As they (generally) are not very sophisticated, I have been using a combination of Solidworks for designing them, then convert to. Most are one-offs, as each is designed for a very specific job, and fit in very specific places and spaces. Along the way I have learned how to use a 3D printer, CNC engraver, Co2 laser cutter and of course the programs that design the parts and convert them into files that can be used to drive the machines mentioned above, namely Solidworks, Qcad, Inkscape, CamBam, Universal Gcode sender and K40 Whisperer.Īll in all I’m quite proud of what this old brain has managed to learn and produce.Īs part of all this I am having to produce a load of PCB’s.

It’s a fantastic job that they have done, and as a result I now have really professional looking ‘cockpit’ panels that interact with the game. There is a whole forum dedicated to it that has loads of information and help with the individual panels, plus a clever guy came up with a program called DCS BIOS which outputs the game info to switches, LED’s, LCD displays and stepper motors for gauges using Arduino Nano boards.

The current project is a homemade flight simulator rig to work with the DCS A10-C program.

Some backgound, I am one of those home bodgers who is always making some crackpot project and as a result is always learning. I’m a newbie to Fritzing, and I’m hoping to eventually use it to help me produce some PCB’s that at the moment I am struggling to make.

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