Flight Sim Basics (Part 4): Pots and Rotary Encoders

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How to connect an rotary encoder or potentiometer to your PC for use in DCS World, using DCS-BIOS.
DCS-BIOS Skunkworks- github.com/DCS-Skunkworks
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00:00 - Intro
01:01 - The Basics of Rotary Encoders and Pots
03:45 - Connecting a Rotary Encoder
07:24 - Connecting a Pot
09:03 - Where I've used Rotary Encoders
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@dishdoggiegaming7254 6 ай бұрын

You may not of started out to be a Electrical Engineer but this build and now all the knowledge you have learned that is needed to apply to build this is Amazing and you are far more talented then the average sim pit builder. You are smarter then the average Bear Yogi 😃Good Job Love your Videos from Ohio USA

@christinamaltese4460 6 ай бұрын

I'm heading the same road as you did, I just start building my home cockpit and with the electronics, I'm doing the same as you did, I just bough my first 3d printer in Jaycar on sale and building a GTC 580 for Garmin 3000, and this is the beginning , the ultimate goal is 737 or 787, or airbus, you are an inspiration to us all, great archiver.

@colorscream 6 ай бұрын

i did few panels for airbus on my other channel

@Currahee_1944 4 ай бұрын

Man I just found your channel and this was the exact tutorial I’ve been hunting for. Subscribed great stuff

@ODGColornChrome 6 ай бұрын

This is so fn amazing! Well done !!

@GameWiz2428 26 күн бұрын

These videos have been so freaking helpful!!!

@craftymulligar 3 ай бұрын

Something i learn about potentiometers class types nice work.

@Off-The-X 6 ай бұрын

Amazing. I worked as a tech @ ACES Mall of America back in 2014. You replicated our sim domes. Well done buddy!

@the_apache_pit 6 ай бұрын

oh the hideous soldering!! - wont somebody thing of the children!!! ;) Top content as always mate - kudos also a an excellent example of utilising off the shelf components as a cheap alternative to real world switches in the aircraft that are well beyond most peoples budgetary constraints, even in your, dare i say it 'benchmark 1:1 sim' it is simply too expensive to painstakingly replicate in a like for like manner. You can get away with utilising near similar function switches & utilise their additional features to leverage more functions (like the NVG switch on the HSI etc). tip for young players - learn from the copious mistakes the old-timers / trail-blazers had to make & save yourself some heartache/headaches. cheers

@ALPHARICCO875 3 ай бұрын

Super vidéo 👍 Thanks

@jorgentoll314 6 ай бұрын

Nice instructional video! I have made some controllers using a teensy and MMJoy2, to make them directx compatible, but if you’re doing a cockpit just for a specific DCS module, this seems to be a better way.

@colorscream 6 ай бұрын

I did not knew there were different types of potentiometers, thanks.

@Tuuvas 6 ай бұрын

See, I'm going to take all this wonderful info and make a fancy flight sim gamepad for DCS lol

@fourseen4513 6 ай бұрын

very nice been wondering so these go in the 3d printed for panel nice

@s.m.aggies7220 6 ай бұрын

Outstand equipment with plenty of work amazing...... :)

@No1sonuk 6 ай бұрын

One more thing to note about rotary encoders is that some output one pulse per detent (the notches) and some output 4 pulses per detent. There is some code you can put in to make the 4 per encoders operate like 1 per.

@VR_Aviator 6 ай бұрын

An advantage to using pots code with a multi position rotary switch is that you can solder resistors between the contacts, and you will only need one analog pin instead of many digital pins.

@preferredimage 6 ай бұрын

A dirty trick with rotaries I did was hooked them up to a keyboard encoder ripped out of a cheap USB keyboard. you wire up the two encoder lines to say A and SHIFT. so when you rotate it one way you get aaaaa and the other way you get AAAAA which you can map in most games to two functions. there's a lot of keys that work with SHIFT on a keyboard too so its a great way of getting a lot of one/two way digital inputs.

@Rokreder 6 ай бұрын

This is brilliant and cursed and I love it. As long as you're only turning one at a time you could share the shift between multiple encoders

@preferredimage 6 ай бұрын

@@Rokreder I dare say it would work just as good with CTRL or ALT too so even more options.....

@TheKurgen 6 ай бұрын

Will we ever see some Warthog Project special edition button boxes? (8-12 pots would be a good start)

@paradoxx_4221 6 ай бұрын

You mean as a product? Probably not, since he has a full-time job

@boggy8557 6 ай бұрын

Any tips on how to prevent switch bounce if you're using a LeoBodnar card?

