Thinking of a fun winter project and I was inspired to modify my spare KG12 Grip by some other KG12 Modifications I've seen. So I'm planning it out now and have some questions
I have a Gladiator Pro with Kosmosima Left Grip for Elite, so I'm modding the spare KG12 I have for use with IL2. I would like to add an additional hat/few buttons and an axis or two with a pot or hall effect sensor. I am debating between adding the axes to the MaRs connector or to the RJ45 connector with an extra wire routed outside the grip.
I can definitely follow instructions and I'm comfortable with small wire soldering (have built my own ham radios in the past
) but I haven't done much new circuit design so I need to fill in the piece in a few places.My goal is not to modify the 3 pin circular grip to base connection so I can still use my Kosmosima if things go poorly with the KG12 mod
My inspiration:
viewtopic.php?t=3626 - for the RJ45 pinouts
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=3443 - for the hat and buttons
https://forum.il2sturmovik.ru/topic/471 ... gladiator/ - For the hand brake
My questions are:
1) Are these two jumper cables the right spec to match the existing 3pin and 4pin connectors for the "MaRs Twist" connector and the 3pin grip to base connector?
3 pin - https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9915
4 pin - https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10359
2) With the Hand Brake mod in the "Modern Talking with Gladiator" thread, am I correct that the magnets are moving "away" from the sensor? I thought hall sensors were mostly based on rotation.
2a) Does anyone have any recommend pre-mounted rotary hall effect sensors at 3.3v? The BI-Tech 6127 series is the closest I've found but they are 5V.
3) So I'm finding it hard to find info about the CD4021 or matrix method to connect additional buttons to the grip. Is there any way to add buttons within the grip board itself? Does anyone have any suggestions there?
4) I do have the spare 4 way hats in the box from my Kosmosimas. Is there any way I could re-use those for my KG12 mods?
Thanks in advance!