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Dennis, what pins are you using? I might have to pinch your sketch and mod it.

Parts will arrive today and I will try to get to grips with the Leonardo.

I have hit a snag. I have soldered the dupont wires to the switches but the wires break very easily. I think I will have to re-wire and use crimped connectors. Wire, soldering tips and terminals ordered. Got to get this sorted!

Thanks Dennis, I will run the pots (4 of them) off the 5v and the buttons off the 3v. I have found out that i can glue the pins off my dupont cables together and make a sort of multi-pin plug. The sketch hasnt been sorted yet, I have one for 5 axis controller. I can edit that down to 4 and then add the button part. I will have 13 buttons, each to a separate pin so I will have to copy paste the routine for this and then test it.

Dennis, can I use the 3v to power the buttons? I have looked up on google but I cant find out. What about the 5v (pin2) on the 6 pin header, can that be used?

I think Beagle was having possible heat issues.

It nearly finished now Colin. I have covered what I did in the Hardware forum. Outstanding jobs are 1/ glue the collar on to the column 2/ drill a hole to feed the usb cable through the button box 3/ do the Arduino sketch 4/ plug the cables into the board and test 5/ fit the assembly into the simpit.

next bit the old belt using a 1 1/2" rubber seal from a waste pipe. This developed a split. marking out switch positions Lots of wires New improved belt

mmkay

The cunning plan worked and the soldering is now done. A few minor jobs to do the sketch and test. Will put up some photos tomorrow.

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New cunning plan, I have ordered a 3D printer belt and pulley, Hopefully this will work out.

Thanks Wingy, most of the soldering is now done. My original rubber band on the throttle has now got a split so I will need to come up with a new cunning plan. Might get some photos up tomorrow.

I remember the feeling

Base now complete and soldering commenced.

How many buttons and axis are on your sketch Dennis?

Will do Wingy, I have fitted all the switches, so I need to solder the wires and get Leonardo talking to the computer.

Thanks Dennis I will give that a go.

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More progress, as I have decided to mount the Leonardo in the button box on the lever I had to feed the wires from the collective pot up the lever along with the USB cable. This meant taking the plate off the side to get access to the collective pot, and taking the lever off the pivot to allow the cables to be fed up the tube. All back together now.

The throttle thumb stick the bracket holding the back of the box The joystick joystick position in the box with the hat on More later

More progress, I have soldered the 2 pots and have roughly positioned the throttle complete with thumb stick. I will put some photos up soonish in my build thread.

More progress on the base I found a small knurled knob for the pot and used a piece of elastic shoelace joined with an electrical connector. I had to cut the top mounting on the damper as it wasnt wide enough to take the top bearing. After it was all bolted in position it worked well. The next part will be the throttle and thumb switch.

Who are these grown ups of which you speak?

The Leonardo works. BUT it isnt very obvious how to load a downloaded sketch or even how to download the sketch. After quite a while I have the board set up as a 5 axis controller and it tested OK. Now to find the sketch I need, that is 4 axis, one 4 way hat switch and maybe 10 or so buttons.