ELEC board

The ELEC board has been designed to fit the ELEC panel of the F16.



The board comes with the following elements:
- (1) 16 I/O chip to be connected to the digital I/O I2C channel of the PSCockpit system and its elements (resistors, connectors, …) to work with 5V.
- (1) 3-positions switch with locking lever.
- (1) pushbutton.
- (9) SMD leds for indicators.
- (8 ) SMD leds for lettering backlight.
- (4) free I/O’s.

You will find the following elements in the backside:
- (1) Connector for backlight illumination.
- (1) Connectors for digital I/O I2C channel.
- (1) Mini-switch to select digital I2C channel address
- (1) Connector for 4 free digital I/O’s of the 16 I/O chip.

The board can be easily cut to use it with your own indicators using the existing inner connector for this purpose. If the indicators use another voltage than 5VDC you can attach the IO Enhancement pcb to light them.

To complete the ELEC panel, you must add by yourself the front panel, indicator caps and some separator to avoid the light going to other indicators.

Please check the dimensions of the ELEC front panel at:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/hqc9p4df4c27hf8/ELEC-A3.pdf

Regards,
Shep

AUDIO1 and AUDIO2 board

The AUDIO board has been designed to fit the AUDIO1 and AUDIO2 panels of the F16 in only one board. The spacing between AUDIO1 part and AUDIO2 part is 2 mm. If you have other spacing than 2 mm between your AUDIO1 and AUDIO2 panels, the board can be cut in two and the signals between them must be wired using the existing connectors for this purpose.



The board comes with the following elements:
- (1) 16 I/O chip to be connected to the digital I/O I2C channel of the PSCockpit system and its elements (resistors, connectors, …) to work with 5V
- (1) analogue chip to be connected to the Main Channel of the PSCockpit system and its elements (resistors, connectors, …) to work with 5V
- (4) potentiometers with ON/OFF switch
- (4) potentiometers
- (1) encoder
- (2) rotary switches
- (1) 3 position 12mm switch
- (27) SMD leds for lettering backlight.

The board has no free I/O’s.

 You will find the following elements in the backside:
- (1) Connector for backlight illumination.
- (1) Connectors for digital I/O I2C channel.
- (1) Connectors for analogue Main Channel.
- (2) Mini-switch to select digital and analogue I2C channel addresses

To complete the AUDIO panel, you must add by yourself the front panel and knobs.

Be aware that this AUDIO panel does not fit perfectly the HISPAPANEL Audio1 and Audio2 panels. Some of the holes must be reworked although there is room in the board to do it without damaging any track.

Please check the dimensions of the AUDIO1 and AUDIO2 front panels at:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/sbzj6q4bb8j14x9/AUDIO1and2Panel-A3.pdf

Regards,
Shep

Backlighting Leds PWM board

The PWM board has been designed to dim backlights leds of the PSCockpit panels and can be used for instrument backlights as well. The board is only 74x18mm and comes with a potentiometer with a switch to turn on/off and dim backlight leds.  You can easily mount the board with the potentiometer nut to your Lighting panel and connect the wires at the bottom of the board.



The nominal current for this board is 4Amps and it works in a range of voltage of 5VDC to 12VDC. The current of 4Amps allows to manage up to 200 led sets of 20mA.

Be aware that pulse width modulation can cause interference with other electronic devices. To avoid this undesired situation, use shielded cables and run the cable separately from other signal wires.

The PWM is a standalone board and it has no connection to PSCockpit software.

Regards,
Shep

PSCockpit System 7th Run!!!

Time to launch a new run of the PSCockpit System!!

New boards for this run:
- PWM board for backlights
- ELEC board
- AUDIO1 and AUDIO2 board

More info about above boards to follow.

Version 1.0.3 of the PSCockpit software with vJoy implementation for analogue and DX buttons:



System Description
- One stop hardware and software for cockpit systems. Once the cockpit is connected you can configure the software individually for each sim.
- Easy configuration and setup for people without electronic knowledge.
- Avoid excessive wiring runs along the cockpit.

The system uses small satellite PCB’s that can be distributed along the cockpit. The communication between these satellite PCB’s and the Main PCB is done with only 2 wires (I2C protocol) plus the power cables. These wires can be connected in daisy chain. The idea is to wire each of the cockpit panels to only one satellite PCB. See F16 distribution example:



You can download at: http://psfalcon.blogspot.com.es/2016/12/ps-cockpit-system-f16-distribution-file.html

Supported devices
-   Digital inputs: Pushbuttons, 2 position switches, 3 position switches, digital encoders, BCD encoding (8 to 3, 16 to 4, 32 to 5) and 8x4 matrixes
-   Digital outputs and leds
-   Analogue inputs and outputs
-   Vibration motors
-   Aircores motors
-   Stepper motors: Unipolar, X27 and X40
-   RC Servomotors
-   Segment Displays: 7 segments and SLG2016
-   LCD displays: SSD1322 Graphic display 264x64, KS0108 Graphic display 128 x 64, KS0108B Text display 20x4, SSD1306 Adafruit 128x64 (ID938 and ID931)



More information, downloads and guides at http://psfalcon.blogspot.com.es/2015/05/pscockpit-system-up-to-date-software.html

Prices
The prices of the PCB’s already mounted and tested are the following:
- Main PCB: 60 €
- Digital expander for 40 inputs/outputs: 33 €
- Digital expander 16 inputs/outputs: 10 €
- Steppers/Other voltage outputs pcb: 28 €
- 7 segment displays pcb for 6 displays: 18 €
- Analogue pcb for 4 inputs/ 1 output: 20 €
- Yellow OLED display (85mm x 40mm), 256x64 for DED or PFL: 55 €
- I2CtoSPI pcb: 25€
- Aircore Controller pcb: 24€
- Aircore pcb: 15€
- Vibration motors pcb: 38€
- I/O Enhancement pcb: 6,5€
- Caution Panel board: 40€
- UHF board: 90€
- ICP pcb Rev 1: 90€
- CMDS board (with 2 rotary switches 30º & 45º, no toggles, no displays): 80€
- CMDS options:
   - Miniature toggles 6 mm diam. (1 with locking lever): 40€
   - SGL2016 displays: 35€ (each)
   - HDLG-1414 displays: 20€ (each)
   - 7 segment displays pcb with 8 displays: 35€
- TWP board: 40€
- TWA board: 20€
- X40 stepper board: 20€

NEW BOARDS:
-   PWM board: 20€
-   ELEC board: 50€
-   AUDIO1 & AUDIO2 board: 100€

- Shipment: 15€ / 25€ depending on the total weight order

Time Line:
- Orders will be accepted until Dec. 17th.
- Only direct bank transfers for payments. Sorry for the inconvenience.
- Delivery: Starting February 2017

Regards,
Shep