From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk  Fri Feb  4 05:52:08 2011
From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates)
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 13:52:08 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [simpits-tech] CNC ?  No thanks.
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.1102041350490.4610-100000@nix.mechnet.liv.ac.uk>



You guys rave about it.

I just spent 6 hours helping teach basic CNC - I never want to see another
G-Code again.

And why oh why do NC controllers have to beep so freakin LoUd !?

</rant>

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Roy Coates.

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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Fri Feb  4 06:41:29 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 06:41:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] CNC ?  No thanks.
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.1102041350490.4610-100000@nix.mechnet.liv.ac.uk>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.1102041350490.4610-100000@nix.mechnet.liv.ac.uk>
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On Fri, 4 Feb 2011, Roy Coates wrote:

>
>
> You guys rave about it.
>
> I just spent 6 hours helping teach basic CNC - I never want to see another
> G-Code again.
>
Awesome.  Care to post your course notes? :)

Learning G-Code is a good thing, but from what I've learned, 99% of the 
people involved in CNC don't hand-code any more.  They use software 
packages that create the code for them.

For example, I use VCarve Pro for all my flat pattern & 2.5D stuff.  I 
just pick which post-processor I want and it spits out the right code.  I 
don't have to worry about tool diameter compensation or any of that.  It's 
very nice.

> And why oh why do NC controllers have to beep so freakin LoUd !? >
Because they know you had a hangover? :)

g.

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From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk  Fri Feb  4 06:56:09 2011
From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates)
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 14:56:09 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [simpits-tech] CNC ?  No thanks.
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102040636180.17377@grumble.deltasoft.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.1102041454370.4610-100000@nix.mechnet.liv.ac.uk>

On Fri, 4 Feb 2011, Gene Buckle wrote:

> Awesome.  Care to post your course notes? :)

No.

> Learning G-Code is a good thing, but from what I've learned, 99% of the
> people involved in CNC don't hand-code any more.  They use software
> packages that create the code for them.

We use ProEngineer, Wildfire and ProToolmaker for actual work but, we also
teach the numpties the fundamentals by having them hand-code some basic
exercises in Windows Notepad (chuckle).



--

Roy Coates.

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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Fri Feb  4 07:10:18 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 07:10:18 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] CNC ?  No thanks.
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.1102041454370.4610-100000@nix.mechnet.liv.ac.uk>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.1102041454370.4610-100000@nix.mechnet.liv.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102040709570.19512@grumble.deltasoft.com>

On Fri, 4 Feb 2011, Roy Coates wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Feb 2011, Gene Buckle wrote:
>
>> Awesome.  Care to post your course notes? :)
>
> No.
>
Meanie. :)

>> Learning G-Code is a good thing, but from what I've learned, 99% of the
>> people involved in CNC don't hand-code any more.  They use software
>> packages that create the code for them.
>
> We use ProEngineer, Wildfire and ProToolmaker for actual work but, we also
> teach the numpties the fundamentals by having them hand-code some basic
> exercises in Windows Notepad (chuckle).
>
Now that's just evil Roy.  I love it. :)

g.

-- 
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ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
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From jjmessenger at yahoo.com  Sat Feb  5 22:42:59 2011
From: jjmessenger at yahoo.com (Justin Messenger)
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 22:42:59 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] new weapons package for FSX looks outstanding!
Message-ID: <272316.29526.qm@web111515.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

I think this is going to be the wave of the future?for some of us cockpit 
builders.
http://www.vrsimulations.com/tacpack.htm
?
www.SimAdventure.com?


      
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From raysot at comcast.net  Sat Feb  5 22:53:23 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (Ray Sotkiewicz)
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2011 22:53:23 -0800
Subject: [simpits-tech] new weapons package for FSX looks outstanding!
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I have high hopes for this package.. especially since they are also 
publishing an SDK to let you do your own configuring...

On 2/5/2011 10:42 PM, Justin Messenger wrote:
> I think this is going to be the wave of the future for some of us 
> cockpit builders.
> http://www.vrsimulations.com/tacpack.htm
>
> www.SimAdventure.com <http://www.simadventure.com/>
>
>
>
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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Sun Feb  6 08:46:26 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 08:46:26 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] new weapons package for FSX looks outstanding!
In-Reply-To: <272316.29526.qm@web111515.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References: <272316.29526.qm@web111515.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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On Sat, 5 Feb 2011, Justin Messenger wrote:

> I think this is going to be the wave of the future?for some of us cockpit 
> builders.
> http://www.vrsimulations.com/tacpack.htm

Oh. My.

g.

-- 
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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Sun Feb  6 13:18:06 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 13:18:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Mirror management system...
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102061314100.27504@grumble.deltasoft.com>

Wayne & I got the bugs ironed out of the system we developed in order to 
manage the collimating mirror shape.  This new method allows us to use a 
less than perfectly sealed mirror chassis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC7H61palXs

The green colored pot with the knob on it is used to control the distance 
that the mirror is away from the IR sensor head.  The circuit that Wayne 
designed worked out really well.  The next iteration of it will use some 
555 timer magic in order to directly drive the servo and take the Arduino 
out of the loop.

By moving the bleed-air gate inline with the hose, we avoid the sound 
issue that was being caused by having the gate on the back of the mirror 
chassis.  Moving the dust collector farther away will reduce the ambient 
noise even further.

Next week should see us assembling the parts for the new mirror that I've 
already been able to cut - there's only 1 sheet of parts left to cut. 
It's gonna be neat. :)

g.

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From crease-guard at sbcglobal.net  Sun Feb  6 19:40:11 2011
From: crease-guard at sbcglobal.net (Joseph Fagner)
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 21:40:11 -0600
Subject: [simpits-tech] new weapons package for FSX looks outstanding!
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102060846140.18472@grumble.deltasoft.com>
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Imagine all the hell that will be unleashed in these FSX networked games
with all kinds of aircraft and ATC.

There's gonna be an A-Hole or two flying in and around major airport blowing
shit up.

Jay

Show me a man who cannot be bothered to do the little things, and I will
show you a man who cannot be trusted to do the big ones.
--Lawrence Bell, Founder Bell Helicopter
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From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org
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Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 10:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] new weapons package for FSX looks outstanding!

On Sat, 5 Feb 2011, Justin Messenger wrote:

> I think this is going to be the wave of the future?for some of us 
> cockpit builders.
> http://www.vrsimulations.com/tacpack.htm

Oh. My.

g.

--
Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project

ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database
for the masses, not the classes.
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!

Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical
minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd
by the clean end.


From geneb at deltasoft.com  Mon Feb  7 06:15:52 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 06:15:52 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] new weapons package for FSX looks outstanding!
In-Reply-To: <007a01cbc678$b97d6890$2c7839b0$@sbcglobal.net>
References: <272316.29526.qm@web111515.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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	<007a01cbc678$b97d6890$2c7839b0$@sbcglobal.net>
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On Sun, 6 Feb 2011, Joseph Fagner wrote:

> Imagine all the hell that will be unleashed in these FSX networked games
> with all kinds of aircraft and ATC.
>
> There's gonna be an A-Hole or two flying in and around major airport blowing
> shit up.
>
I doubt that.  I suspect that their multi-player wouldn't play nice with 
the existing VATSIM network.  Even if it does, only folks that have 
purchased the add-on would see the results from ordinance releases.

g.


-- 
Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project

ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!

Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical
minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd
by the clean end.

From raysot at comcast.net  Mon Feb  7 23:37:25 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (raysot at comcast.net)
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 07:37:25 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [simpits-tech] My Latest Descent into Madness
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102070614370.26355@grumble.deltasoft.com>
Message-ID: <2047351882.530512.1297150645068.JavaMail.root@sz0018a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>

I felt this project important enough to modifiy one of my breadboards. This is my FSUIP --> USP --> Arduino --> [Something hopefuly easy?] --> Aircore Motor (Whee!) 

