PSBUS, IOCARDS, Phidgets, photons ... to be or not to be?

[Guest pierino23]

Hi guys,I've decided to start a simpit, but just a radio stark and a simplt autopilot for a Cessna for the first version.I'm tempted to buy the IOCards but after reading the manuals I found the software is pretty fuzzy while the FSBUS seems to be more easy. The first requires typing offsets, while the latter interrogate FSUIPC directly with no need to remember HEX addresses.BTW, I can do some electronics but I can not really build the master cards form stratch, for this reasons I should buy the prebuild and tested FSBUS.Before I take the final decision, can you please tell me your impressions and provide some suggestions?Many thanks in advancePierf

[Guest Binkles]

Hiya, and welcome to the forum.Firstly when you say you can't build the cards - take it from someone who didn't know a resistor from a capacitor - or what end of a soldering iron to hold (well I did know that).I've built all my own cards for fsbus - and all my home built ones look great, and all work well.I have two pages you may be interested in that show my process for making the boards - and where I am at now - well almost now.http://www.nzdragons.com/pcb/pcb.html&http://www.nzdragons.com/cockpit/Feel free to ask any questions.

[Guest steve@egnx]

PierfBit of a silent user myself, I have just received my IO cards, very fast delivery, I cannot fault these guys for their service (delivered in 5 days!), and the quality is fantastic.The boards I have ordered are ready built and 'tested!', what I have will run a mcp 737 or simular, these cost me approx 150 euros 150 dollars my c/c statment tells me it is

[Guest pierino23]

Hi Steve,thanks for the reply. I actually work with a spanish team in my job and they are great and talented but this has nothing to do with a software that in my opinion is hard to use: but is the opinion of a newbee in simpits realization. I've read all the docs, and it is still complicated to be, at least if compared with the FSBUS one. This is not a detriment, it is a great tool thought.Regarding the motion demo, it seems a little ingenious to simulate the movement bu simply replicating the angle banks of the plane; there is much more to do from the algorith point of view. But this is another matter, the interface is fast and precise thought.The IOCard are the cheapest IMHO and the quality is excellent, I'm going their waykindlyPierf

[Guest pierino23]

Hi,congratulation for the excellent work, but I believe that in case I go FSBus I'll buy the ready assembled from http://www.cockpitsonic.de/.Any cheaper assembler out there?kindlyPierf