On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 09:27:02PM +0200, Boris Koenig wrote: > > Ususally, homebuilt CDUs consist of a small LCD w/ TV or VGA interface, > > the pushbuttons and a piece of plastic resembling the CDU panel. > > Use an older PC to drive the LCD with a CDU/FMC software running on it > > (or remotely if using X11) > > is the latter really an already established mechanism, I was > really under the impression for it to be a spontaneous idea :-)
No it wasn't an instantaneous idea. I have a prototype CDU "panel" (made from paper, overhead transparencies and transparent contact paper). http://cockpit.varxec.net/panels/img/cdu_panel1.jpg Check out X11GC, a x11-based glass cockpit software I'm working on. Thats whats gonna drive my CDU. But for the logic behind it, the FMC, it'd be nice to have a standalone program... :) the X11GC page: http://cockpit.varxec.net/software/x11gc.html two CDU screenshots: http://cockpit.varxec.net/tmp/acars_cdu_screenshot1.png http://cockpit.varxec.net/tmp/acars_cdu_screenshot2.png (The fonts for this demo are the Aerowinx CDU fonts. They are not GPL, but freely downloadable. I plan on making some under the GPL) > but see my previous post: using SimGear as a backend for the > calculations there would not be a reason to drop the mainly > Nasal based approach for the actual implementation of the > logics involved - which would then have many advantages talking > of flexibility. Well, Nasal doesn't fit too well in my "standalone" concept. I already have a scripting language integrated into my X11GC/PHCC* programs (They share some classes, and can be built into one binary). I use LUA, an embedded scripting language. http://www.lua.org/ Easy to learn and easy to integrate into your own programs :-) Regards, Manuel *PHCC is my cockpit electronics interface solution: http://cockpit.varxec.net/electronics/PHCC.html _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