As you can see from the pic, the distance between the Arduino and the Aircore motor is a painfully vast and unforgiving waste-land..... I've crossed greater distances through the eye of a needle, but none so unfamiliar....... 


http://anthonyscott.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v21/p920629136.jpg 


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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Tue Feb  8 06:27:22 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 06:27:22 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] My Latest Descent into Madness
In-Reply-To: <2047351882.530512.1297150645068.JavaMail.root@sz0018a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>
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On Tue, 8 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote:

> I felt this project important enough to modifiy one of my breadboards. 
> This is my FSUIP --> USP --> Arduino --> [Something hopefuly easy?] --> 
> Aircore Motor (Whee!)
>
> As you can see from the pic, the distance between the Arduino and the 
> Aircore motor is a painfully vast and unforgiving waste-land..... I've 
> crossed greater distances through the eye of a needle, but none so 
> unfamiliar.......
>
>
> http://anthonyscott.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v21/p920629136.jpg
>

Very nice Ray!  Shame about the breadboard though. :)

I would suggest you check out this thread:
http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1271537811

The guy is using an L293D chip to drive his air core motor with.  Note 
that if you have a copy of either BSAI or BRFS, there are schematics in 
both books for driving air cores with a micro controller.  Mike likes 
PICs, but the connections are essentially identical for Atmel uCs. 
(different pins)

g.


-- 
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http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
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ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
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From raysot at comcast.net  Thu Feb 10 13:56:57 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (raysot at comcast.net)
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:56:57 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino?
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102070614370.26355@grumble.deltasoft.com>
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I'm having doubts about using Arduino to drive Aircore gauges from the FSUIPC libraries. 

The card is installed and I have to Arduino software libraries installed and a basic project loaded to make an LED blink. It can blink like there's no tomorrow (5ms crest/valley 50% duty cycle) My interface to the aircores will be via the CS8190 Pulse to SOS/COS driver IC. (Much like a tach) 

The problem is, I see no way to integrate the FSUIPC libraries to the Arduino Development Environment, and likewise, no way to integrate the Arduino Libraries to something Like Visual Studio. 

So far all I can do is create/load a Sketch file onto the card and change the blink rate. 

Even if I used a H-Bridge IC to drive the aircores... How could I send FSUIPC data to the card? I'll drop by the Arduino forums as well.... 

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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Thu Feb 10 18:12:58 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:12:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino?
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote:

>
>
>
> The card is installed and I have to Arduino software libraries installed 
> and a basic project loaded to make an LED blink. It can blink like 
> there's no tomorrow (5ms crest/valley 50% duty cycle) My interface to 
> the aircores will be via the CS8190 Pulse to SOS/COS driver IC. (Much 
> like a tach)
>
> The problem is, I see no way to integrate the FSUIPC libraries to the 
> Arduino Development Environment, and likewise, no way to integrate the 
> Arduino Libraries to something Like Visual Studio.
>
> So far all I can do is create/load a Sketch file onto the card and 
> change the blink rate.
>
> Even if I used a H-Bridge IC to drive the aircores... How could I send 
> FSUIPC data to the card? I'll drop by the Arduino forums as well....

Ray, you'll do it serially.  The FTDI serial chip on the Arduino board 
will have a 0% error rate at a 250,000 bits per second data rate.

You'll write FSUIPC code to pump data to the Arduino - that's what I do 
for the light driver I did.

g.

-- 
Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project

ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!

Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical
minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd
by the clean end.

From raysot at comcast.net  Thu Feb 10 18:51:47 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (raysot at comcast.net)
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:51:47 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino?
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102101811000.21667@grumble.deltasoft.com>
Message-ID: <910201282.705968.1297392707128.JavaMail.root@sz0018a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>

Yep... just found it.... 

Serial.Read(); 

:-) 

It's back on! 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Buckle" <geneb at deltasoft.com> 
To: "Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" <simpits-tech at simpits.org> 
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 6:12:58 PM 
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Arduino? 

On Thu, 10 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote: 

> 
> 
> 
> The card is installed and I have to Arduino software libraries installed 
> and a basic project loaded to make an LED blink. It can blink like 
> there's no tomorrow (5ms crest/valley 50% duty cycle) My interface to 
> the aircores will be via the CS8190 Pulse to SOS/COS driver IC. (Much 
> like a tach) 
> 
> The problem is, I see no way to integrate the FSUIPC libraries to the 
> Arduino Development Environment, and likewise, no way to integrate the 
> Arduino Libraries to something Like Visual Studio. 
> 
> So far all I can do is create/load a Sketch file onto the card and 
> change the blink rate. 
> 
> Even if I used a H-Bridge IC to drive the aircores... How could I send 
> FSUIPC data to the card? I'll drop by the Arduino forums as well.... 

Ray, you'll do it serially. The FTDI serial chip on the Arduino board 
will have a 0% error rate at a 250,000 bits per second data rate. 

You'll write FSUIPC code to pump data to the Arduino - that's what I do 
for the light driver I did. 

g. 

-- 
Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. 
http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project 

ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment 
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. 
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! 

Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical 
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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Fri Feb 11 05:53:05 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:53:05 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino?
In-Reply-To: <910201282.705968.1297392707128.JavaMail.root@sz0018a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote:

> Yep... just found it....
>
> Serial.Read();
>
> :-)
>
> It's back on!
>
\o/

Where did you find the CS8190 chip?  How does the price compare to an 
H-bridge chip?

g.

-- 
Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project

ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!

Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical
minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd
by the clean end.

From raysot at comcast.net  Fri Feb 11 09:41:00 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (raysot at comcast.net)
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:41:00 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino?
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Mouser.com (They even had a 16-pin DIP package...) 


I think they were $2.59 or something... 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Buckle" <geneb at deltasoft.com> 
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Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 5:53:05 AM 
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Arduino? 

On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote: 

> Yep... just found it.... 
> 
> Serial.Read(); 
> 
> :-) 
> 
> It's back on! 
> 
\o/ 

Where did you find the CS8190 chip? How does the price compare to an 
H-bridge chip? 

g. 

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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Fri Feb 11 10:23:35 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:23:35 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino?
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote:

>
> Mouser.com (They even had a 16-pin DIP package...)
>
>
> I think they were $2.59 or something...
>
Thanks Ray.  I'm wondering how much easier it would be to run multiples of 
those as opposed to the H-bridge chips...

g.

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From raysot at comcast.net  Fri Feb 11 12:26:06 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (raysot at comcast.net)
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:26:06 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino?
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102111023010.20630@grumble.deltasoft.com>
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I have the chip breadboarded and working(somewhat); When I power it up the aircore moves. but so far no response yet in following the digital freq set by arduino. Arduino is putting out a nice 0/+5v square wave...

I am going to Fryes tonight to pick up the other discrete components. I was all out of .1uf caps and the circuit calls for a few of them to work with the ICs internal charge pump. 

I suspect that once I get the few R/C circuits added and a bit more tweaking, I'll have an aircore that's responsive.

...then it's beer-time!






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Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:23:35 AM 
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Arduino? 

On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote: 

> 
> Mouser.com (They even had a 16-pin DIP package...) 
> 
> 
> I think they were $2.59 or something... 
> 
Thanks Ray. I'm wondering how much easier it would be to run multiples of 
those as opposed to the H-bridge chips... 

g. 

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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Fri Feb 11 14:25:53 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:25:53 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino?
In-Reply-To: <488889256.743176.1297455966570.JavaMail.root@sz0018a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>
References: <488889256.743176.1297455966570.JavaMail.root@sz0018a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote:

> I have the chip breadboarded and working(somewhat); When I power it up 
> the aircore moves. but so far no response yet in following the digital 
> freq set by arduino. Arduino is putting out a nice 0/+5v square wave...
>
So you're driving the chip and not getting anything out of it?

> I am going to Fryes tonight to pick up the other discrete components. I 
> was all out of .1uf caps and the circuit calls for a few of them to work 
> with the ICs internal charge pump.
>
> I suspect that once I get the few R/C circuits added and a bit more 
> tweaking, I'll have an aircore that's responsive.
>
Hopefully. :)


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From raysot at comcast.net  Fri Feb 11 23:26:25 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (Ray Sotkiewicz)
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:26:25 -0800
Subject: [simpits-tech]  Arduino: Uber-Good News!
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	<alpine.LFD.2.00.1102111425140.27967@grumble.deltasoft.com>
Message-ID: <4D563621.6050906@comcast.net>

After a run to Frys, and some experimenting with R/C values in the 
charge-pump & Trim circuit, I can get about  300 degrees of needle 
deflection by cycling a digital output with timings between 100ms and 7ms.

There are still some resolution issues  but I think the major hurdles 
have been cleared.

