NexGen Flight Simuator

NexGen: Specifications: Indicator, Slip and Turn

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Indicator, Slip and Turn Manufacture:R.C. AllenPart Number: M3520-4Connector:Connector Mate:MS3106-14S-2SPin A: +28vPin B: -28vPin C: +5v (lighting)Pin D: -5VPin E: SpareNote: This unit will have to be modified as the indicator is gyroscopically driv...
- 10 Dec 2020
NexGen: Component Documentation: Panel, Processor Select

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PROCESSOR SELECT PANEL Part Number: 7-511F00121-1National Stock Number 1290-01-438-6575 Connector: MIL-DTL-38999 III, 13 pins Mate: Pin 1: DS2, COMMON Pin 2: n/a Pin 3: n/a Pin 4: CR2, ANODE Pin 6: S1.SP1 = CR1 + CR...
- 2 Dec 2020
NexGen: Navigation Computer Display: Keyboard Switch Interface: v2

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I have blogged about the Navigation Computer Display's Keyboard here. I was moving a 6821 PIA to its resting place and checked my Databooks where I found a pdf copy of the 6800 application manual. where they had a 4x4 keyboard interface. It was b...
- 23 Nov 2020
NexGen: Fuel Indicator: Wire & Power-up: 2

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This is now round two. last night I wondered if I popped the MCP23017 or, is the scanner software bad? So the first this I did was to stick an MCP2327 on a breadboard and ran the scanner. It still said No I2C address found. As I relooked at the...
- 18 Nov 2020
NexGen: Fuel Indicator: Wire & Power-up: 1

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Well, I am working to get the Indicator done today or tomorrow, the slight tremors in my hands make Wire-Wrap a real pain. I will not get to a point where this will be buttoned up, as there will be a lot of jumpers! I also have to trim down the inter...
- 16 Nov 2020
NexGen: Fuel Indicator: Testing The Display

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This picture on the left is just to remind you all of what I am trying to get working. Each HDSP-2131 display has 24 pins that give you 48 pins to deal with. Now let us complicate the issue the pins come out on a 30-pin connector of which 4 are...
- 4 Nov 2020
NexGen: Fuel Load Indicator: Switches on Interrupts!

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Well, for starters there are problems with the Arduino CAN bus library, as ANY node in the system can be a master or a slave. Currently, the Arduino CAN supports a SLAVE - MASTER, relationship. On the MCP2515_CAN module, you have the following connec...
- 2 Nov 2020
NexGen: Fuel Indicator: Redux v2

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I have been fighting to get my dual display board to function. The first attempt was to use a 50-pin breakout board: FAIL; The second attempt was to pin the ICs to the connector which is an IDC male with a notch (upper-left 1, lower-left, etc. ...
- 24 Oct 2020
The Lab: PanaVice

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Well, while at the local Goodwill Junk Store, everything under 7 pounds is $1.50 and over is well just $5.00, I found a PanaVice with a vacuum base (model 380) with a set of PCB arms. Now the picture is from the internet. Mine is much worse for...
- 16 Oct 2020
NexGen: Fuel Load Indicator: Architecture

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As this node will be fairly busy, I have decided to implement this with interrupts. The interrupts come from one of three (3) devices: CANaerospace Bus interface, USB term, one (1) of 2 switches, each with two(2) positions. CANaerospace ...
- 14 Oct 2020
NexGen: Using BJTs to drive pinlite displays

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Redacted April 10, 2024 Statement: Driving Pinlight Lamps is very challenging. The design requirements are 4vdc @ 15ma per segment, if you are interested look here. So for the 7-segment displays, the total current is 7 x 15ma. or 105 ma. Now multiply...
- 8 Oct 2020
Smarthab Thermostat? Or maybe a better name Life Support: Monitor and Control.

