Switch Interface Help

[psycho13]

I'm in the process of wiring together a simple switch interface for my F-16 simpit and my pc froze and I lost the instructions!  I can't seem to find the website after looking for hours and I can't remember what the switch interface was called.  So I'm hopeing someone can point me in the right direction . . .  all I remember is that it required 40 diodes, a few resistors, a printer cable, and some software. . . Ring Any Bells?

[psycho13]

Never mind! I just discovered the magic of Google Advance Search! Got it first try!

[SilverFox441]

Where is it?

That way we can all have a look.

[psycho13]

http://www.mameworld.net/tigerheli/enco ... index.html

Enjoy the cheap and fairly easy switch solution!

[beaky]

Eight diodes crammed into a single Euro-block terminal... not my idea of fun!
The whole thing is just a little too involved for my taste... but it's brilliant.

[psycho13]

Ehhh . . . . I've been soldering and working with electronics since I was 11 . . .  to me it seems easier than paying $$ for an EPIC card or a similar solution.

[beaky]

Ehhh . . . . I've been soldering and working with electronics since I was 11 . . .  to me it seems easier than paying $$ for an EPIC card or a similar solution.

It's cheaper, but not easier. I do plenty of that sort of thing at work as it is, and I've got tons of work to do on my pit besides the electronics, so for me, the cost is worth it.

The only nonpartisan criticism I have of that setup as pictured is that it doesn't look particularly robust. Even inside a box it would be pretty vulnerable.
But I'm sure there's a way to mount everything so it  isn't so fragile.

[JBaymore]

[quote][quote] But I'm sure there's a way to mount everything so it

[psycho13]

Yeah . . . I mostly just used the schematic.  I built mine on a breadboard and a radioshack project container along with a some more of those euro connectors.