joergenvs Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Hi all, I am interested in making a Simple Keyboard Emulator, a set of 8 switches or so that can be programmable for cockpit function, i have bought a Arduino card but that seem to not be working correctly. I was just posting if anyone had any good tutorials, most are complex for 737 Overheads etc, but i was just looking for something simple if anyone could help me out? Kind Regards, Joergen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleplurk Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Look at my site http://snell.se/flightsim/?Mina_projekt___Simple_Cockpit. Sorry most in swedish but the link to http://www.hidmacros.eu/ my be useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didactech Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Hello Joergen, I have been down that route and finally made one with a PIC giving 32 inputs, toggle or momentary. I made a few extra and have put them on ebay if that would help. Best wishes http://www.ebay.fr/itm/PS-2-peripheriques-de-ordinateur-Flight-Sim-/301988077362?hash=item464fe45f32:g:ZDwAAOSwMNxXYXCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmig Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 If all you need to do is connect buttons, switches and encoders, look into this by Leo Bodnar. It is easy and works very well. If you need joystick (axes) input also get the BU0836X 12-Bit Joystick Board. http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=94&products_id=205 John ******************************************* My first SIM was a Link Trainer. My last was a T-6 II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSSven Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Hello joergenvs, if you want to use an Arduino, take the Mega 2650. Then take a look on this site: http://www.jimspage.co.nz/arduino_keys_beta.htm. It's a free software to program the card, from a flight sim enthusiast living in new zealand. That's what I'm using. There are more complex projects on his side for the FS2004 and FSX specially too, but I'm not flying only the MSFS, so I have to use something that is more universal and sents only simple keystrokes for the switches. You can connect 66 functions to one Arduino. Buttons, Rotary Switches, Switches. All is illustrated at the webpage. No panic, it's not complicated. You don't have to be a electrical engineer to built it, cause I've done it, too :D Many thanks to Jim for his outstanding work! Regards Sven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rpd9803 Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 I stumbled into this thread completely at random, but if you need lots of simple inputs (momentary) to keyboard, it gets no easier than the https://www.ultimarc.com/ipac1.html which is used for arcade controls (joysticks and buttons mostly) but gets you 56 inputs or 32 depending on config. Less versatile than the arduino, but a lot simpler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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