One CS8190 chip gave up his little life for the cause. I think it's 
called 'Thermal Runaway'? (9 left :-)

I'm going to do a short video on it so folks can see this...


On 2/11/2011 2:25 PM, Gene Buckle wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote:
>
>> I have the chip breadboarded and working(somewhat); When I power it up
>> the aircore moves. but so far no response yet in following the digital
>> freq set by arduino. Arduino is putting out a nice 0/+5v square wave...
>>
> So you're driving the chip and not getting anything out of it?
>
>> I am going to Fryes tonight to pick up the other discrete components. I
>> was all out of .1uf caps and the circuit calls for a few of them to work
>> with the ICs internal charge pump.
>>
>> I suspect that once I get the few R/C circuits added and a bit more
>> tweaking, I'll have an aircore that's responsive.
>>
> Hopefully. :)
>
>


From raysot at comcast.net  Sat Feb 12 01:21:02 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (Ray Sotkiewicz)
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:21:02 -0800
Subject: [simpits-tech]  Arduino Success
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102111425140.27967@grumble.deltasoft.com>
References: <488889256.743176.1297455966570.JavaMail.root@sz0018a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>
	<alpine.LFD.2.00.1102111425140.27967@grumble.deltasoft.com>
Message-ID: <4D5650FE.3@comcast.net>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJdKCXZ3-A4

-Ray

On 2/11/2011 2:25 PM, Gene Buckle wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote:
>
>> I have the chip breadboarded and working(somewhat); When I power it up
>> the aircore moves. but so far no response yet in following the digital
>> freq set by arduino. Arduino is putting out a nice 0/+5v square wave...
>>
> So you're driving the chip and not getting anything out of it?
>
>> I am going to Fryes tonight to pick up the other discrete components. I
>> was all out of .1uf caps and the circuit calls for a few of them to work
>> with the ICs internal charge pump.
>>
>> I suspect that once I get the few R/C circuits added and a bit more
>> tweaking, I'll have an aircore that's responsive.
>>
> Hopefully. :)
>
>


From geneb at deltasoft.com  Sat Feb 12 22:00:33 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:00:33 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino: Uber-Good News!
In-Reply-To: <4D563621.6050906@comcast.net>
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	<4D563621.6050906@comcast.net>
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, Ray Sotkiewicz wrote:

> After a run to Frys, and some experimenting with R/C values in the
> charge-pump & Trim circuit, I can get about  300 degrees of needle
> deflection by cycling a digital output with timings between 100ms and 7ms.
>
> There are still some resolution issues  but I think the major hurdles
> have been cleared.
>
> One CS8190 chip gave up his little life for the cause. I think it's
> called 'Thermal Runaway'? (9 left :-)
>

Congrats!

g.

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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Sat Feb 12 22:04:15 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:04:15 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino Success
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On Sat, 12 Feb 2011, Ray Sotkiewicz wrote:

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJdKCXZ3-A4
>
\o/

g.

-- 
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ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
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From jjmessenger at yahoo.com  Sun Feb 13 11:25:12 2011
From: jjmessenger at yahoo.com (Justin Messenger)
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:25:12 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] A great basic controller card package to build a
	functional sim
Message-ID: <617740.3583.qm@web111503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Hey guys,

Ive been working with a new card (to me) for flightsim and Ive been able to do 
some very?cool things with it. The programing takes time and is not particularly 
easy (for me), However it is worth the effort. 


This USBOutputs card has 64 outputs that are designed to control indicator 
lights. Im also using it to control DC motors for a custom seat force feedback 
system. Im?using 12vDC which?is the voltage of the motors I use. For 
the?indicator lights Im using 12v?LEDs and some 12v light bulbs, though you have 
to make sure your light bulbs pull less than 500ma which is the card's amp limit 
per an output. To control some 28v functions (My F-4 Phantom landing gear and 
flaps indicators) I will use relays that are triggered by this card. 


This card will?also run 5 pots! For many of you this is all of the pots you will 
need.?If you use the Hagstom KE-108 card for your?toggle switches,?the Hagstom 
KE-108?can control an additional four pots.?Nine potentiometers are more than 
enough pots for any fighter sim. So if you are using these two cards there is no 
reason to purchase a separate pot controller card. 


So with this combo you get,

USBOutputs card (These outputs are triggered by flightsim, so your indicator 
lights are controlled by computer data. There is also a program for it to read 
data from Falcon 4.0, but I have not tried it)
	* 64?light?light outputs (you can provide any voltage from 0 to 50 volts. Im 
using 12v for my system)
	* 5 potentiometers?
Price 55.00EUR?(In the US this ends up being about $100.00 USD with shipping)
http://www.opencockpits.com/catalog/electronic-cards-iocards-outputs-lampsleds-c-21_44.html

You will also need a power supply, I use a computer power supply for 12vDC
You will also need FSUIPC to allow the USBOutputs card to communicate with 
flight simulator
http://www.schiratti.com/dowson.html


KE-108 keyboard emulator
	* 108 toggle switch imputs (These can be programmed as either keyboard 
keystrokes or joystick buttons)
	* 4 potentiometers
	* 2 rotary encoder switch inputs
	* Trackball and Spinner ports to generate custom mouse action

KE-USB108 Price - $169.95 ea. 
You will also want three IOX36 Breakout Boards for the KE-USB108 PRICE - $15.95 
ea. 

http://www.hagstromelectronics.com/products/ke_usb108.html


For approx $320.00 this combination provides a powerful and flexible?interface 
for your cockpit.

Regards,
Justin

?
www.SimAdventure.com?


 
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From raysot at comcast.net  Mon Feb 14 22:53:56 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (Ray Sotkiewicz)
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:53:56 -0800
Subject: [simpits-tech]  Arduino Update: no-go...
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After a few days of tinkering I am just not overly-enthused about using 
Arduino.  it's great if you want to use it for a single purpose (And 
this may be where my programming skills fall short) but I don't see this 
card doing much more than fulfilling a single purpose in life.. like 
driving one gauge at a time....

So... back to the drawing board for driving aircores... I love how 
aircores react in sims.. just wish someone would fess up as to how they 
are doing it in those sexy racing sims...... PHCC anyone?

...too old to be programming something from the ground up... need 
something that works "almost" now :-)


From geneb at deltasoft.com  Tue Feb 15 06:05:11 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 06:05:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino Update: no-go...
In-Reply-To: <4D5A2304.1030206@comcast.net>
References: <617740.3583.qm@web111503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
	<4D5A2304.1030206@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102150603590.30452@grumble.deltasoft.com>

On Mon, 14 Feb 2011, Ray Sotkiewicz wrote:

>
> After a few days of tinkering I am just not overly-enthused about using
> Arduino.  it's great if you want to use it for a single purpose (And
> this may be where my programming skills fall short) but I don't see this
> card doing much more than fulfilling a single purpose in life.. like
> driving one gauge at a time....
>
What issue are you having?  The ATMega328 is a pretty capable device and 
if memory serves you're using the Arduino Mega which uses a larger uC.

g.

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From joab_ryan at yahoo.com  Tue Feb 15 09:26:49 2011
From: joab_ryan at yahoo.com (joab ryan)
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:26:49 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Fw: Half Off Flight Simulator from Fly-A-Sim
Message-ID: <218088.46839.qm@web161206.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

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From raysot at comcast.net  Mon Feb 21 17:03:35 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (raysot at comcast.net)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:03:35 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [simpits-tech]  Arduino, Part Deaux...
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Although I smoked my first Arduino card, I'm not giving up on this yet... 

After some research, I was able to pick up some Serial-to-Aircore driver ICs...

This may pan out to be a very nice solution. Read a Address-Byte/Data-Byte from the USB port, determine which chip the data belongs to, then clock in the data byte.

(At least that's the theory... Should have a new Arduino card soon...  




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Buckle" <geneb at deltasoft.com> 
To: "Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" <simpits-tech at simpits.org> 
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:23:35 AM 
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Arduino? 

On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote: 

> 
> Mouser.com (They even had a 16-pin DIP package...) 
> 
> 
> I think they were $2.59 or something... 
> 
Thanks Ray. I'm wondering how much easier it would be to run multiples of 
those as opposed to the H-bridge chips... 

g. 

-- 
Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. 
http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project 

ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment 
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. 
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! 

