Hello Everyone,
I was browsing on the web and spotted this article about creating your own game controller:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Lets-make-a-game-controller/
So it has inspired me to create a basic control panel for the Delta Glider.
Looking at the DG cockpit, I've started by creating a list of controls:
Hatch - Open / Close (Toggle - 2 position)
Airlock:
Inner - Open / Close (Toggle - 2 position)
Outer - Open / Close (Toggle - 2 position)
Ext. Light
* Dock / Off / Land (Toggle - 3 position)
* Strobe-Beacon / Off (Toggle - 2 position)
* Nav / Off (Toggle - 2 position)
Radiator - Extend / Retract (Toggle - 2 position)
Gear - Up / Down (Either 2 position Toggle or 2 position Slider w/ LED)
Airbrake - Retract / 1/2 / Full (Either 3 position Toggle or Slider)
Elevator Trim (Either 2 position momentary rocker or potentiometer wheel)
Airfoil CTRL - Off / Full / Elev (3 Position Rotary Selector)
HUD Mode - Orbit / SRFCE / Dock (??? - 3 position push button w/ LED)
RCS Mode - Off / Rot / Lin (3 Position Rotary Selector)
RCS Prog (Momentary Push Button w/ LED)
* KILL-R
* PRO-G
* RET-G
* NML +
* NML -
* HRLVL
Dock Release (Momentary Push Button w/ LED)
Nose Cone - Close / Open (Either 2 position Toggle or 2 position Slider w/ LED)
Retro Doors - Close / Open (Toggle - 2 position w/ LED)
N Cone Ladder - Stow / Extend (Toggle - 2 position w/ LED)
Status Panel (LED)
* Row 1:
* * Gear
* * Retro Cover
* * Nose Cone
* * Outer Lock
* Row 2:
* * Radiator
* * Airbrake
* * Hatch
* * Inner Lock
Hover (Slider - potentiometer)
Scramjet
* Left (Slider - potentiometer)
* Right (Slider - potentiometer)
I know this is ambitions, and I'll probably have to scale back. But I wanted to start somewhere.
Right now I'm looking at various sources for components. Once I have some dimensions, I can start refining the panel layout.
-T
I was browsing on the web and spotted this article about creating your own game controller:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Lets-make-a-game-controller/
So it has inspired me to create a basic control panel for the Delta Glider.
Looking at the DG cockpit, I've started by creating a list of controls:
Hatch - Open / Close (Toggle - 2 position)
Airlock:
Inner - Open / Close (Toggle - 2 position)
Outer - Open / Close (Toggle - 2 position)
Ext. Light
* Dock / Off / Land (Toggle - 3 position)
* Strobe-Beacon / Off (Toggle - 2 position)
* Nav / Off (Toggle - 2 position)
Radiator - Extend / Retract (Toggle - 2 position)
Gear - Up / Down (Either 2 position Toggle or 2 position Slider w/ LED)
Airbrake - Retract / 1/2 / Full (Either 3 position Toggle or Slider)
Elevator Trim (Either 2 position momentary rocker or potentiometer wheel)
Airfoil CTRL - Off / Full / Elev (3 Position Rotary Selector)
HUD Mode - Orbit / SRFCE / Dock (??? - 3 position push button w/ LED)
RCS Mode - Off / Rot / Lin (3 Position Rotary Selector)
RCS Prog (Momentary Push Button w/ LED)
* KILL-R
* PRO-G
* RET-G
* NML +
* NML -
* HRLVL
Dock Release (Momentary Push Button w/ LED)
Nose Cone - Close / Open (Either 2 position Toggle or 2 position Slider w/ LED)
Retro Doors - Close / Open (Toggle - 2 position w/ LED)
N Cone Ladder - Stow / Extend (Toggle - 2 position w/ LED)
Status Panel (LED)
* Row 1:
* * Gear
* * Retro Cover
* * Nose Cone
* * Outer Lock
* Row 2:
* * Radiator
* * Airbrake
* * Hatch
* * Inner Lock
Hover (Slider - potentiometer)
Scramjet
* Left (Slider - potentiometer)
* Right (Slider - potentiometer)
I know this is ambitions, and I'll probably have to scale back. But I wanted to start somewhere.
Right now I'm looking at various sources for components. Once I have some dimensions, I can start refining the panel layout.
-T
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