Sim Solutions Australia Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Hi All, First working prototype... please comment. Yes, I know the photo is pretty poor quality. I am adding green back lights for prototype 2. What I'm aiming for... Stepper motor controlled analogue engine gauges. Custom control boards - 4x gauges each. Soft controlled back light dimming. First board connected via USB Serial. Other boards via CAN Bus to reduce USB ports used. Where I am at: Boards designed and prototype works - USB serial and CAN bus. Needs back lighting control to be added. 1x gauge designed and put together - rough finish for the prototype and bad painting lol. Thoughts anyone? Cheers, Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
predator-nz Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Nice gauge. What software do you use to run the gauges ? Also which aircraft will you be designing the gauges for ? That gauge I recognize from the A10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Solutions Australia Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 Interface controlled by LUA script or DCS Bios. Its a serial interface so its pretty easy. Command structure is: [board address]M[motor number][half degrees to display - 0-630 where 630 is 315 degrees] There is a math routine to calculate the degrees but its a pretty simple calculation. Control boards run on 9-24v so easy to interface to any power supply. On startup you will need to set the back light brightness. I am currently changing the controller to run 8 gauges on one board to reduce cost (instead of 4). A10 gauges at first but could modify for any aircraft as it is just a gauge face. This is provided I can find the correct font.... Cheers mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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