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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Mon Feb 21 17:29:19 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:29:19 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino, Part Deaux...
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On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote:

>
> Although I smoked my first Arduino card, I'm not giving up on this yet...
>
How the hell did you manage that Ray?  Good god man, did you feed it AC or 
something? :)

> After some research, I was able to pick up some Serial-to-Aircore driver 
> ICs...
>
Boy you're going to fight using those H-bridges to the very end, 
ain'tcha? :)

g.

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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Mon Feb 21 18:00:39 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:00:39 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Hey Sean...
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102211759200.334@grumble.deltasoft.com>

Hope you're doing ok old man.

FYI, when an entire island tries to buck you off *twice*, it might be time 
to move. :)

Stay well.

(6.3 earthquake in NZ a little while ago)

g.


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From brian at sikkema.us  Tue Feb 22 06:09:33 2011
From: brian at sikkema.us (Brian Sikkema)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:09:33 +0900
Subject: [simpits-tech] Hey Sean...
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On 2/22/2011 11:00 AM, Gene Buckle wrote:
> Hope you're doing ok old man.
>
> FYI, when an entire island tries to buck you off *twice*, it might be time
> to move. :)
>
> Stay well.
>
> (6.3 earthquake in NZ a little while ago)
>
> g.
>
x2... Wife just told me about the quake, hope you're all ok.

We've been getting a bunch of little ones lately. Not sure what's going on.

From raysot at comcast.net  Tue Feb 22 12:43:53 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (raysot at comcast.net)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:43:53 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino, Part Deaux...
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102211728100.31277@grumble.deltasoft.com>
Message-ID: <332476322.1285416.1298407432997.JavaMail.root@sz0018a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>


For data to work, it must be beautiful :-)

Yep! Gonna fight those H-Bridges every step of the way.

The Serial link seems a more elegant solution. I could [probably] get the arduino to work supporting multiple h-bridges but I think the timing issues would really be a problem (for me) since the Arduino is a single-threaded system.

In my upcoming attempt I'm excited about grabbing a byte, then sending it to the appropriate aircore driver. Seems simple...

(As long as I don't smoke check Arduino #2 things should go much better!)

 

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Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 5:29:19 PM 
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Arduino, Part Deaux... 

On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote: 

> 
> Although I smoked my first Arduino card, I'm not giving up on this yet... 
> 
How the hell did you manage that Ray? Good god man, did you feed it AC or 
something? :) 

> After some research, I was able to pick up some Serial-to-Aircore driver 
> ICs... 
> 
Boy you're going to fight using those H-bridges to the very end, 
ain'tcha? :) 

g. 

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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Tue Feb 22 12:55:14 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:55:14 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino, Part Deaux...
In-Reply-To: <332476322.1285416.1298407432997.JavaMail.root@sz0018a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>
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On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote:

>
> For data to work, it must be beautiful :-)
>
> Yep! Gonna fight those H-Bridges every step of the way.
>
> The Serial link seems a more elegant solution. I could [probably] get 
> the arduino to work supporting multiple h-bridges but I think the timing 
> issues would really be a problem (for me) since the Arduino is a 
> single-threaded system.
>
Well keep in mind that if memory serves, you don't need multiple threads 
to drive those things.  You set a value on the port and it'll stay there 
until you tell it otherwise.  I could be wrong of course - I haven't had 
time to play with them yet.

What chip did you find for driving the air-cores serially?

g.
> In my upcoming attempt I'm excited about grabbing a byte, then sending 
> it to the appropriate aircore driver. Seems simple...
>
> (As long as I don't smoke check Arduino #2 things should go much better!)
>
It's a good reason to keep some of the ATMega328 PDIP based versions of 
the Arduino handy.  If you cook it, you just stick the bootloader on a new 
one and go.  You'll need to build an ICP cable or have an STK500 (or 
similar) programmer to burn the bootloader on it though.

g.


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From raysot at comcast.net  Tue Feb 22 13:50:49 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (raysot at comcast.net)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:50:49 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino, Part Deaux...
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102221252230.2816@grumble.deltasoft.com>
Message-ID: <1665579670.1289452.1298411449846.JavaMail.root@sz0018a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>

Got me some of these:
CS4122

Mouser still has them. I've never soldered a SOIC device before... looks like a trip to Fryes is warranted!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Buckle" <geneb at deltasoft.com> 
To: "Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" <simpits-tech at simpits.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 12:55:14 PM 
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Arduino, Part Deaux... 

On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote: 

> 
> For data to work, it must be beautiful :-) 
> 
> Yep! Gonna fight those H-Bridges every step of the way. 
> 
> The Serial link seems a more elegant solution. I could [probably] get 
> the arduino to work supporting multiple h-bridges but I think the timing 
> issues would really be a problem (for me) since the Arduino is a 
> single-threaded system. 
> 
Well keep in mind that if memory serves, you don't need multiple threads 
to drive those things. You set a value on the port and it'll stay there 
until you tell it otherwise. I could be wrong of course - I haven't had 
time to play with them yet. 

What chip did you find for driving the air-cores serially? 

g. 
> In my upcoming attempt I'm excited about grabbing a byte, then sending 
> it to the appropriate aircore driver. Seems simple... 
> 
> (As long as I don't smoke check Arduino #2 things should go much better!) 
> 
It's a good reason to keep some of the ATMega328 PDIP based versions of 
the Arduino handy. If you cook it, you just stick the bootloader on a new 
one and go. You'll need to build an ICP cable or have an STK500 (or 
similar) programmer to burn the bootloader on it though. 

g. 


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From raysot at comcast.net  Tue Feb 22 14:08:17 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (raysot at comcast.net)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:08:17 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino, Part Deaux...
In-Reply-To: <1548148395.1290295.1298412224128.JavaMail.root@sz0018a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>
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This may be where my programming knowledge falls short but I'm not sure you can set a frequency per I/O pin. (That's where i was going originally before the thin trail of smoke erupted.) 


The PWM outputs I *think* are frequency-adjustable, but hadn't gotten there yet. (And I may still pursue that route) 


One problem I ran into with the original circuit was that the Freq-to-Aircore driver chips had a non-linear response curve. (More like a logarithmic response curve and I would probably need to build reference tables to remove that log behavior) 



Gotta crack a few eggs to make an omelet I guess. 


Now, for the serial plan... What I hope for is to have a single data line shared by all CS4122 chips , with multiple CLK lines. (One per chip) 

I love research! :-0 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: raysot at comcast.net 
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Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 1:50:49 PM 
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Arduino, Part Deaux... 

Got me some of these: 
CS4122 

Mouser still has them. I've never soldered a SOIC device before... looks like a trip to Fryes is warranted! 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Buckle" <geneb at deltasoft.com> 
To: "Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" <simpits-tech at simpits.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 12:55:14 PM 
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Arduino, Part Deaux... 

On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote: 

> 
> For data to work, it must be beautiful :-) 
> 
> Yep! Gonna fight those H-Bridges every step of the way. 
> 
> The Serial link seems a more elegant solution. I could [probably] get 
> the arduino to work supporting multiple h-bridges but I think the timing 
> issues would really be a problem (for me) since the Arduino is a 
> single-threaded system. 
> 
Well keep in mind that if memory serves, you don't need multiple threads 
to drive those things. You set a value on the port and it'll stay there 
until you tell it otherwise. I could be wrong of course - I haven't had 
time to play with them yet. 

What chip did you find for driving the air-cores serially? 

g. 
> In my upcoming attempt I'm excited about grabbing a byte, then sending 
> it to the appropriate aircore driver. Seems simple... 
> 
> (As long as I don't smoke check Arduino #2 things should go much better!) 
> 
It's a good reason to keep some of the ATMega328 PDIP based versions of 
the Arduino handy. If you cook it, you just stick the bootloader on a new 
one and go. You'll need to build an ICP cable or have an STK500 (or 
similar) programmer to burn the bootloader on it though. 

g. 


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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Tue Feb 22 14:39:35 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:39:35 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino, Part Deaux...
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On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote:

> Got me some of these:
> CS4122
>
> Mouser still has them. I've never soldered a SOIC device before... looks 
> like a trip to Fryes is warranted!

Ow.  I hope you don't need many, they're an EOL part and no visible 
replacement.

g.

