I've honestly watched this video about 20 times now. Finally got my indexer to work today. Top tip... Make sure you select the right board in Arduino IDE!
@@CharlesFlightSimGuy I'm starting to build an F-14 pit. Got the indexer designed in inkscape for the laser cutter now. Just need to grab a couple of sheets of clear perspex.
@@CharlesFlightSimGuy Heya mate, just thought i'd let you know that you inspired me! Started a channel for my pit, and The AOA indexer is now well underway! Managed to get the left hud warning lights set up and the feeling of making it work is just great!
Hello Charles, I hope everything is good in Charlesland. I have a question. I'm just starting to build the Misc panel for my F16 sim. It has 5 toggles and 2 press buttons and an led. So my question is...If there are 5 ground pins on the arduino board and you have, as I do, 8 things to hook up, where do you get the other 3 ground pins from? Is that where a person would need a bread board?
This would be nice to joind together with the LOCK/SHOOT/Strobe Light and other light to utilize all of arduino's pins? maybe a universal one.. I think im gonna start building my one ill go check what is the smallest arduinoi there is
I need some help, Im using DCS Bios with my custom order flight panels from TekCreations for the F-18 and the F-14 iv noticed that the F-14 panels work for maybe 1 full mintue then stop working after. Iv tried the control reference page and everything nothing is working. I have my panels on a USB hub connected to my computer.
So the breadboard (white part) doesn't have any of its own power, but it needs it in order for any of the components on the board to be powered. The Arduino board (black part) is powered, either by its USB connection or a DC power adapter. The 5V wire is there to push power from the Arduino over to the breadboard.
@@CharlesFlightSimGuy Okay, I understand what you are saying, but the 5v goes to the breadboards "+" strip. But from there it goes to nowhere else. It seems it does not connect to the LEDs at all. Isn't the LEDs get their voltage from the I/O pins?
I think you might be right! Looking at the diagram on Tinkercad I see that the resistors connect to the negative power rail, and that the anode sides of the LEDs are connected to the I/O pins. It would appear that this is a supported scenario of the pins when used in OUTPUT mode but only for low-current devices like LEDs. www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Foundations/DigitalPins To test this, you could simply wire it up as I have here and pull out the 5V and see if it still functions. I might give that a try. Thanks for catching this!
I've honestly watched this video about 20 times now. Finally got my indexer to work today. Top tip... Make sure you select the right board in Arduino IDE!
Congrats James! Awesome tip. For me, I got hung up on selecting the right COM port for a while.
@@CharlesFlightSimGuy Feels good when it finally works though!
@@CharlesFlightSimGuy I'm starting to build an F-14 pit. Got the indexer designed in inkscape for the laser cutter now. Just need to grab a couple of sheets of clear perspex.
@@JamesW81 F-14, good choice! That cockpit is iconic.
@@CharlesFlightSimGuy Heya mate, just thought i'd let you know that you inspired me! Started a channel for my pit, and The AOA indexer is now well underway! Managed to get the left hud warning lights set up and the feeling of making it work is just great!
very nice!! from the design, to the implementation and test
Very nice ! Thanks for taking the time and effort to make and upload this vid. It is much appreciated. New sub here.
Thanks for joining! Great to have you here.
Not fully computer literate here. Is there any reason this wouldn't work with the f-16 viper?@@CharlesFlightSimGuy
I think the answer is no. The “magic numbers” that correspond to the AOA indexer lights are different between the F18 and F16, I think.
Ok, cool, thanks. I'll deep dive google ha ha.
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Can you make a video on how to do that with the A10C aoa?
Hello Charles, I hope everything is good in Charlesland. I have a question. I'm just starting to build the Misc panel for my F16 sim. It has 5 toggles and 2 press buttons and an led. So my question is...If there are 5 ground pins on the arduino board and you have, as I do, 8 things to hook up, where do you get the other 3 ground pins from? Is that where a person would need a bread board?
Super 👍 Thanks
Awesome content!
This would be nice to joind together with the LOCK/SHOOT/Strobe Light and other light to utilize all of arduino's pins? maybe a universal one.. I think im gonna start building my one ill go check what is the smallest arduinoi there is
Goodness me, think it's time to get a breadboard, some components and a Arduino, this video gave me an itch I have to scratch.
It’s pretty magical when those lights come on!
I need some help, Im using DCS Bios with my custom order flight panels from TekCreations for the F-18 and the F-14 iv noticed that the F-14 panels work for maybe 1 full mintue then stop working after. Iv tried the control reference page and everything nothing is working. I have my panels on a USB hub connected to my computer.
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Hey, nice vid! Can you tell me why do you have to connect the 5V in to the breadboard? It looks like it connects to nothing else. Thank you!
So the breadboard (white part) doesn't have any of its own power, but it needs it in order for any of the components on the board to be powered. The Arduino board (black part) is powered, either by its USB connection or a DC power adapter. The 5V wire is there to push power from the Arduino over to the breadboard.
@@CharlesFlightSimGuy Okay, I understand what you are saying, but the 5v goes to the breadboards "+" strip. But from there it goes to nowhere else. It seems it does not connect to the LEDs at all. Isn't the LEDs get their voltage from the I/O pins?
I think you might be right! Looking at the diagram on Tinkercad I see that the resistors connect to the negative power rail, and that the anode sides of the LEDs are connected to the I/O pins. It would appear that this is a supported scenario of the pins when used in OUTPUT mode but only for low-current devices like LEDs. www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Foundations/DigitalPins
To test this, you could simply wire it up as I have here and pull out the 5V and see if it still functions. I might give that a try. Thanks for catching this!
@@CharlesFlightSimGuy Yeah, Im glad we clarified it, nice video and project anyways, thank you for your response, keep up the good work!
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What a waste of hardware, you could do this with a 555 and a couple of jFet transistors and capacitors.
Looking forward to seeing your video about it.