ku-i859FSrE Nice!! Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
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