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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Tue Feb 22 14:42:18 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:42:18 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino, Part Deaux...
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On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote:

> Now, for the serial plan... What I hope for is to have a single data 
> line shared by all CS4122 chips , with multiple CLK lines. (One per 
> chip)

Not having looked at the specs, I would recommend using the chip enable 
pin if one is present.  That lets you keep common data & clock lines 
across multiple parts.  If CE isn't set for the part in question, it'll 
ignore the clock & data lines.

g.


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From raysot at comcast.net  Tue Feb 22 16:11:32 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (raysot at comcast.net)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:11:32 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino, Part Deaux...
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102221441120.6519@grumble.deltasoft.com>
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Chip has a Si, So, CLK and CS so hopefully that will suffice.

Just noticed that the full 360-degree gauge output has some interesting serial data input requirements. 

Major Gauge (360?)
MSB                                LSB

D11 D10 D9 D8 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
|Gauge |Quadrant|      Data          |     
|Select|Select  |                    | 

...that should be fun......




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Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 2:42:18 PM 
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Arduino, Part Deaux... 

On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote: 

> Now, for the serial plan... What I hope for is to have a single data 
> line shared by all CS4122 chips , with multiple CLK lines. (One per 
> chip) 

Not having looked at the specs, I would recommend using the chip enable 
pin if one is present. That lets you keep common data & clock lines 
across multiple parts. If CE isn't set for the part in question, it'll 
ignore the clock & data lines. 

g. 


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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Tue Feb 22 19:08:02 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:08:02 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino, Part Deaux...
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From raysot at comcast.net  Tue Feb 22 21:56:55 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (Ray Sotkiewicz)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:56:55 -0800
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino, Part Deaux...
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From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com  Wed Feb 23 14:49:54 2011
From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:49:54 +1300
Subject: [simpits-tech] Hey Sean...
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Hey Guys,

Thanks for the thoughts... this one was a major shake, the devastation
is pretty amazing.  Deathtoll is sitting at 71 currently, but is sure to
rise as they get through some of destroyed buildings.

Luckily my family (including my 3 week old!), my workmates and I are all
safe, many many others are not.  My home is in a "green" zone meaning we
have 2 out of 3 essentials, (we have water and power but no sewage),
while over 80 percent of the city is without water.

 

I have some nice security cam footage, which should be hitting youtube
soon, of what the workshop at work went through... link shortly.

 

When the quake struck I was is a 70 year old concrete storage building
having a look at a sim we just bought, but managed to run out the small
access door quicker than my 26 year old workmate... still some speed in
these 40 year old bones yet!

 

Oh, and the Skyhawk came through it fine... might go flying during the
aftershocks and take advantage of the free-full-motion effect ;-)

 

Sean

 

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On 2/22/2011 11:00 AM, Gene Buckle wrote:
> Hope you're doing ok old man.
>
> FYI, when an entire island tries to buck you off *twice*, it might be
time
> to move. :)
>
> Stay well.
>
> (6.3 earthquake in NZ a little while ago)
>
> g.
>
x2... Wife just told me about the quake, hope you're all ok.

We've been getting a bunch of little ones lately. Not sure what's going
on.
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From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk  Wed Feb 23 16:31:45 2011
From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:31:45 +0000
Subject: [simpits-tech] Hey Sean...
In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0DBB4@PS-CH1.pacsim.local>
References: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102211759200.334@grumble.deltasoft.com>
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Sean - put me in the middle of a 6.3 quake and you'd have more sewage than
you could handle.

Glad to hear that you and yours are all safe. I've only experienced one
tiddly quake (about 2 years ago) since they are heavily taxed in the UK so
we can't afford many of them.

Scared the crap outta me though so I don't envy you guys at all.

Let's hope things settle down quickly and stay settled for a long, long
time!


On 23 February 2011 22:49, Sean Galbraith <
Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com> wrote:

>  Hey Guys,
>
> Thanks for the thoughts? this one was a major shake, the devastation is
> pretty amazing.  Deathtoll is sitting at 71 currently, but is sure to rise
> as they get through some of destroyed buildings.
>
> Luckily my family (including my 3 week old!), my workmates and I are all
> safe, many many others are not.  My home is in a ?green? zone meaning we
> have 2 out of 3 essentials, (we have water and power but no sewage), while
> over 80 percent of the city is without water.
>
>
>
> I have some nice security cam footage, which should be hitting youtube
> soon, of what the workshop at work went through? link shortly.
>
>
>
> When the quake struck I was is a 70 year old concrete storage building
> having a look at a sim we just bought, but managed to run out the small
> access door quicker than my 26 year old workmate? still some speed in these
> 40 year old bones yet!
>
>
>
> Oh, and the Skyhawk came through it fine? might go flying during the
> aftershocks and take advantage of the free-full-motion effect ;-)
>
>
>
> Sean
>
>
>
> *Sean Galbraith***
>
> Simulator Technician
>
> Pacific Simulators 2010 Limited | Unit 2-103 Main South Road
> PO Box 6737 | Upper Riccarton
> Christchurch | New Zealand
>
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>
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> email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those
> of Pacific Simulators.
>
>
>   ------------------------------
>
> *From:* simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:
> simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] *On Behalf Of *Brian Sikkema
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 23 February 2011 3:10 a.m.
> *To:* Simulator Cockpit Builder's List
> *Subject:* Re: [simpits-tech] Hey Sean...
>
>
>
> On 2/22/2011 11:00 AM, Gene Buckle wrote:
> > Hope you're doing ok old man.
> >
> > FYI, when an entire island tries to buck you off *twice*, it might be
> time
> > to move. :)
> >
> > Stay well.
> >
> > (6.3 earthquake in NZ a little while ago)
> >
> > g.
> >
> x2... Wife just told me about the quake, hope you're all ok.
>
> We've been getting a bunch of little ones lately. Not sure what's going on.
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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Wed Feb 23 16:51:47 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:51:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Hey Sean...
In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0DBB4@PS-CH1.pacsim.local>
References: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102211759200.334@grumble.deltasoft.com>
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	<2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0DBB4@PS-CH1.pacsim.local>
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102231650460.22581@grumble.deltasoft.com>

On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, Sean Galbraith wrote:

> Luckily my family (including my 3 week old!), my workmates and I are all
> safe, many many others are not.  My home is in a "green" zone meaning we
> have 2 out of 3 essentials, (we have water and power but no sewage),
> while over 80 percent of the city is without water.
>
Glad to hear it!

>
>
> I have some nice security cam footage, which should be hitting youtube
> soon, of what the workshop at work went through... link shortly.
>
Neat! :)

> When the quake struck I was is a 70 year old concrete storage building
> having a look at a sim we just bought, but managed to run out the small
> access door quicker than my 26 year old workmate... still some speed in
> these 40 year old bones yet!
>
What kind of sim?

g.

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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Wed Feb 23 16:57:47 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:57:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Hey Sean...
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinPkPDNaPWkzvEFWSrodqNG=_9aT0fy35SKUS6o@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, Roy Coates wrote:

> Glad to hear that you and yours are all safe. I've only experienced one
> tiddly quake (about 2 years ago) since they are heavily taxed in the UK so
> we can't afford many of them.
>
Now THAT is funny.  I wonder which council is taking up the issue of 
making them wear safety vests and publishing announcements 30 days out? :)

g.

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From raysot at comcast.net  Wed Feb 23 20:13:18 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (Ray Sotkiewicz)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:13:18 -0800
Subject: [simpits-tech] Arduino, Part Deaux...
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102221906500.14580@grumble.deltasoft.com>
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Hmm... just figured out I can use Arduino to control some BCD to 7Seg 
decoder/Drivers..... (like the 7447 / 7448)

Is it sad that I didn't even have to look those chip numbers up? Even 
that the 7447 drives common cathode displays while the 7448 drives 
common anode....

