Last weekend I ordered Karl’s breakout board (BOB) from 737diysim.com. I was looking at a good way to expand the number of inputs and outputs of the Arduinos I use and this seemed like a good solution. I also want to support Karl’s work, so it was an easy decision really.
read more...For my MCP panel I ordered a Korry switch replica from 737diysim.com, as I was curious about the quality. I can tell you that it looks the part and has a quality feel to it! It uses a common ground for both LEDs and the integrated pushbuttons though and this is a non-starter with Opencockpits I/O cards unfortunately. I also ordered an Opencockpits Korry replica, which also looks nice and obviously works with the Opencockpits I/O cards without any issues, as each LED and the pushbutton have there own ground pins.
read more...A week ago I ordered 4 7-segment displays and a MAX7219 board from Loungepilot after I chatted with Kev from Loungepilot a bit about the format of the PCBs and the cabling. Today I could pick up my parcel and I was excited to check it all out. Let me start by saying that I’m really happy with the service provided by Kev, even before I ordered! Let’s check out what is in the box 🙂
read more...Up till now, I was using Wordpress for this site. Over the past few months, I got fed up with all the Wordpress and plugin updates (I get an email from Plesk stating that there are updates). Nowadays, it looks like you can’t run with current versions for more than a week. This made me look into an alternative that I already use for another site of mine: Pelican. Pelican is a static site generator, powered by Python.
read more...A few days ago, I ordered some more items from Opencockpits for my 747 MCP build. The package dropped on my doorstep today and I was eager to check out what I received. I’m very interested in the quality of the 747 MCP panels. Should be good though, as I bought a fine 737 NAV radio panel from them years ago.
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