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Switch Interface Help

PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:17 pm
by 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?

Re: Switch Interface Help

PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:19 pm
by psycho13
Never mind! I just discovered the magic of Google Advance Search! Got it first try!

Re: Switch Interface Help

PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:57 pm
by SilverFox441
Where is it?

That way we can all have a look. :)

Re: Switch Interface Help

PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:06 pm
by psycho13
http://www.mameworld.net/tigerheli/enco ... index.html

Enjoy the cheap and fairly easy switch solution!

Re: Switch Interface Help

PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:35 pm
by beaky
:o
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. ;D

Re: Switch Interface Help

PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:02 pm
by 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. ;)

Re: Switch Interface Help

PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:07 am
by 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.

Re: Switch Interface Help

PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:45 am
by JBaymore
[quote][quote] But I'm sure there's a way to mount everything so it

Re: Switch Interface Help

PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:21 pm
by 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.