737 FMC CDU – Interfacing X-Plane to a Raspberry Pi
To connect the 737 FMC CDU PCB board to my X-Plane flight simulator, I used a Raspberry Pi 2. Almost any Pi model will do, provided it has the full 40-pin GPIO connector (i.e....
Category: FlightSim
737FMC CDU – Struggling with my ABCs
Struggling with my ABCs … who knew keypads could be so complicated? First version of 3D printed buttons had laser printed letters and digits stuck over them. Looks cheap … especially given that the...
737 FMC CDU – PCB Board
Overview This is the PCB I designed to be used with the FMC CDU 3D Panel by “User0180″ on thingiverse. It has a cutout to suit the recommended 5” 4:3 LCD Display and features...
737 FMC CDU – Snappier Display Updates
I spent the last long weekend rewriting the FMC CDU display code in C++ and SDL2 … redrawing time is much more snappy than before (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1mQiPr0KUI). For someone coming from an age where...
737 FMC CDU – Slow Page Repaint
First attempt at replicating the 737 FMC CDU Display. Looks okay, but suffers from a really slow page refresh — featuring an inadvertent but really cool looking The Matrix” effect! Oh well … as...
737 FMC CDU and Raspberry Pi
Got a Raspberry Pi hooked up to the LCD display for my 737 Flight Management Computer CDU. Had to solder a 5.5mm DC Jack for the 12VDC power, and also buy a (MYR 49...
Another Sleepless Night, Another Crazy Project Idea …
Found this … http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:774564 … it’s a 3D printable faceplate for a Boeing 737 Flight Management Computer (FMC)’s Control Display Unit (CDU). So I bought a display that fits it. Now to figure out...
X-Plane – My New Playground
I spent the weekend building some new local scenery for the Flight Sim. I used: ortho4xp This uses digital elevation models and satellite imagery to rebuild the underlying base of the flight simulator world....
Finally succeeded in getting the x737 to Autoland
Finally succeeded in getting the x737 to autoland. Now I can go to sleep. LINK: (How to) x737 and dual AP autoland – Flight School Discussion This post was originally published publicly on Google+...
WMKK/KUL K.L. International Airport (KLIA) Scenery for X-Plane
Finally completed my KLIA scenery for X-Plane. Well it took me a lot longer than I thought — about 4 months while doing a big work project also — but while most of...
