NexGen Flight Simuator

NexGen: Rudder Pedals: Good Bad and the Ugly!

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Ok, every plane needs a set of rudder peddles! There are a lot of choices, and then everything in between. The pedals show below, Figures 1 to 5, are commercial products priced from $50 to more than $500 dollars! Figure 1 is my old Thrustmaster but i...
- 29 Sep 2019
NexGen: RSS Never Say Never!! ii

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Well, I figured it out! Since I am using an Arduino Mega with 4 serial ports so what's the problem? All Slaves and Controllers use RJ-45 connectors and ethernet cable.There is very little magic here as Arduino has built-in drivers for the serial ...
- 27 Sep 2019
NeXGen: Hacking a ID-453/ARN-30 Course Indicator part ii

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The last time I blogged about this unit was back in October 2016. So I uncovered it in the "un-move" along with a cable which I had thought was just a spare but nope it belonged to this beast. Basically, it's a Resolver that drives the 'bug' or poin...
- 26 Sep 2019
NexGen: RSS: Never Say Never!!

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Ok so I have messing about with Edin Lite, which is only Half-Duplex and has a fairly small package size. So since I have an abundance of RS485 Modules I decided to try Full-Duplex. This is fairly straight forward, and I doubled my bandwidth. W...
- 22 Sep 2019
Back to College: History of Single Board Computers

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In the dim past, computers were so large that they could take up a large amount of space and have their own cooling. Then in the '70s, there was the minicomputer. This is an Interdata 70, in their later models they changed the color of the ...
- 19 Sep 2019
NexGen: Component Documentation: Instrument, Fuel Load Selector - Indicator

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Repeater/Fuel Load Selector Indicator Manufacture Part Number Innovative Solutions & Support 90-00659-1 Parker 219-100-001 NOTE* This device was heavily modified. It uses two HDSP-2131TXV displays
- 7 Sep 2019
NexGen: Hacking the Fuel Load Indicator vi.b Making a New Major PCB

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Well, the last attempt of making a circuit board was an utter disaster. Figure 1 Figure 2 Attempt number 2. I went over to my local library which has a small maker space where they walked me through Tinkercad. My goal was to use their 3D pr...
- 7 Sep 2019
NexGen: Hacking the Fuel Load Indicator v - Display Board Pinouts

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This page has been redacted see NexGen: Fuel Load Indicator: Pinouts Redux Well, I just found out some errors in my part ii Fuel Load Indicator addendum interface table. Apparently, I was using the wrong part's pinout, "So without further eloqu...
- 6 Sep 2019
NexGen: Fuel Load Indicator iv.a Making a new major PCB

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Well, really need to finish something around here so I will take up where we left off with the fuel load indicator, in parts 1, 2 and 3. And I can't go on without a PC board so I decided to make one this evening. First I need a piece of Vector Bo...
- 2 Sep 2019
The Phoenix Arises from the Dead or should I say Radio Shack?

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Is this really 2019? Did I step into the "Time Tunnel"? Did I just have a bad dream? The answers are YES, NO, NO. This is a shot I took today coming home from my shoulder rehab. No stupid toys, Batteries, Car Batteries, etc. Component...
- 29 Aug 2019
NexGen: The New Lab .III Some of my shelves arrive.

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Ok, it has been a slog getting my office/lab back up and running. I seem to be missing all sorts of stuff. WireWrap Gun, Thermal Strippers, Handel for my Metcal even though I have the two base units and the tips. It seems that some of my shelving has...
- 27 Aug 2019
NexGen: Question is it possible to build a ARM7 Core from AM2901 Bit Slices?

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ARM 7 CoreAMD AM2901 Bit Slice ALU This started with the wonderings of my rabid mind. In a comment to Project 14 You DecideThese are the two processors first I would have to add a register file. And since I like UltraSparc well it had 144 general-purp...
- 25 Aug 2019
NexGen: Tech Tip V. Remove Labels and Adhesives

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Ever try and remove a label from plastic? Yep, WD-40, Goo Gone, and others including yep peanut butter well just don't really work, or damage the plastic that the label is attached to. Most of you have used the old stand by a hair drier as well. But ...
- 21 Aug 2019
NexGen: The New Lab .II The desks arrive.

