[simpits-tech] To all - what do you guys think

Fri, 27 Dec 2002 13:06:20 -0500

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Nicely done!

I will make a suggestion if you are interested.  I dug up my cockpit wiring
diagram and had a quick look.

What I did was split the input module into two buses (left and right
consoles).  The right console bus also serves the center console with MFDs.

Each bus is a ribbon wire that is 26 pins wide.  I use crimp on IDE ribbon
wire connectors (like the kind you see on hard drives ribbon wire) that I
have attached on the bus ribbon wire like rail road track ties down the
length of the ribbon wire.  There is a connector for each panel on the bus
wire.

As I add a new panel all I do is plug it into the bus wire as it runs by.
Each panel has a short piece of 26 pin ribbon wire with a female 26 pin IDE
connector on it.

You can get these connectors and the wire at Digi-Key.

This saves a mountain of wire!  You don=B9t need to point to point wire each
panel to the EPIC expansion board, just add it to the run of bus wire in th=
e
console.  It is also easy to remove a panel.  Furthermore, since they plug
into a bus, the panels are not position dependent.  That is, you can plug
any panel into any slot on the bus and it will work with no software change=
.

I also have an Excel sheet lying around somewhere with the various switches
and how they interface to the bus.  It is a big matrix, but I don=B9t think i=
t
has been completed since I got deviated with the F-16 side stick project.
;-/

If you want my schematic for the bus wire and the Excel sheet (if I can fin=
d
it) I=B9ll send you a copy.  Just drop me a line.

This will save you a lot of wiring time, even if you don=B9t use the same
matrix that I do.

Marv

On 12/27/02 10:58 AM, "Frank Riedel" <frank@rezultat.dk> wrote:

> Take a look a todays work ;-)
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> www.rezultat.dk/f16/Full-wireing.htm
> <http://www.rezultat.dk/f16/Full-wireing.htm>
> =20
> Be aware that the 2 pic is about 4MB all in all !
> =20
> All the best
> Frank
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>> From: Chris Crowley <mailto:ccrowley@mccrowley.com>
>> To: simpits-tech@simpits.org
>> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 2:04 AM
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>> Why not try it. There are a number of us who have not started working th=
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>> that point.=20
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>> Chris Crowley
>> 21st Century Infidel
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Nicely done! 
 
I will make a suggestion if you are interested. &nbsp;I dug up my cockpit w=
iring diagram and had a quick look. 
 
What I did was split the input module into two buses (left and right consol=
es). &nbsp;The right console bus also serves the center console with MFDs.<B=
R>
 
Each bus is a ribbon wire that is 26 pins wide. &nbsp;I use crimp on IDE ri=
bbon wire connectors (like the kind you see on hard drives ribbon wire) that=
 I have attached on the bus ribbon wire like rail road track ties down the l=
ength of the ribbon wire. &nbsp;There is a connector for each panel on the b=
us wire. 
 
As I add a new panel all I do is plug it into the bus wire as it runs by. &=
nbsp;Each panel has a short piece of 26 pin ribbon wire with a female 26 pin=
 IDE connector on it. 
 
You can get these connectors and the wire at Digi-Key. 
 
This saves a mountain of wire! &nbsp;You don&#8217;t need to point to point=
 wire each panel to the EPIC expansion board, just add it to the run of bus =
wire in the console. &nbsp;It is also easy to remove a panel. &nbsp;Furtherm=
ore, since they plug into a bus, the panels are not position dependent. &nbs=
p;That is, you can plug any panel into any slot on the bus and it will work =
with no software change. 
 
I also have an Excel sheet lying around somewhere with the various switches=
 and how they interface to the bus. &nbsp;It is a big matrix, but I don&#821=
7;t think it has been completed since I got deviated with the F-16 side stic=
k project. &nbsp;;-/ 
 
If you want my schematic for the bus wire and the Excel sheet (if I can fin=
d it) I&#8217;ll send you a copy. &nbsp;Just drop me a line. 
 
This will save you a lot of wiring time, even if you don&#8217;t use the sa=
me matrix that I do. 
 
Marv 
 
 
On 12/27/02 10:58 AM, &quot;Frank Riedel&quot; &lt;frank@rezultat.dk&gt; wr=
ote: 
 
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ork ;-) 
 
www.rezultat.dk/f16/Full-wireing.h=
tm &lt;http://www.rezultat.dk/f16/Full-wireing.htm&gt; 
 
Be aware that the 2 pic is about 4=
MB all in all ! 
 
All the best 
Frank 
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From: Chris Crowley &lt;mailto:ccrowley@mccrowley.com&gt; &nbsp; 
To: simpits-tech@simpits.org 
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 2:04 AM 
Subject: RE: [simpits-tech] To all - what do you guys think 
 
Why not try =
it. There are a number of us who have not started working the electronics ye=
t. It would be a big help to give one ideas when they reach that point. 
 
Chris Crowley 
21st Century Infidel 
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