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Category: 737 FMC

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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...

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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...

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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...