devicelink is just a protocol to import/export certain game data. most use is made of it's export of gauge functions(the most useful of which are disabled for online). common uses are simulated cockpits but it also has uses for charts of plane performance. its potential for inputs is a rarer occurrence but has been done (such as FCIP throttle quad proggy. there is also another project reaching beta stage to do both input and output functions in a single package (as i understand it)- this really will be useful to pit builders.
Saitek panel looks good for those who don't want to go the homemade route, nice to see yet more hardware options appearing in this niche area.
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