I used to spend my allowance at Radio shack as a kid.... I've long 
forgotten the pinouts, but I could probably still recall the 7400 NAND 
gate pinouts if I really tried :-)



On 2/22/2011 7:08 PM, Gene Buckle wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, raysot at comcast.net wrote:
>
>>
>> Chip has a Si, So, CLK and CS so hopefully that will suffice.
>>
>> Just noticed that the full 360-degree gauge output has some 
>> interesting serial data input requirements.
>> Major Gauge (360?)
>> MSB                                LSB
>>
>> D11 D10 D9 D8 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
>> |Gauge |Quadrant|      Data          | |Select|Select  
>> |                    |
>> ...that should be fun......
>
> I suspect "CS" == Chip Select. :)
>
> Pssst.  Hey buddy!  Got some neat h-bridges here.  One owner!  Only 
> driven on Sundays! :)
>
> g.
>
>
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From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com  Wed Feb 23 20:12:28 2011
From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:12:28 +1300
Subject: [simpits-tech] Hey Sean...
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References: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102211759200.334@grumble.deltasoft.com><4D63C39D.90806@sikkema.us><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0DBB4@PS-CH1.pacsim.local>
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Roy... *that* is funny :-)   But I suspect that we'll have a rise in
earthquake taxes soon, so this may have been the last one we will be
having... or at least we HOPE it is!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Ggkpgk2LI&feature=player_embedded

 

Have a peek..... the blonde flash across the middle of one screen is
Jamie, our codie..... I didn't know that codies could actually run!

 

 

SeanG

 

________________________________

From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org
[mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Roy Coates
Sent: Thursday, 24 February 2011 1:32 p.m.
To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Hey Sean...

 


Sean - put me in the middle of a 6.3 quake and you'd have more sewage
than you could handle.

Glad to hear that you and yours are all safe. I've only experienced one
tiddly quake (about 2 years ago) since they are heavily taxed in the UK
so we can't afford many of them.

Scared the crap outta me though so I don't envy you guys at all.

Let's hope things settle down quickly and stay settled for a long, long
time!



On 23 February 2011 22:49, Sean Galbraith <
Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com> wrote:

Hey Guys,

Thanks for the thoughts... this one was a major shake, the devastation
is pretty amazing.  Deathtoll is sitting at 71 currently, but is sure to
rise as they get through some of destroyed buildings.

Luckily my family (including my 3 week old!), my workmates and I are all
safe, many many others are not.  My home is in a "green" zone meaning we
have 2 out of 3 essentials, (we have water and power but no sewage),
while over 80 percent of the city is without water.

 

I have some nice security cam footage, which should be hitting youtube
soon, of what the workshop at work went through... link shortly.

 

When the quake struck I was is a 70 year old concrete storage building
having a look at a sim we just bought, but managed to run out the small
access door quicker than my 26 year old workmate... still some speed in
these 40 year old bones yet!

 

Oh, and the Skyhawk came through it fine... might go flying during the
aftershocks and take advantage of the free-full-motion effect ;-)

 

Sean

 

Sean Galbraith

Simulator Technician

Pacific Simulators 2010 Limited | Unit 2-103 Main South Road
PO Box 6737 | Upper Riccarton
Christchurch | New Zealand

T +64 3 343 0864| F +64 3 343 0863 | M +64 21 846 737
E sean.galbraith at pacificsimulators.com | www.pacificsimulators.com
<http://www.pacificsimulators.com/> 
 
 
This email is intended for the addressee only and may contain privileged
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email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent
those of Pacific Simulators.

 

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From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:
simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Brian Sikkema
Sent: Wednesday, 23 February 2011 3:10 a.m.
To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Hey Sean...

 

On 2/22/2011 11:00 AM, Gene Buckle wrote:
> Hope you're doing ok old man.
>
> FYI, when an entire island tries to buck you off *twice*, it might be
time
> to move. :)
>
> Stay well.
>
> (6.3 earthquake in NZ a little while ago)
>
> g.
>
x2... Wife just told me about the quake, hope you're all ok.

We've been getting a bunch of little ones lately. Not sure what's going
on.
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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Wed Feb 23 20:51:21 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:51:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Hey Sean...
In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0DBBD@PS-CH1.pacsim.local>
References: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102211759200.334@grumble.deltasoft.com><4D63C39D.90806@sikkema.us><2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0DBB4@PS-CH1.pacsim.local>
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, Sean Galbraith wrote:

>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Ggkpgk2LI&feature=player_embedded
>
Wild...

>
>
> Have a peek..... the blonde flash across the middle of one screen is
> Jamie, our codie..... I didn't know that codies could actually run!
>
Codie?

g.

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Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical
minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd
by the clean end.

From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com  Wed Feb 23 23:39:01 2011
From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:39:01 +1300
Subject: [simpits-tech] Hey Sean...
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102232051010.30174@grumble.deltasoft.com>
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Didn't we have this discussion a few months back?  I think "Codie" is
English-english slang, adopted by us in the Antipodes, meaning
"Programmer" or "software guy"......

 

Oh, and the sim we bought;  nothing special, just the 3rd 737 we built.
Going to finally have a test rig in the workshop <yay>

 

SeanG

 

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[mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Gene Buckle
Sent: Thursday, 24 February 2011 5:51 p.m.
To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Hey Sean...

 

On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, Sean Galbraith wrote:

>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Ggkpgk2LI&feature=player_embedded
>
Wild...

>
>
> Have a peek..... the blonde flash across the middle of one screen is
> Jamie, our codie..... I didn't know that codies could actually run!
>
Codie?

g.

--
Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project

ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!

Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical
minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media,
which
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a
turd
by the clean end.
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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Thu Feb 24 06:25:14 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:25:14 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Hey Sean...
In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0DBBE@PS-CH1.pacsim.local>
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, Sean Galbraith wrote:

> Didn't we have this discussion a few months back?  I think "Codie" is
> English-english slang, adopted by us in the Antipodes, meaning
> "Programmer" or "software guy"......
>
Ahh.  We're fast when properly motivated. :)

g.


From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk  Thu Feb 24 12:54:54 2011
From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:54:54 +0000
Subject: [simpits-tech] Hey Sean...
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Adding "ie" to the end of things seems to be an Oz/Nz thing.  Biker becomes
Bikie etc.

Certainly not used here in the UK.

Here, a coder is generally known as an overpaid and generally slightly weird
person who eats a shitload of pizza and works very unusual hours.

Incidentally, I was thinking more about quakes about 3.30 today.  But then I
did have a very spicy chicken sub around noon.


On 24 February 2011 14:25, Gene Buckle <geneb at deltasoft.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, Sean Galbraith wrote:
>
> > Didn't we have this discussion a few months back?  I think "Codie" is
> > English-english slang, adopted by us in the Antipodes, meaning
> > "Programmer" or "software guy"......
> >
> Ahh.  We're fast when properly motivated. :)
>
> g.
>
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From brian at sikkema.us  Fri Feb 25 02:40:06 2011
From: brian at sikkema.us (Brian Sikkema)
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:40:06 +0900
Subject: [simpits-tech] KC-46A!
Message-ID: <4D678706.3010404@sikkema.us>

http://www.airforce-magazine.com/Features/modernization/Pages/box022511tanker.aspx

Just think, we'll have 18 of them by 2017! The KC-135 will only be 60 then!

Of course, this is only for 179 tankers... we get to have another 
competition now for KC-Y and KC-Z to replace the rest of the 400+ 
KC-135's and 80+ KC-10's...

Brian

From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk  Mon Feb 28 10:47:31 2011
From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:47:31 +0000
Subject: [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=sz1X6AcfnJNv7Jmg3+Sb71Mz=QiRjdm3gmTY7@mail.gmail.com>

Chaps,
           About to start building another simpit and I'm looking for a
controller I can use to control low-current devices like LED's.

At most, I might have a small relay or two - nothing major.

Top of my list right now is the Phidget 0/16/16 but feel that this is
expensive for what it is. (~$100)

I don't have time to build anything, is anyone aware of another
off-the-shelf interface that might do the job?

Cheers,

Roy.
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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Mon Feb 28 10:55:23 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:55:23 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=sz1X6AcfnJNv7Jmg3+Sb71Mz=QiRjdm3gmTY7@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Roy Coates wrote:

> Chaps,
>           About to start building another simpit and I'm looking for a
> controller I can use to control low-current devices like LED's.
>
> At most, I might have a small relay or two - nothing major.
>
> Top of my list right now is the Phidget 0/16/16 but feel that this is
> expensive for what it is. (~$100)
>
> I don't have time to build anything, is anyone aware of another
> off-the-shelf interface that might do the job?
>

Grab an Arduino Uno and slap a Centipede Shield on it.  You can drive LEDs 
with it directly and use power transistors for those items that require 
more power.

g.


