/members-area/personalblogs/b/nexgen-flight-simuator/posts/hacking-a-collins-614l-8-adf-control-head-part-2The Plan Continued. We need to pick an embedded CPU. The requirements are: It must handle all of the GPIO (see part 1 for the I/O Table), or about 20 pins. It needs a USB interface for a data link to talk to the host. It needs to genera...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/nexgen-flight-simuator/posts/hacking-a-collins-614l-8-adf-control-head-part-2Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:36:30 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:7feb09c5-7d8c-4687-9dad-22999638829dDAB1<p>You could also duplicate the funtions using the &quot;Glass&quot; Cockpit technology.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Granted they are not as neat to use as the old puch button and turn dial equipment, but you can do a lot of interesting tweeking of the user interface.</p><p>In some of your test gear, you can use the virtual control approach to drive the input signals when you get to testing your unit.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just a thought,</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=14958&AppID=300&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">