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  1. You couls use it for easy things like gauges and other small switch panels.
  2. Yes I would honestly suggest getting 2 of the boards to run all the rotary's off of and then another to run all the toggles. The rotary io card could easily stretch all the way down to the autopilot panel. It really depends on how realistic you want the cockpit to be. If you are running Xplane11 use two cards if you are running FSX use 1 because all the buttons don't work in fsx.
  3. You can always do something like this https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DF1l2-sCq9w/maxresdefault.jpg Where you use the screen but make the buttons.
  4. Ok Yes I am a FSX flyer so I mainly know how to interface arduinos with fsx using link2fs. This program will send and receive data from the game using sim connect. Now if Xplane is anything like DCS you can use the Xplane Bios to interface your arduinos.(I am not sure if it works though) But what I use is just a raspberry pi monitor with some buttons around it. But if you are making a FMC I would strongly suggests using like a 5 inch monitor for your screen because it would make it look better. It would also make building them easier and interfacing them easier. Yes it is the easy way out but it would be the most cost effective and easiest to maintain.
  5. If you Where going to Interface the Raspberry pi with Xplane 11 you would have to buy Xplane again and then network connect to the main computer with internet. But what I Would recommend would be to Buy a raspberry pi 5 inch monitor of of amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072558KZ4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3SASAWA8XPRT3&psc=1 That is touch screen and just using this with io card buttons or a bigger touch screen monitor for the whole thing. Yes it doesn't give the full realism but it is the easiest and least expensive. This would be connected directly to the main PC. If any of this was confusing please give me a reply back and I will beter explain it with other examples.
  6. And is looks like their are pre-made rotary switch inputs. And it is plug an play. All of these answers are on the website just look that back over and you should be good.
  7. Also I just looks It looks like you can download the encoding software from the Website.
  8. Hello Jay, I am more familiar with the arduino boards but thank you for pointing out i should use the leobardner boards. If you are make a lets say fuel cut off and or fuel tank selector you should connect all 8 positions to the board. That would be the most simple. And for connecting the board to the PC when you plug it in is should recognize the board as either a USB keyboard or game pad device and create inputs for those plugins on the board. If this has seemed confusing in any way please replay ot the thread and i will try to explanin it differently. Thank You Jay
  9. I am almost certain that you could use a Arduino nano for gauges and small things like that. Now link2fs might not interface well with the Arduino nano. But if you haven't bought the nano yet, I would just go with a uno or a mega to be able to carry multiple things. Also you could most likely run an entire autopilot panel with a mega. And the switches for for the efis with a uno. But if you where to do a overhead panel you would want at least 2 megas.
  10. I have been messing around on Tinkercad,a great website to create circuits and Arduino project schematic's without a download of an app, and have created a basic circuit to run an LCD display. The link2fs should take care of the receiving and broadcasting data on the screen, But for this model I just wrote it in the code.
  11. Thanks for posting this I am woundering can you try this with a raspberry pi any suggestions
  12. I am going to use raspberry pi monitors for their easy use and connectivity to a Arduino and a regular computer. Also if I haven't mentioned I have a Ibuypower Trace 940 to run all these systems I am also going to download the Link to FSX program tonight. Thanks fro any response and if you have any suggestions or questions please respond to this thread.
  13. I have been looking at most of the small projects on Jim's Page http://www.jimspage.co.nz/intro.htm He has some great suggestions and step by step tutorials to get through the process of making a radio stack for a Bell 206 helicopter for FSX. I am going to go out and buy a Arduino starter kit from amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01D8KOZF4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1) and these relays (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E0NTPP4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=ADHH624DX2Q66&psc=1) I am hoping to start this project. Also for any other avionics for my cockpit I was going to use some 10 inch raspberry pi monitors with touchscreen capabilities. I will be posting more threads for my drawn up design of my cockpit.
  14. I have been playing FSX for a while now and I am trying to make my Helicopter cockpit better. So I am going to invest in an Arduino to make my own radio stake with Link2fs. Any suggestions?
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