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ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
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From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com  Mon Feb 28 12:57:38 2011
From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith)
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 09:57:38 +1300
Subject: [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's
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http://www.ruscool.co.nz/64_op.html

 

John makes bits for us at work, but has branched out into "consumer"
components as well..  I am going to be using his 64 output board (as
soon as the world stops shaking), and he can supply an SDK rather than
using his FS9/X GUI app..

 

 

SeanG

________________________________

From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org
[mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Roy Coates
Sent: Tuesday, 1 March 2011 7:48 a.m.
To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List
Subject: [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's

 


Chaps,
           About to start building another simpit and I'm looking for a
controller I can use to control low-current devices like LED's.

At most, I might have a small relay or two - nothing major.

Top of my list right now is the Phidget 0/16/16 but feel that this is
expensive for what it is. (~$100)

I don't have time to build anything, is anyone aware of another
off-the-shelf interface that might do the job?

Cheers,

Roy.

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From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk  Mon Feb 28 13:27:22 2011
From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:27:22 +0000
Subject: [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's
In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0DBE9@PS-CH1.pacsim.local>
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Message-ID: <AANLkTin3+g48SdU1v_EBi2XdQ0LUTfGyYR5vwsL5U_S=@mail.gmail.com>

Wow... he's got some cool stuff there!  It looks a bit pricey - but it sure
looks nice too!

First time I've seen someone offer a gear-handle - very cool indeed.

Thanks Sean.

On 28 February 2011 20:57, Sean Galbraith <
Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com> wrote:

>  http://www.ruscool.co.nz/64_op.html
>
>
>
> John makes bits for us at work, but has branched out into ?consumer?
> components as well..  I am going to be using his 64 output board (as soon as
> the world stops shaking), and he can supply an SDK rather than using his
> FS9/X GUI app..
>
>
>
>
>
> SeanG
>   ------------------------------
>
> *From:* simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:
> simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] *On Behalf Of *Roy Coates
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 1 March 2011 7:48 a.m.
> *To:* Simulator Cockpit Builder's List
> *Subject:* [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's
>
>
>
>
> Chaps,
>            About to start building another simpit and I'm looking for a
> controller I can use to control low-current devices like LED's.
>
> At most, I might have a small relay or two - nothing major.
>
> Top of my list right now is the Phidget 0/16/16 but feel that this is
> expensive for what it is. (~$100)
>
> I don't have time to build anything, is anyone aware of another
> off-the-shelf interface that might do the job?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Roy.
>  ------------------------------
>
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From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk  Mon Feb 28 13:28:24 2011
From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:28:24 +0000
Subject: [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102281054350.15497@grumble.deltasoft.com>
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I really need to take a closer look at this Arduino gizmo.  Our resident
leccytronics guru is becoming interested in them too so I could have my own
in-house circuit bitch soon :)


On 28 February 2011 18:55, Gene Buckle <geneb at deltasoft.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Roy Coates wrote:
>
> > Chaps,
> >           About to start building another simpit and I'm looking for a
> > controller I can use to control low-current devices like LED's.
> >
> > At most, I might have a small relay or two - nothing major.
> >
> > Top of my list right now is the Phidget 0/16/16 but feel that this is
> > expensive for what it is. (~$100)
> >
> > I don't have time to build anything, is anyone aware of another
> > off-the-shelf interface that might do the job?
> >
>
> Grab an Arduino Uno and slap a Centipede Shield on it.  You can drive LEDs
> with it directly and use power transistors for those items that require
> more power.
>
> g.
>
>
> --
> Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
> http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
> http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project
>
> ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
> A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
> http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!
>
> Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical
> minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
> holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd
> by the clean end.
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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Mon Feb 28 13:31:01 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:31:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's
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On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Roy Coates wrote:

> I really need to take a closer look at this Arduino gizmo.  Our resident
> leccytronics guru is becoming interested in them too so I could have my own
> in-house circuit bitch soon :)
>

That and an eBay Arduino is $10 and the Centipede Shield is $20.  Just 
have to write some code to make it work.  It communicates via HS serial. 
(I run mine at 250,000 baud)

g.

-- 
Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project

ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!

Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical
minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd
by the clean end.

From raysot at comcast.net  Mon Feb 28 14:05:50 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (raysot at comcast.net)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:05:50 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's
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You won't go wrong using RusCool stuff. I was introduced to it by Robert Reed and have since gutted my EPIC USB hardware and replaced it with the RusCool cards.

They are pricey, but in my case I had to look at the time I spent programming the EPIC. I finally determined that it would never be finished.

With the Ruscool cards, you do nothing more than wire it up, use a GUI to say "Turn this LED on when this offset = <something>"

Granted you can't do complex logic like a 777 Radio Management panel, but Ruscool really got me moving again on my F16.

Even better (Only if you used EPIC), the same logic interface applies to both EPIC and Ruscool. With minimal planning I was able to rip out EPIC but leave in all the breakout boards  and plug the Ruscool cards directly into the breakout boards.

I know this sounds like a plug.... I was just that impressed with the Ruscool cards.

Somewhat pricey but after I looked at the opportunity costs (The cost of me flailing away at EPIC code vs. a few days of rewiring and some GUI work) the cost became secondary.

Ray



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy Coates" <roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk> 
To: "Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" <simpits-tech at simpits.org> 
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 1:27:22 PM 
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's 


Wow... he's got some cool stuff there! It looks a bit pricey - but it sure looks nice too! 

First time I've seen someone offer a gear-handle - very cool indeed. 

Thanks Sean. 


On 28 February 2011 20:57, Sean Galbraith < Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com > wrote: 






http://www.ruscool.co.nz/64_op.html 



John makes bits for us at work, but has branched out into ?consumer? components as well.. I am going to be using his 64 output board (as soon as the world stops shaking), and he can supply an SDK rather than using his FS9/X GUI app.. 





SeanG 





From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org ] On Behalf Of Roy Coates 
Sent: Tuesday, 1 March 2011 7:48 a.m. 
To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List 
Subject: [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's 







Chaps, 
About to start building another simpit and I'm looking for a controller I can use to control low-current devices like LED's. 

At most, I might have a small relay or two - nothing major. 

Top of my list right now is the Phidget 0/16/16 but feel that this is expensive for what it is. (~$100) 

I don't have time to build anything, is anyone aware of another off-the-shelf interface that might do the job? 

Cheers, 

Roy. 



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From phoenixcomm at gmail.com  Mon Feb 28 14:50:19 2011
From: phoenixcomm at gmail.com (Cris Harrison)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:50:19 -0600
Subject: [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=sz1X6AcfnJNv7Jmg3+Sb71Mz=QiRjdm3gmTY7@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Roy Coates <roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk>wrote:

>
> Chaps,
>            About to start building another simpit and I'm looking for a
> controller I can use to control low-current devices like LED's.
>
> At most, I might have a small relay or two - nothing major.
>
> Top of my list right now is the Phidget 0/16/16 but feel that this is
> expensive for what it is. (~$100)
>
> I don't have time to build anything, is anyone aware of another
> off-the-shelf interface that might do the job?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Roy.
>
>
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sorry but you all know me Im out in left field but I have trashed the
Arduino, they cant do much, and besides I
want to have Ethernet, USB, and maybe I2C:
So take a look at the hawk board www.hawkboard.org part is a TI OMAP
*L138*(dual core) thats a ARM9 cpu (32bit) and
tah, dah a live DSP. Runs Linux out of the box.. SWEET all for about 90
bucks




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habit.
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From jjmessenger at yahoo.com  Mon Feb 28 16:23:32 2011
From: jjmessenger at yahoo.com (Justin Messenger)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:23:32 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's
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Message-ID: <983581.15675.qm@web111503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

The Opencockpits USBOUTPUTS card?also handles 64 outputs and can run up to 50 
volts through the connectors which are built right?onto the board.?With shipping 
it also costs about half as much. 
http://www.opencockpits.com/catalog/electronic-cards-iocards-outputs-lampsleds-c-21_44.html

You do however, have to learn SIOC script which takes some time. 

It looks?like Ruscool has a much easier to use interface.
?
Justin
www.SimAdventure.com?
?
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http://www.ruscool.co.nz/64_op.html
?
?
?
?
John makes bits for us at work, but has branched out into ?consumer? components 
as well..? I am going to be using his 64 output board (as soon as the world 
stops shaking), and he can supply an SDK rather than using his FS9/X GUI app..
?
?
SeanG

________________________________

From:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] 
On Behalf Of Roy Coates
Sent: Tuesday, 1 March 2011 7:48 a.m.
To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List
Subject: [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's
?

