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#4024551 - 10/19/14 07:22 PM Re: Desktop Simpit Project (PICTURE SPREE!!!) [Re: Lausbub78]  
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Originally Posted By: Lausbub78
Excellent work, I'm working on my first Button box aswell and seeing yours makes me want to throw it into a corner lol.
How did you make the labels if I may ask,I assume you printed it out on paper and put acrylic glass sheets on it?
I like the Master Caution button...something I was looking for but couldn't find something similar. So I went with other buttons.


Thank you, its a bit rough around the edges but im happy with the result and it makes the experience so much more immersive to have most of the controls available in real physical form smile


The labels are printed on regular paper and placed between two sheets of 3mm acrylic, held together by the switches/buttons themselves.
Initially i planned on printing them on clear/transperent overhead film, and then backlighting it but ive figured out that I can backlight these even with the printing on regular white paper.
The light WILL shine through the black making them appear somewhat greyish, but if the lightsource is just the right strenght, it will only enlighten the white text/lines enough to make them visible in the dark without shining through the black parts.

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#4024585 - 10/19/14 08:17 PM Re: Desktop Simpit Project (PICTURE SPREE!!!) [Re: Attackmack]  
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Thank you,thats a good idea with the Labels.

#4025836 - 10/22/14 10:07 PM Re: Desktop Simpit Project (PICTURE SPREE!!!) [Re: Attackmack]  
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Looks amazing, can I ask what size screens you are using and what's holding the lower screen in place?

#4166215 - 09/07/15 10:05 PM Re: Desktop Simpit Project (PICTURE SPREE!!!) [Re: Attackmack]  
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So its been almost a year since this was active so I figured Id post a few pics of the desktop simpit as it stands today, seeing I finally got around to setting up the triple monitors!

Heres a few random images, no particular order:










#4166229 - 09/07/15 11:05 PM Re: Desktop Simpit Project (PICTURE SPREE!!!) [Re: Attackmack]  
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nice...


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#4166242 - 09/08/15 12:19 AM Re: Desktop Simpit Project (PICTURE SPREE!!!) [Re: Attackmack]  
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Sweet...


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#4166760 - 09/09/15 01:27 PM Re: Desktop Simpit Project (PICTURE SPREE!!!) [Re: Attackmack]  
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Appalachian foothills in Virgi...
Great set-up. Thanks for posting the update pics.

#4166922 - 09/09/15 08:50 PM Re: Desktop Simpit Project (PICTURE SPREE!!!) [Re: Attackmack]  
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Sorry to bother- and actually first congratulations for your amazing results! biggrin

Why did you pick the Leo Bodnar BB I32 boards?

Fact is I'm wanting to create things like that but have no knowledge of those boards... Is that on the best/easiest?
What was the cognitive process that made you pick those? biggrin

Thanks in advance,
Cheers.


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#4166945 - 09/09/15 10:14 PM Re: Desktop Simpit Project (PICTURE SPREE!!!) [Re: komemiute]  
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Originally Posted By: komemiute
Sorry to bother- and actually first congratulations for your amazing results! biggrin

Why did you pick the Leo Bodnar BB I32 boards?

Fact is I'm wanting to create things like that but have no knowledge of those boards... Is that on the best/easiest?
What was the cognitive process that made you pick those? biggrin

Thanks in advance,
Cheers.


Thanks mate, much appreciated!

I choose leo bodnar's because of their simplicity! I did do some research when planning the panels but since I had decided to go with only momentary switches and buttons, a straightforward digital interface was good enough.

And of all the ones I could find, the BBI-32 was the overall best candidate.
Good amount of inputs, straight plug-n-play (no fuzz, no software, no issues) and extremely simple installation! (the quickterminals are perfect for trial and error and makes it so simple to work with).
And this for a decent price made it a very easy decision smile

That said, I did require two of them as 32 buttons really isnt much when you start counting up whats in a cockpit, and if I would ever do a bigger project I would look into more advances input options as there are likely options where a single interface can manage all the inputs a simpit can throw at it. I would suspect it comes at a price though!


So if its any help, IMO for simple projects such as mine, which is just a glorified simracing button box (thus the name) I cant think of a better and easier way to handle the inputs then these! Highly recommended!

#4166950 - 09/09/15 10:25 PM Re: Desktop Simpit Project (PICTURE SPREE!!!) [Re: Attackmack]  
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Heh, awwesome- jsut what I needed to know.
And what my wife feared! D:


smile

I have my sort-of-cockpit. But I definitely need a Button-Box. Or two.
Will report.


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MigBuster

"What people like and what critics praise are rarely the same thing. 'Critic' is just another one of those unnecessary, overpaid, parasitic jobs that the human race has churned out so that clever slackers won't have to actually get a real job and possibly soil their hands."
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#4167064 - 09/10/15 04:19 AM Re: Desktop Simpit Project (PICTURE SPREE!!!) [Re: komemiute]  
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Originally Posted By: komemiute
Heh, awwesome- jsut what I needed to know.
And what my wife feared! D:


smile

I have my sort-of-cockpit. But I definitely need a Button-Box. Or two.
Will report.


http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=94&products_id=205

These are the ones I bought!
Good luck to ye and the solution is to make sure your wife has a time-consuming money-sinkhole hobby of her own and you will be good to go smile

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