In-Development Custom Control Panel using RasPi

ScarletM!4

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Looking to make my first leap into coding and building stuff with other stuff.
Basically I got given a a RasPi, and want to know if anyone has used one to create a custom control panel for Elite. With buttons and what not for turning on lights, cargo scoop, etc,
Essentially emulating my Roccat Power Grid but with real life buttons and toggle switches.
 

shroom2021

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I've been working on something similar. The plan is to have a working "bridge" in my basement so that I can include my children in my various hobbies. There will be 3 main stations and a few other minor ones. The two stations for my kids are essentially fidget boards with sound effects unless I enable them with a switch on my console. That will allow their switches to perform various functions in game such as discovery scanner or targeting.

For each board, I'm feeding everything into 4 Arduino Unos. These connect via USB to my main computer through USB switches(This allows me to 1. Turn on an off the additional panels, or 2. Redirect the input from each panel to a laptop of my choosing so that other functions can be mapped to various ED Tools from 3rd parties.)
The signals eventually make their way to the target system (either my own or a laptop) and are fed into vjoy with all of my other peripherals.

As the full setup has more buttons, switches, toggles, dials, doodads, and gizmos and ED has room for in it's various configurations, the plan is to have a lot of each panel control (through Arduino #4) various aspects of the "bridge". These functions include turning on and off fans, adjusting lighting, locking/unlocking the cabin door, opening/closing various shutters.

I am certain you can achieve the same with your RasPi, my recommendation is to implement vjoy on your system and feed everything in there.
 

ScarletM!4

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shroom2021 said:
I've been working on something similar. The plan is to have a working "bridge" in my basement so that I can include my children in my various hobbies. There will be 3 main stations and a few other minor ones. The two stations for my kids are essentially fidget boards with sound effects unless I enable them with a switch on my console. That will allow their switches to perform various functions in game such as discovery scanner or targeting.

For each board, I'm feeding everything into 4 Arduino Unos. These connect via USB to my main computer through USB switches(This allows me to 1. Turn on an off the additional panels, or 2. Redirect the input from each panel to a laptop of my choosing so that other functions can be mapped to various ED Tools from 3rd parties.)
The signals eventually make their way to the target system (either my own or a laptop) and are fed into vjoy with all of my other peripherals.

As the full setup has more buttons, switches, toggles, dials, doodads, and gizmos and ED has room for in it's various configurations, the plan is to have a lot of each panel control (through Arduino #4) various aspects of the "bridge". These functions include turning on and off fans, adjusting lighting, locking/unlocking the cabin door, opening/closing various shutters.

I am certain you can achieve the same with your RasPi, my recommendation is to implement vjoy on your system and feed everything in there.
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Thanks for the response, appreciate it.
Your planned set up sounds awesome, and kudos for letting the kids get involved....im sure they will love it!
I might have a look at VJOY, I have seen several projects on pinterest that use Arduino so i might have a look at them also.
 

vrod

vrod
Look into Win I-Pac.

I have the I-Pac Ultimate and it works great!

It has 48 inputs and 96 outputs. It has a USB connection to your computer.

You basically wire up buttons and switches and trackballs...etc. and these are configured into whatever keypresses you want.
I use Autohotkey in conjunction with LEDBlinky to make the outputs do what I want. (example: turn LEDs on or off or various colors...etc.)

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All of the buttons on the center panel are functional and get even brighter (for a moment) when pressed. (along with a beep sound)

I too wanted a cockpit room ,but moved before it was completed:
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You entered the room from a ladder then the sliding gray door in the middle.
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was a lot of fun!

I moved and left the room behind. However, I still have the main consoles and chair and sticks and TVs. I am adding to them and making it even better than before! Just more of a single seater. ;)

Here is what it looked like a few days ago. (I already added a little more to it!)
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