Building an axis and button box

[Jack_Aubrey]

Thanks for your replies, lets see ...
MaxGunz it's true that after fighting this hard with arduino i should have been more conservative and buy something like the teensy as it seem to be more focused on the device/controller stuff.

DD_crash.... that's some thing i'been thinking, but right now i will keep working with what i have right now... what i mean is that is just a future thing whenever i get enough money... also you still have one axis unused and a few buttons so you can use the empty handle or the base for a few extras...

Bolelas yeah thats right, we would only have one axis for mix but as you almost say dreaming is free

[Artist]

Concerning the limitation to 4 devices:
- use Autohotkey to map buttons of 5th, 6th, ... device to key-combinations (ctrl+...) and assign those inside il2
- use YaDeLi to map their axes to functions

Artist

[DD_crash]

The throttle is now back together and is working
The pcb that has the top hat and buttons. I used a hacksaw blade to cut through the printed circuits on both sides.


the round IDE cable I used for wires, and the button housing

Wires fed through levers

now complete with Bodnar board housed in the box on the back of the throttle

view from the other side showing feed from the pedals


now all that remains is to put my X52 handle on the MS Sidewinder