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I am calling this Life Support: Monitor and Control. Why you ask? This is a complete system that can control heating or cooling without changing settings. run the fan automatically for air quality and also handle a dehumidifier as well as detection&...
- 28 Sep 2020
NexGen: Fuel Load Indicator: Wiring Plan

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Analysis: The first hurdle is that an Arduino has only GPIO pins but you can not get to a bus from here, without a lot of bit-banging by the CPU.Second, the Displays are smart devices and designed to have both Address and Data Buses.The only thing is...
- 24 Sep 2020
HDSP-213x, Eight-Character 5.0-mm (0.2-in.) Glass/Ceramic Intelligent 5 × 7 Alphanumeric Displays for Military Applications

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The Broadcom , HP , HDSP-2131 (yellow), HDSP-2179 (orange), HDSP-2132 (high efficiency red) and the HDSP-2133 (green) are eight-digit, 5 × 7 dot matrix, alphanumeric displays. The 5.0-mm (0.2-in.) high characters are packaged in a standard 7.64...
- 23 Sep 2020
NexGen: Fuel Load Indicator: Pinouts Redux

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I have decided to update my Fuel Load Indicator which has only outputs for a human. My goal is to Recycle & Retrofit this indicator so that it can talk over the CANaerospace network. The network responds to node 0 for multicast, and also nodes 66...
- 22 Sep 2020
NexGen: Aircraft Data Base (Universal)

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The question is how can you put ALL the parts into one database? And then make some sense of the thing. I designed my database similar to the one we used at Interdata in the late '70s. So why do I call this universal? Well, I have separated parts by ...
- 11 Aug 2020
NexGen: Component Documentation: Navigation Display Unit: ASN-1252/ASN-128

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NexGen: Component Documentation Doppler Navigation Display Unit: ASN-1252/ASN-128 Note: As this unit has been gutted I will have to do all the work.You can find a user manual here TM-1-1520-240-10 or you can find a nice pdf version here...
- 6 Aug 2020
NexGen: The New Lab: DB-25 pinout tester - I

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Well, I'm just flat tired of fighting with my DB-25M interface connectors, at first, I thought of LEDs with pull up resistors. After dinner, my mind wandered back to my cable tester, hey, an Arduino Mega, which I have a bunch of, has 52 digital p...
- 2 Aug 2020
Nexgen: Demystifying MySQL in Debian Buster

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As you may be aware that my hosting service eliminated my shared plan. So I did what I did before bring the damn thing down and host it myself. This is an ongoing fight with some wins. Since AT&T offered me IP space and a 1Gb line which I have n...
- 31 Jul 2020
Nexgen: The Lab: B&K Precision 3010 Function Generator: Installing new power connector

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This project is well overdue as I started it over 2 years ago. If you remember the power cord set was unobtainium, and they had just soldered in a cable and tied a knot in it and called it a day. So I decided to mount an STD IEC power connector...
- 20 Jul 2020
NexGen: Collins Radio 813H-1 CDU - Tear down.

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+5vdc regulator+12vdc / +15vdc regulator-12vdc / -15vdc regulatorVideo MonitorChar DecemptyLine MemoryPOS DECDIOCK/DI dug this CDU out of my shed. The only document that I have was the pinout of the two rear connectors. I wish to thank KG at Collins ...
- 14 Jul 2020
NexGen: CDU Component Documentation type 813H-1

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CDU TYPE 813H-1 / Number 792-6301-001 for a better view please see E14/NexGen:Componets/CDU:813H/images/CloseUPfrontview.png FAA-RD-79-1 - FAA-RD-79-2 - 3D/4D AREA NAVIGATION SYSTEM DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTA...
- 12 Jul 2020
NexGen: The Lab: Revolution 3

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It seems like the best intentions go by the wayside. If there was not enough turmoil in my life my hosting company whose tech support is based in the UK is the worst. So I have decided to bring the server back home. I now only have till the end...
- 15 Jun 2020
Nexgen: Adventures into CANaerospace part 2

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Oh well, after hooking up my 4x20 LCD (that was held over from the Beagle Bone AI project, that I could never get to work) it still failed on my Arduino Mega. I ordered one, off eBay. The first thing I did was to run the test program. Vola it ...
- 14 Jun 2020
Eclipse Pioneer Magnesian

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Well in my unpacking I came across this old piece of history, a one-inch diameter Magnesian. It was made g-d knows when. This device has only four pins, which threw me for a loop. I did not understand how it worked until I found figure 2. Norma...
- 31 May 2020