Chaps,
?????????? About to start building another simpit and I'm looking for a 
controller I can use to control low-current devices like LED's.

At most, I might have a small relay or two - nothing major.

Top of my list right now is the Phidget 0/16/16 but feel that this is expensive 
for what it is. (~$100)

I don't have time to build anything, is anyone aware of another off-the-shelf 
interface that might do the job?

Cheers,

Roy .


      
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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Mon Feb 28 17:16:09 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:16:09 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's
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On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Cris Harrison wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Roy Coates <roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk>wrote:
>
>>
>
> sorry but you all know me Im out in left field but I have trashed the
> Arduino, they cant do much, and besides I
Bullshit.  I've worked with the ATMega328 and the Arduino software stack 
and it's a great little platform to work on.

> want to have Ethernet, USB, and maybe I2C:
Then you haven't looked at the Arduino at all - otherwise you'd know it 
supports all that.  I2C right off the board and Ethernet & USB via 
shields.

Ethernet Shield: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9026 (also stocked by 
others)

Arduino based autopilot for UAVs : http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8785

The new Arduino Uno uses an ATMega8u2 instead of the FTDI serial chip for 
it's main interface.  This chip can be reprogrammed to emulate any kind of 
USB HID device instead of being just a serial port.

If you want to connect a USB device to an Arduino, you can use the USB 
Shield here: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9947 so you can hook up 
webcams, keyboards, joysticks, etc. to a "can't do much" Arduino.

If you're into the .Net compact framework, you can get any one of the FEZ 
boards (I have a FEZ Panda: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10146) and 
program your device in VB.Net or C#.  The FEZ line has quite a few really 
cool boards.  Check out http://www.tinyclr.com/compare/ for a side by side 
comparison of them.  The FEZ Panda and FEZ Domino can use pretty much any 
shield designed for the regular Arduino.

I don't mind you knocking the Arduino, but saying it "can't do much" has 
squat to do with the Arduino and everything to do with how you look at it. 
THAT is what sets me off.

g.

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From raysot at comcast.net  Mon Feb 28 20:07:26 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (Ray Sotkiewicz)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:07:26 -0800
Subject: [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102281655040.27029@grumble.deltasoft.com>
References: <AANLkTi=sz1X6AcfnJNv7Jmg3+Sb71Mz=QiRjdm3gmTY7@mail.gmail.com>	<AANLkTi=7f2h+8po_f2SSP1wfi2kBVOxEtG8im7X_j+rR@mail.gmail.com>
	<alpine.LFD.2.00.1102281655040.27029@grumble.deltasoft.com>
Message-ID: <4D6C70FE.4010804@comcast.net>

Behold the Arduino Mega 2560 sending serial data to an LCD panel!

http://anthonyscott.zenfolio.com/misc/e3a247595#h3a247595

This took me no time at all to get working...  9600 BAUD... (Actually 
the display toggles every 1sec between "RPM/Temp" and "All your base are 
belong to us!"

Simple serial comms... Gene.. I'm ready for the MLX10407! :-)


On 2/28/2011 5:16 PM, Gene Buckle wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Cris Harrison wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Roy Coates<roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk>wrote:
>>
>> sorry but you all know me Im out in left field but I have trashed the
>> Arduino, they cant do much, and besides I
> Bullshit.  I've worked with the ATMega328 and the Arduino software stack
> and it's a great little platform to work on.
>
>> want to have Ethernet, USB, and maybe I2C:
> Then you haven't looked at the Arduino at all - otherwise you'd know it
> supports all that.  I2C right off the board and Ethernet&  USB via
> shields.
>
> Ethernet Shield: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9026 (also stocked by
> others)
>
> Arduino based autopilot for UAVs : http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8785
>
> The new Arduino Uno uses an ATMega8u2 instead of the FTDI serial chip for
> it's main interface.  This chip can be reprogrammed to emulate any kind of
> USB HID device instead of being just a serial port.
>
> If you want to connect a USB device to an Arduino, you can use the USB
> Shield here: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9947 so you can hook up
> webcams, keyboards, joysticks, etc. to a "can't do much" Arduino.
>
> If you're into the .Net compact framework, you can get any one of the FEZ
> boards (I have a FEZ Panda: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10146) and
> program your device in VB.Net or C#.  The FEZ line has quite a few really
> cool boards.  Check out http://www.tinyclr.com/compare/ for a side by side
> comparison of them.  The FEZ Panda and FEZ Domino can use pretty much any
> shield designed for the regular Arduino.
>
> I don't mind you knocking the Arduino, but saying it "can't do much" has
> squat to do with the Arduino and everything to do with how you look at it.
> THAT is what sets me off.
>
> g.
>


From geneb at deltasoft.com  Mon Feb 28 20:16:42 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:16:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's
In-Reply-To: <4D6C70FE.4010804@comcast.net>
References: <AANLkTi=sz1X6AcfnJNv7Jmg3+Sb71Mz=QiRjdm3gmTY7@mail.gmail.com>
	<AANLkTi=7f2h+8po_f2SSP1wfi2kBVOxEtG8im7X_j+rR@mail.gmail.com>
	<alpine.LFD.2.00.1102281655040.27029@grumble.deltasoft.com>
	<4D6C70FE.4010804@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102282015440.388@grumble.deltasoft.com>

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Ray Sotkiewicz wrote:

> Behold the Arduino Mega 2560 sending serial data to an LCD panel!
>
> http://anthonyscott.zenfolio.com/misc/e3a247595#h3a247595
>
> This took me no time at all to get working...  9600 BAUD... (Actually
> the display toggles every 1sec between "RPM/Temp" and "All your base are
> belong to us!"
>
> Simple serial comms... Gene.. I'm ready for the MLX10407! :-)

Very cool!  I have no clue what that part number is for. :D

g.

-- 
Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project

ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!

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holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd
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From raysot at comcast.net  Mon Feb 28 20:28:28 2011
From: raysot at comcast.net (Ray Sotkiewicz)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:28:28 -0800
Subject: [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102282015440.388@grumble.deltasoft.com>
References: <AANLkTi=sz1X6AcfnJNv7Jmg3+Sb71Mz=QiRjdm3gmTY7@mail.gmail.com>	<AANLkTi=7f2h+8po_f2SSP1wfi2kBVOxEtG8im7X_j+rR@mail.gmail.com>	<alpine.LFD.2.00.1102281655040.27029@grumble.deltasoft.com>	<4D6C70FE.4010804@comcast.net>
	<alpine.LFD.2.00.1102282015440.388@grumble.deltasoft.com>
Message-ID: <4D6C75EC.8040203@comcast.net>

That part # is for a dual aircore driver ID with a serial input :-D


On 2/28/2011 8:16 PM, Gene Buckle wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Ray Sotkiewicz wrote:
>
>> Behold the Arduino Mega 2560 sending serial data to an LCD panel!
>>
>> http://anthonyscott.zenfolio.com/misc/e3a247595#h3a247595
>>
>> This took me no time at all to get working...  9600 BAUD... (Actually
>> the display toggles every 1sec between "RPM/Temp" and "All your base are
>> belong to us!"
>>
>> Simple serial comms... Gene.. I'm ready for the MLX10407! :-)
> Very cool!  I have no clue what that part number is for. :D
>
> g.
>


From geneb at deltasoft.com  Mon Feb 28 20:31:11 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:31:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Controller for LED's
In-Reply-To: <4D6C75EC.8040203@comcast.net>
References: <AANLkTi=sz1X6AcfnJNv7Jmg3+Sb71Mz=QiRjdm3gmTY7@mail.gmail.com>
	<AANLkTi=7f2h+8po_f2SSP1wfi2kBVOxEtG8im7X_j+rR@mail.gmail.com>
	<alpine.LFD.2.00.1102281655040.27029@grumble.deltasoft.com>
	<4D6C70FE.4010804@comcast.net>
	<alpine.LFD.2.00.1102282015440.388@grumble.deltasoft.com>
	<4D6C75EC.8040203@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102282031001.962@grumble.deltasoft.com>

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Ray Sotkiewicz wrote:

> That part # is for a dual aircore driver ID with a serial input :-D
>

Ahh, ok.

g.

-- 
Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project

ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment
A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes.
http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!

Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical
minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd
by the clean end.