Dave Martin wrote:
Just wondering if anyone (pos historically) has driven physical instruments
using FlightGear on Linux.
I'm thinking the analog variety (ASI AI ALT etc) from the likes of SimKits.
Obviously the SimKits stuff couldn't work directly because their proprietary
software to drive the CCU is for Windows and MSFS only.
So are there, or have there been any examples of someone succesfully driving
analog instruments using FlightGear on Linux?
For the FAA Level 3 FTD certified sims I work with, we draw the
instruments on an LCD screen, then place a panel cutout with bezels on
top of that. Fools a *lot* of people into thinking they are real, even
though they aren't. The simkits stuff are driven by standard servos,
right? So you could get a little PIC board to run your servos and take
position commands in from the serial port ... then you just need to send
the data out the serial port from FG (with perhaps a small amount of
interface coding.) It might be a little time consuming to get all the
pieces in place and working, but once you figure out how to generate the
PWM servo signal, there's nothing technically difficult there.
Curt.
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