| 31 Dec 2003 | A new F-16 simpit link, and a link to additional information about helmet/head mounted displays. |
| 30 Dec 2003 | Several new simpit links, and a few new words about LVDT electronics. |
| 29 Dec 2003 | More information about pulse switches as an alternative to rotary encoders. |
| 20 Dec 2003 | New A320 simpit link, switch manufacturer link. |
| 17 Dec 2003 | Vulcan link added. |
| 16 Dec 2003 | Link maintenance. updates on book progress status. |
| 15 Dec 2003 | An update to the book status. |
| 14 Dec 2003 | Link maintenance. |
| 11 Dec 2003 | New link. |
| 10 Dec 2003 | Link maintenance. |
| 9 Dec 2003 | Link maintenance, some grammar tweaking and so on. |
| 8 Dec 2003 | Link maintenance. |
| 6 Dec 2003 | Book status update. |
| 30 Nov 2003 | Link maintenance and book status notes. |
| 25 Nov 2003 | Book status update and a request for clear subject lines on email to the comments account. |
| 24 Nov 2003 | Small addition to dimension info page. |
| 23 Nov 2003 | Added a brief paragraph to the keyboard port interface page |
| 22 Nov 2003 | Link to new simpit goodie manufacturer & supplier: Daken-Skys. (Backlit panels, Korry-style switch, yokes, pedals) |
| 19 Nov 2003 | A brief update on book status. |
| 15 Nov 2003 | Added a link to Polyt -S, an excellent glider simulator site (Thanks Kristoffer). Also a few sources of electronics in France, plus added a bit more to the Getting Started page. |
| 14 Nov 2003 | Link maintenance and book status update. |
| 7 Nov 2003 | Brief update to Getting Started page about G2I's enhancements for Falcon data I/O |
| 6 Nov 2003 | Added a bit more info to the serial port interface page. |
| 4 Nov 2003 | Florent Van Vlasselaer has made his design for a keyboard port interface available. It's been added to the interface section. (Thanks Florent) |
| 1 Nov 2003 | Added an introduction to micro controllers. Learning to work with these versatile devices can pay big dividends to the simpit builder. |
| 24 Oct 2003 | A few new links, a new sentence or two in the lens collimated display page, book status update. |
| 20 Oct 2003 | Link addition, minor editing. |
| 14 Oct 2003 | Added an F-16 link, a link for a new firm making flight training devices, plus did a bit of grammar cleanup. |
| 12 Oct 2003 | Added a page on powering and dimming LEDs |
| 8 Oct 2003 | Link added for FSFAN, Book status updated. |
| 1 Oct 2003 | Added a page of circuitry that can be used with LVDTs, book status update. |
| 28 Sept 2003 | Added a page on LVDTs, Linear Variable Differential Transformers. |
| 27 Sept 2003 | New CAD s/w link (thanks Tuomas, Jari), book status update, random maintenance. |
| 23 Sept 2003 | A new GA simpit link, updates to the book progress page. |
| 18 Sept 2003 | Minor editing. |
| 16 Sept 2003 | More book status stuff. |
| 12 Sept 2003 | Updated the book status: just about finished the servo-base artificial horizon project chapter. Well, a draft anyhow. |
| 9 Sept 2003 | A new resource for USB, a new reference for embedded Ethernet. |
| 8 Sept 2003 | An F-16 simpit link, a link to a possible source of small LCD displays, and another source of electro-luminescent panels. |
| 6 Sept 2003 | Added a paragraph about illumination color selection in panel and instrument lighting. |
| 5 Sept 2003 | A link to the Flightgear open-source simulator project, a small addition to the getting started page, book status. |
| 4 Sept 2003 | Another electronics supplier link, plus a C172 simpit link. |
| 3 Sept 2003 | Added a new supplier link, and updated the book status page. |
| 1 Sept 2003 | some minor updates to the dimensions page. |
| 31 August 2003 | Finally got another book chapter into a readable draft. Book status has been updated. |
| 26 August 2003 | New forum link. Book status. |
| 22 August 2003 | A few new links, some additional material about rotary pulse switches, and of course book status update. |
| 18 August 2003 | New Simpit link, book status update. |
| 13 August 2003 | Books status update. The stepping motor based ADF/RMI chapter is finally together. (Wish the bathroom was as well) |
| 9 August 2003 | Additions to and editing of USB interfacing. Book status update. |
| 28 July 2003 | Book status update. |
| 25 July 2003 | A couple new forum links, simpit links, and a new joystick info link. Book status update. |
| 21 July 2003 | New B777 simpit link. |
| 20 July 2003 | New F-16 simpit link. |
| 19 July 2003 | New link. |
| 18 July 2003 | A few edits |
