Arduino controller - Building a GPS
Posted: 31 Oct 2016, 03:01
In Arduino controller I talked about how versatile some of the Arduino process controller boards can be, and asked if it were possible to include the Arduino boards in SPAD.neXt.
As SPAD.neXt "sees" a properly configured Arduino board as an HID game controller, I don't know if it's all that important now.
Long story short, I've been trying different Arduino programs (called "sketches"), different Arduino boards, and different rotary encoders (used for GPS, and radio frequencies, among a great many other things).
The Arduino boards that can act as game controllers are so very easy to set up that it's incredible. But they can also be programmed to control 7 segment numerical displays, regular LEDs. The difficult part is in controlling the dual concentric encoders used on radios and GPS.
Not a problem.
I've used one of the cheaper Arduinos, the Pro Micro, that can cost less that $10. Cheaper on eBay. Also, the dual concentric encoder with a pushbutton function is only $10. Read the original post for more detail
So this is the Pro Micro blown up.
It works in FSX too, but here is how Prepar3d "sees" it. There's no reason that any program can't use it.
[And again, in SPAD.neXt
This is the encoder that I spent so much time with today.
The software is not mine. Check it out here - DIY Arduino Buttonbox
It's set up to control all this, but can easily be expanded.
All I have to do now is to put it all together.
I'm rushing this, sorry about any mistakes.
As SPAD.neXt "sees" a properly configured Arduino board as an HID game controller, I don't know if it's all that important now.
Long story short, I've been trying different Arduino programs (called "sketches"), different Arduino boards, and different rotary encoders (used for GPS, and radio frequencies, among a great many other things).
The Arduino boards that can act as game controllers are so very easy to set up that it's incredible. But they can also be programmed to control 7 segment numerical displays, regular LEDs. The difficult part is in controlling the dual concentric encoders used on radios and GPS.
Not a problem.
I've used one of the cheaper Arduinos, the Pro Micro, that can cost less that $10. Cheaper on eBay. Also, the dual concentric encoder with a pushbutton function is only $10. Read the original post for more detail
So this is the Pro Micro blown up.
It works in FSX too, but here is how Prepar3d "sees" it. There's no reason that any program can't use it.
[And again, in SPAD.neXt
This is the encoder that I spent so much time with today.
The software is not mine. Check it out here - DIY Arduino Buttonbox
It's set up to control all this, but can easily be expanded.
All I have to do now is to put it all together.
I'm rushing this, sorry about any mistakes.