[simpits-tech] Hardware Solutions (WAS: EPIC or ???)

Tue, 30 Jul 2002 15:37:26 -0500

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Sounds good. Please keep us up to date and let me be the first to
request a package for Falcon 4 and upcoming 5 since most of the military
pits out there seem to be Viper pits (as mine will be).

Jay

From: buffy@paradise.net.nz

To: simpits-tech@simpits.org

Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 14:21:43 +1200 (NZST)

Subject: [simpits-tech] Hardware Solutions (WAS: EPIC or ???)

Reply-To: simpits-tech@simpits.org

A company I work for is about to announce/release a product I have been 

working on.

It is modules that is driven over the serial port, you can chain
multiple 

units together, they share comms and power.  Each unit has a
preconfigured 

roll as one of the following:

1. Seven segment display controller ( controls 15 digits and allows 2 or
3 

rotary encoder inputs)

2. Digital Input module 112 digit inputs

3. Analog Input module 5 analog inputs, 48 digit inputs.

4. RC servo controller (Using pulse width modulation)

5. Stepper motor control

6. Output controller 24 lamps/motors/leds.

About 250(ish) modules can be chained together.

As an example the 7 segment display controller will be about US$100 (Yet
to be 

confirmed, price may vary by $10 or so)

There is no soldiering, no programming and no scripting required.

Configuration is completely GUI based, but a full protocol specification
is 

available for those how like to write their own software.

At this stage it only supports MS FS, but that is only because nobody
has 

asked for another software package. As soon as someone asks for X-Plane,
or 

Fly, or Falcon4, then they will get the development team to produce
something 

for that product.

The business selling these modules is currently ramping up for
production, 

confirming pricing and is putting a product web site together as we
speak, I 

will be able to say more in a few days time.

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Sounds good. Please =
keep us
up to date and let me be the first to request a package for Falcon 4 and
upcoming 5 since most of the military pits out there seem to be Viper =
pits (as
mine will be).

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 style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
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buffy@paradise.net.nz</span></font></p>

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[simpits-tech]
Hardware Solutions (WAS: EPIC or ???)</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Reply-To: =
</span></font><font
 size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>simpits-tech@simpits.org</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>A company I work =
for is
about to announce/release a product I have been </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>working =
on.</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>It is modules that =
is driven
over the serial port, you can chain multiple </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>units together, =
they share
comms and power.&nbsp; Each unit has a preconfigured </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>roll as one of the =
following:</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>1. Seven segment =
display
controller ( controls 15 digits and allows 2 or 3 </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>rotary encoder =
inputs)</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>2. Digital Input =
module 112
digit inputs</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>3. Analog Input =
module 5
analog inputs, 48 digit inputs.</span></font></p>

4. RC servo =
controller
(Using pulse width modulation)

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>5. Stepper motor =
control</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>6. Output =
controller 24
lamps/motors/leds.</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>About 250(ish) =
modules can
be chained together.</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>As an example the 7 =
segment
display controller will be about US$100 (Yet to be </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>confirmed, price =
may vary by
$10 or so)</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>There is no =
soldiering, no
programming and no scripting required.</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Configuration is =
completely
GUI based, but a full protocol specifi</span></font><font size=3D2
 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>cat</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>ion
is </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>available for those =
how like
to write their own software.</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>At this stage it =
only
supports MS FS, but that is only because nobody has </span></font></p>

asked for another =
software
package. As soon as someone asks for X-Plane, or

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Fly, or Falcon4, =
then they
will get the development team to produce something </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>for that =
product.</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The business =
selling these
modules is currently ramping up for production, </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>confirming pricing =
and is
putting a product web site together as we speak, I </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>will be able to say =
more in
a few days time.</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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