| 15 July 2003 | Book status update, of course, as well as a couple of thistle pix, plus a few random edits. |
| 14 July 2003 | A few new links in the aircraft information section, plus updates in the book status. |
| 8 July 2003 | Posted a picture of a new stepping motor based dual pointer engine gauge in the DIY instrument section here. |
| 7 July 2003 | Book status update. Turbine tach chapter has been set aside to ferment a bit, and I've started the ADF/dual engine gauge chapter. |
| 2 July 2003 | Added a few more simpit links. Updated the book status, just finishing the turbine tach chapter. |
| 28 June 2003 | Russel Dirks has released an I/O module for use with MSFS called FSConnect. I've added a paragraph to the interfacing section about it. |
| 26 June 2003 | Updates added in the book status section. |
| 20 June 2003 | Added a couple of pictures to the DIY instrument section, along with a paragraph or two. (Dual pointer, turbine gas producer tachometer project). Updated the book status. |
| 14 June 2003 | Simpit link & book progress updated. |
| 11 June 2003 | Added two more references on synchros/selsyns, and updated the book status. |
| 5 June 2003 | F-16 simpit links added, book status updated. |
| 4 June 2003 | A few links added for electronics sources. |
| 3 June 2003 | CRJ700 simpit link added, book status updated. |
| 30 May 2003 | P-38 and Bf109 simpit links, plus the link to the X-Keys programmable keypad, and a couple of European electronics suppliers. |
| 28 May 2003 | New F16 link, book status update. |
| 27 May 2003 | A few new links. |
| 21 May 2003 | Book status updated to reflect functional servo-based turn coordinator project and corresponding chapter draft completed. |
| 20 May 2003 | Simpit link added, book status tweaked. |
| 19 May 2003 | A new A340 Simpit link added. |
| 18 May 2003 | Added picture of RC servo based turn coordinator to DIY instrument section. |
| 16 May 2003 | Another B747 Simpit, book status updated. |
| 14 May 2003 | GA simpit and a few commercial info links added, plus some editing. |
| 13 May 2003 | B747-400 simpit link added. |
| 11 May 2003 | B727 simpit link added. |
| 10 May 2003 | Link to Philippine Flight Simmer's Group added. |
| 9 May 2003 | New simpit link. |
| 5 May 2003 | A new F-16 simpit link added, plus book progress updated. |
| 3 May 2003 | Added a variety of typical instrument cutouts for standard sized units. It's a big jpeg file. Sorry, couldn't figure how to make my drawing package squeeze it down without loosely too much resolution. |
| 2 May 2003 | A new Akers-Barnes project link and a link to Escuadron 111, a very nice Spanish language fighter sim site. |
| 1 May 2003 | New freeway glass cockpit link added. Book status updated. It's actually starting to look like a book! |
| 28 April 2003 | Simpit link added, and some revisions on KBD interfacing. |
| 25 April 2003 | Links added, and a bit of editing. |
| 22 April 2003 | Updates made to book status. |
| 20 April 2003 | B737 simpit link added. |
| 19 April 2003 | A few more simpit site links added. |
| 17 April 2003 | PIC prototyping resource link added. A bit of editorial fiddling, too. |
| 16 April 2003 | Updates on book progress, slow but getting there. |
| 15 April 2003 | I did my taxes weeks ago so I was able to add a few more links today, as well as, update the potentiometer page a bit! |
| 14 April 2003 | New micro controller programming, prototyping resource link added. |
| 12 April 2003 | Link to DIY helicopter controls. |
| 9 April 2003 | Link tweaks and additions. Book status updated. (Ssssloooooooow) |
| 6 April 2003 | Simpit link added. |
| 4 April 2003 | More material and editorial tweaks on the DIY flight control section. |
| 3 April 2003 | An F-4 simulator site link added. |
| 1April 2003 | A C-130 info link plus a few more simpit links. |
| 31 March 2003 | New Fresnel lens link. |
| 30 March 2003 | A few more simpit links added. |
| 29 March 2003 | More simpit links added. |
| 28 March 2003 | Simpit link addition. |
| 26 March 2003 | Simpit project link additions. |
| 25 March 2003 | Link additions, grammar tweaks, formatting. |
| 24 March 2003 | Added a "Getting Started" page and a list of simpit project links. |
| 23 March 2003 | URLs to F-16 and A320 info. |
| 22 March 2003 | Links. |
| 21 March 2003 | Grammar tweaks. |
| 20 March 2003 | New links to large membrane mirror information sources. |
| 19 March 2003 | Links to an Extremely nice F-16 sim site, A heli pix site, and an upcoming freeware FS e-zine. Plus updated status of book progress. |
