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The trim indicators work through variable voltage and the direction of trim is zero volts for no trim and then + or - volts to move the trim either side of zero. Somewhat harder to make work, but I think it can be done, I need to experiment. This works in the same way as the LEDs in the gear leaver, but each LED has its own Offset and relay. The wired gauge is the landing gear lights. Two gauges, Undercarriage lights and trim gauge.Р”Р‡rom behind the gauges look like this, as do all gauges I haven't found any non-electric gauges yet and the number of pins varies with each guage: To achieve the flashing for the LEDs I simply put a car indicator flashing unit into the 12 volt circuit. These seem to work well on 12 volts and so I use a relay and 12v supply to light the LEDs and FSUIPC offsets to control the relay. The Tornado has LEDs in the handle which flash whilst the gear is moving. It uses a simple program switch to detect the leaver movement and commence the movement of the gear.

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I use Mobi-flight software and the Xplane version of FSUIPC to achieve connection and control.Р”Р„ landing gear leaver, installed and working. Ok, so far I have four cockpit parts to integrate into Xplane. Calibration would be fiddly, no doubt and being able to tweak that easily in the Arduino code/script/sketch would make that much easier than trying to do it with pots, trimmers, etc. You could also do this with discrete components built around a power transistor or an op amp, but it would take a lot of fooling around and the Arduino & shields solution takes a lot of the work out of it and provides a lot of built-in functionality and protections. You should probably tie the Ardino and external power supply negatives together, though the shield might be hard-wired to do that for you. I saw one that was only good for 10V and 600 mA, so not all of them will work. Be sure the board you get has input pins for a remote power supply of >= 12V.

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Pretty sure the best answer is an Arduino motor or servo driver shield plugged into the top of your Arduino with an add-on 12 V power supply. In principle, the shield simply opens and closes the line between your motor and your power supply.

With this you just use the 5V (or 3.3V) pins of your Arduino to control the shield, but not for powering the motor. Works pretty fine! Also the current feedback seems to be quite accurate.Р”Р„ll you need is an external power supply, which delivers 12V and the necessary amps. I am using this for a couple of months now to control very high loads (12V, 10-15A).

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The shield provides a full H-bridge or a double half-bridge functionality, with PWM control (0.100% in both directions) and also current feedback to the analog pins. Maybe it's a bit 'overpowered' but a very easy-to-use solution for your problem: I don't think it would matter that your load is not a motor. The Arduino uses the PWM pin(s) to control the shield which controls the output from the 12V to the load(s).

You'll need the MegaMoto Shield for your Arduino, an external 12V power supply and some Arduino code. A simple relay wont work as it is eitherР’В on or off.Р”Вoes anyone know how this analogue issue can be solved? So I need something which will allow me to control 12v analogue from a 5v analogue output. If the gauge ran off 5v then I could control it directly but I need 12v and so need to control it indirectly as I have done with the digital relays for the lights above. IР’В want toР’В control these three aspects of the device with the analogue output from the Arduino board. This has the three trimР’В types depicted by aircraft shapes which move to indicate the trim state. Getting this to work was achieved with a relay to switch on the required 12v supply to the LEDs which was passed through a car indicator flasher unit and by using the appropriate FSUIPC offset to activate it.Р”Р„ gear indicator gauge.Р’В Again I used relays to switch on the 12v supply, one for each light controlled by FSUIPC offsets.Р”Р„ warning light panel (over 50 lights) again controlled by bank of relays and a 12 volt supply. However it has some LEDs in the handle which flash while the gear is traveling.

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Tornado gauges are all electrically powered and are therefore very suitable for this task.Р’В I use a 5v Arduino board to control them.Р”Р„n undercarriage leaver which isР’В easy to install as it is basically a switch. I have recently bought some Panavia Tornado parts and I am trying to use them with my FS.

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