X-Plane 11.10 – new default Garmin G1000 !
X-Plane 11.10, released yesterday, features a new default Garmin 1000 module … which can be used as an option in the Cessna 172 right now, and most likely will be adopted by add-on GA...
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737 FMC CDU – Questions and Answers
It’s Mail Time! 😃 I received some questions regarding the 737 FMC CDU design I posted earlier. I’ve decided to answer them in a post as the questioner suggested, in case others have...
Things That Aren’t Supposed To Happen at 38,000 Feet
Seems I’m not the only one facing the issue: https://goo.gl/J1zYeV #rant #foxtrotmikelima Originally created with EverNote at 20171123T142129Z
Pushbuttons Switches featuring built-in LED
I found these push button switches have a built-in LED in the center. Looks like it is time to revisit the 737FMC project, this time with Version 3 featuring backlit buttons? The yellow version...
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....
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...
Poslaju EziBox
I ordered some items locally recently which were sent to me by Poslaju. Nobody was home when they tried to deliver, so they left the usual note to collect at the Kelana Jaya Post...