| 18 March 2003 | Expanded coverage of light plates and making illuminated panels. |
| 17 March 2003 | Links. |
| 16 March 2003 | Links to Swedish electronics supplier ELFA, to European distributor EBV Electronik, and to a new Pete Dowson FS Modules support thread. |
| 14 March 2003 | Another info source about extracting Falcon 4 data, links to the VIAF, a site with construction pix of throttles, flap lever, gear switch, and a few more surplus electronics sources. |
| 11 March 2003 | A new link to a commercial flight simulation company and another to a database on military aviation. |
| 8 March 2003 | A few more interesting links. |
| 7 March 2003 | Link to EMyCSA's "real simulator" project added. |
| 6 March 2003 | Added a section on the links page that lists a number of PC hardware review and news sites. Good resources if you're considering upgrades. |
| 5 March 2003 | Link addition. |
| 4 March 2003 | Link additions. |
| 2 March 2003 | More links. |
| 26 February 2003 | New link for a space RTS game. |
| 25 February 2003 | A few more links for stepping motor technical information, plus a few for flight sim forums. |
| 24 February 2003 | Link editing. |
| 23 February 2003 | Added a link to TINI: Tiny InterNet Interface plus a paragraph to the Ethernet interfacing page. Collapsed the DIY air-core instrument info into a single page. |
| 22 February 2003 | After reading a post on FlightSimNetwork, I added another Ethernet IFC link (thanks Leo!), then re-visited my Ethernet interface page and decided to do a bit of editing. Not much in the way of new content, but hopefully now a bit clearer. Also a link to another source of inexpensive plastic gears. (Thanks Joe! AKA Capt. Slarty) |
| 21 February 2003 | A few new links and a small addition to the USB interfacing info. |
| 20 February 2003 | Check out the new section on an upcoming book: The Flight Simmer's Guide to Building Simulated Flight Instruments. |
| 12 February 2003 | Editorial updates on the options for using commercially manufactured, simulated instruments. |
| 10 February 2003 | A few links added. |
| 8 February 2003 | Revisions on the parallel port interfacing page, addition of another lib source for touching that port, a few updates on the USB page, and a pointer to a supplier of stepping motor driver chips. |
| 7 February 2003 | Link to the Home Cockpit Software Developer Team added. |
| 6 February 2003 | Link for Sim Instruments, an interesting Dutch firm intending to sell simulator components and systems. Also another PIC related link. |
| 2 February 2003 | New forum link: Flight Simulator Baltic. |
| 1 February 2003 | Link additions in electronics suppliers. |
| 29 January 2003 | Link additions. |
| 27 January 2003 | There is now an expanded discussion of interfacing options for the build-them-yourself simulated instruments and gauges. Removed the note about Steve Smith's project being for sale, as it sold. |
| 25 January 2003 | Link |
| 24 January 2003 | Link to Chris Brace's site: nice pictures of C-172 interior with dimensions, USB interfacing, RC servo-based gauge, construction techniques for very nice radio stack panel. |
| 23 January 2003 | New link, plus a bit of random editing. |
| 22 January 2003 | Another Fresnel lens source. |
| 21 January 2003 | Forum, mechanical stuff & electronics parts links plus a bit more info on FSUIPC. |
| 20 January 2003 | Link to QCad, free, open source 2D drawing tools. |
| 18 January 2003 | Expanded the discussion on using real flight instruments in a simulator to incorporate some pictures of an ADI's insides (c/o Roger Wielgus) along with a few pointers to information resources on synchros. |
| 16 January 2003 | Added a note to the links page about Steve Smith's 747 project being for sale. |
| 15 January 2003 | Posted some new pictures of progress on attitude indicator and localizer/CDI projects. Divided the build them yourself instrument page up into several smaller pages to limit load time. |
| 13 January 2003 | Random link updates. |
| 12 January 2003 | A few more links: check out the Last Resort site for a look into some very nice Dutch simpit projects, also Micro Cockpit for that custom sim you're always wanted. |
| 9 January 2003 | Links added for source of stick grips and other aircraft construction supplies. |
| 5 January 2003 | A clarification about stepping motors was added to the build it yourself instrument page. |
| 4 January 2003 | Link to Virtual Flight added |
| 3 January 2003 | FS World URL added. |