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Well, this has been a pain in the tush today. My friend Ed and I brought up the desk pedestals and then set the desk up. this went uneventfully.But that was far from the case in getting the damn workbench pedestals, which were made by Diebold. ...
- 13 Aug 2019
NexGen: The Lab: Two is always better than one!

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Before I moved my very old task lamp with magnifier broke. It broke at the base where everything swivels from, as this lamp is very old I could not find any parts online. So I disassembled most of it and put it in my hope chest.The other day w...
- 5 Aug 2019
The New Lab .i

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Well, I finely sort of moved into my new digs. And I have nice blank space to install my lab, and office desk in one room with out all the junk, as I now have a garage where I will keep my shop for construction. Having the shop will keep all the dril...
- 23 Jun 2019
Radio Set, Control Unit, C-3436A/ARN-30D (in ATR.polly)

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Here is what the current interface is; I have installed the prototype cards into an ATR.poly slave. It has 2 RJ45 for the RS-485 which is almost wired pin for pin. I use T-586B for my RJ45 (yellow RS-485) links downstream and upstream, as well as 2 D...
- 14 Jun 2019
Where are we now 2019

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Well, it's about time to play catch-up with everybody. So here is my "State of the NexGen", and to tell you what's going on in my rabid brain. The big news which I sort of leaked a few days ago with my Roadmaps! We have almost nailed down the p...
- 8 Jun 2019
NexGen: Hacking the Dual Throttle Quadrant. part i.

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I had a idea of converting my Suncom SFS Throttle into an F-14 or F-15 throttle quadrant for a while now. If you see I have to turn the ugly SFS into the realistic quadrant with finger lifts for fuel cutoff and max thrust. Ok so this is what y...
- 30 May 2019
NexGen: Cockpit iop & Model Server Road Map!

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Well here is the other half of the roadmap! This concerns the integration between the:Flight Model Server and the NavServer.Cockpit IOP and the Flight Model Server.Cockpit IOP and ARINC-661 MFU/CDUCockpit IOP and the EADEN ControllersEADEN to Slave ...
- 18 May 2019
NexGen: RSS Final Road Map!

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Well, it's about time what I have been doing with the RSS. I will now describe how it works. So basically you have the NAVserver which sends multicast packets over the NAVbus (Ethernet). So the RSS after as it initializes, it comes upon a pre...
- 17 May 2019
NexGen: Tech Tip IV. Linux Tip of the Year

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I published this last year so this is so important I decided to turn it into a TECH TIP and expand on it a little.When building a Linux system I use a separate physical drive which I have installed my software into. I never, well almost never have to...
- 9 Mar 2019
NexGen: Tech Tip III. Remove Baked-on Paint 1, 2, 3!

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Ok, So I have been trying in vain to remove the baked-on lettering on the front panel of my donor cassette player for my Hiagra Pre-Amp that I am still working on. I have tried everything under the sun. Then yesterday I was in a nut and bolt house an...
- 9 Mar 2019
Life and Death of Roy Braswell

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Roy Braswell was my dear friend, he owned Electrical Surplus Of Texas Inc. He was was one of the few people who gave me a hand during my dark time of homelessness. He is was what we call a mensch. He passed away in his sleep, last night just past 6 p...
- 13 Dec 2018
NexGen Blog Post Index V

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Monthly Projects: Aug 2018 - Dec 2019 Aug 14, 2018 Clustered MCUs: Anything Goes with Two or More MCUs! Feb 11, 2019 Electromagnetism: The Force of Electromagnetism: Anything from Solenoids, Motors, to Wireless Transfer! Aug 25, 201...
- 23 Oct 2018