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...

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....