Maybe not ideal but it worked out well for myself.New version of the PMDGDataEventServer for 737.Īdded event messages from PMDGDataEventServer on Open en Close interface, connect and disconnect flightsim and allow broadcast messages from/to connected devices. has a lot of great stuff, not sure what their specifically shaped buttons selection is like though, I'd have to double check.įor my landing gear I used a 3-way guitar pickup lever. I found that on Amazon you absolutely need to know the terminology of what you're looking for to find anything. Depending on what youre buying you can probably get parts in bulk for cheap (10c / item). I enjoy Amazon insofar as it saves me the headache of shipping from random electronics retailers (although theres definitely some really great ones out there). I wouldnt reccomend doing that though, the wiring is insanely dense (i made a small box, lol). In regards to getting all your buttons working, I used a teensy 3.6 and have 29 switches, 1 landing gear switch, 8 LEDs and 4 potentiometers all on the one board. Teensy also has specific documentation for itself on their website and mine shipped with a pinout diagram (something I had to figure out for myself on the Arduino Nano Every (although most other Arduinos have the diagrams readily available)).Įdit: Not to say arduino doesnt have documentation, but teensy has documentation -in addition to- the arduino info that is common between the two. Effectively they're the same thing (they both use Arduino IDE), so most of what applies to Arduinos applies to teensy. I find teensy to have more pins in a smaller package, which may or may not matter depending on size constraints. Thanks up front for any helpful info, it's much appreciated.
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Ok, one LAST question: does anyone have a clue where I can find a landing gear lever cheap? Does anyone have any recommended sources for buying batches of a couple dozen or so cheap. But some of the stuff I'm looking for either I can't find on Amazon, or the price is higher than I'm interested in paying (right now I'm trying to find square/rectangular buttons). So far, I've used Amazon, which has been the most cost-effective option. With regards to getting all the buttons working: does anyone have any links to good reference sites for programming the interfaces? Net daily, but I've barely touched C or C++. I don't suppose there's a way to do it in C# is there? I work with C#. I'm guessing it's something in my code, but I'm not great with C or C++. The other rotary and the push button on the first don't. Right now, the 25 buttons, 4 toggles, one rotary, and the push button on the other rotary work. I have 25 buttons, 4 on-off-on toggles, and two rotary encoders with a push button function. I can follow instructions well enough, and was able to follow a couple tutorials to make this box, expanding on the original design.īut therein is one of my problems. I've been soldering since I was about 7 or 8, but never really got good with electronics, much to my dad's eternal disappointment (he was an electrical engineer who could damn near design and build anything). My electronics skills are weak, but functional. I've looked at some Teensy boards as well, and the specs make them look like a better choice, but it seems there's more info out there for Arduino. It works, but I'm wondering if there's not a better board out there.
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I used this Arduino nano/micro clone for that box. Now I'm ready to move on to my next project. But I AM relatively new to the world of creating my own controllers.Ī couple months ago, I created this button box, mostly as a test case. I've been simming since subLOGIC Flight Simulator II on the Commodore 64. I'm new to this Subreddit, but not new to flight sims.