@spc83 6 ай бұрын

DCS Bios related question: if i wanted to make a panel that would be used for multiple DCS aircraft (F-16 & F-18) would it be a better route to use a arduino that is setup as a USB controller vs DCS Bios? I dont strickly fly one aircraft in DCS but want to make physvial devices soon

@GeorgieWorgiey 6 ай бұрын

Now simulate the canopy coming down

@jehlybean636 6 ай бұрын

Are your CRS/HDG dials rotary or pots..? I have the MIP and trying to get my pot to control but it's very difficult.

@Loopyllu365 6 ай бұрын

Hey man, what wires do you use for your projects?

@fablearchitect7645 6 ай бұрын

what is the latency like?

@Ultimatevr123 6 ай бұрын

i know you said most of your cockpit is set up with arduino micros due to the fact that you don't have to use dcs bios with them, HOW did you get around each micro showing up with the same name? i built a bunch of switch panels following your video and now i'm stuck because i can only use one at a time.

@tedparker640 6 ай бұрын

Do you not have a filter on your rotary encoders? How do you prevent the bounce?

@No1sonuk 6 ай бұрын

I put 100nF capacitors on mine from the signal pin to ground.

@Munky332 6 ай бұрын

bit random, but some aircraft have a heading select knob, and altho I'm using a winwing setup, it has multiple rotary encoders, is there a way to speed up the encoders in DCS? I have the F1 mirage, and setting the heading select to a rotary encoder, its absolutely slow as all fuck, as if its microstepping.

@wingtipsworld5909 6 ай бұрын

Are the face plates metal or etched plastic that’s painted black? Do you have a list of some of the hardware used ? Thanks.

@starflexthe2nd 6 ай бұрын

white acyrlic, painted black, laser engraved. He has a previous video on it

@preferredimage 6 ай бұрын

Also, how many com ports does your machine have listed? it must be a lot even if you are using up every IO pin on an Arduino each time.

@samuraidriver4x4 6 ай бұрын

When using the I2C bus you can use up to 128 inputs per arduino. Might even be able to combine it with a button matrix to even up the number of buttons further but you would run out of space for all the code at that point.

@spc83 6 ай бұрын

Question regarding your cable management with the arduino's. If all those boards are connected to a usb, do you have USB hubs through out your sim pit? If you answered this already may you (or someone else) direct me to that video as i'm very curious how that works.

@spc83 6 ай бұрын

Read your website and found the answer!

@brgimscht 5 ай бұрын

how did you do your controller setup? it looks like you have a arduino (or something similar) for each small panel. how do you then connect all these single boards together? just each of them to a usb hub, or do you use master/slave and only connect the master controller to usb to your pc? what would you recommend?

@Topper_Harley68 4 ай бұрын

winwing.

@tomasdanielnieto5398 6 ай бұрын

What I'm curious is the displays. Haven't found a satisfactory answer on how to build external displays, like the MFDs or others

@samuraidriver4x4 6 ай бұрын

He has got a regular lcd screen behind the MFD's and all the gauges, just 1 big screen. There is a video from it, think the MFD video shows it.

@jehlybean636 6 ай бұрын

Despite having quaggles, I cannot get my heading and course to work properly. They just zoom around the HSI

@No1sonuk 6 ай бұрын

What are "quaggles"? If you mean the rotary encoder, I put 100nF capacitors on mine from the signal pin to ground. This kills noise quickly.

@TNT-tf9jd 6 ай бұрын

Awesome stuff, If I come to Melbourne, would you show me your pit? Or it’s not for show and tell?

@dcf476 6 ай бұрын

Scroll back through some videos, everything he does he shares, parts required, doodads needed, coding, how he did what with everything. Gives sooo many ideas for all sorts of sims. His set-up is off the bloody charts! 😍👍

@dcf476 6 ай бұрын

Oh woops🤦 just read the "if I come to Melbourne" bit, that'd be awesome if he does. Should do and charge a fee to play 😁👍💰cockpit could pay for itself

@colorscream 6 ай бұрын

@@dcf476 its probably not about the moneyz, its about the experience, play dcs, be better, threaten him to shot him down if he wont show the simpit :D

@TNT-tf9jd 6 ай бұрын

@@dcf476 he does indeed. By show n tell, I meant , first hand experience.

@TNT-tf9jd 6 ай бұрын

@@dcf476 sorry, English is not my first language.

@craftymulligar 3 ай бұрын

Do what you like but think it could be cheaper to buy the chips with the crystals but see why you do the lazy method and buy the arduino micro boards or knock offs.