Can a Leo Bodnar card mange a motorized autothrottle? 

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Edited October 3, 20214 yr by kotzejohan
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On 10/3/2021 at 9:35 AM, kotzejohan said:

Can a Leo Bodnar card mange a motorized autothrottle?

Since you just said 'Leo Bodnar card' I presume you mean a USB interface such as the BBI-32, BBI-64 or BU0836X. These are HIDs that provide 32 or 64 digital (ON/OFF) inputs and (for the BU0836X) an 8-way hat switch and eight 12-bit analogue axes. I think the digital inputs can also be wired up to provide LEDs to show the state of the inputs. The digital inputs can optionally be configured in pairs to manage rotary encoders.

I guess this could help you interface to a motorized autothrottle, depending on what its input and outputs are. I have no experience with any such thing but if the autothrottle was a device that could take UP/DOWN commands as digital inputs and this caused it to operate a potentiometer, then it seems likely you could wire it up with a Bodnar board.

Thanks MarkH for the reply. I will try using the Leo Bodnar (BU0836X), as I have one, to see if I can get it to work. If not then I need to go the Arduino route which I am not familiar with.

On 10/3/2021 at 11:35 AM, kotzejohan said:

Can a Leo Bodnar card mange a motorized autothrottle?

The important thing is what you mean by "manage". As mentioned by MarkDH, Leo Bodnar card can take the INPUTS from the switches and potentiometers in the throttle unit so that they are translated into the sim- so this is a manual throttle operation. If you need the card also to drive the motors/ servos so that they reflect the operation of autothrottle in the sim, you'll need the outputs, and this is what Leo Bodnar's card cannot provide.