How to connect things to a BU0836X card

Since I had a few requests on my other videos, this one explains how to connect switches to a BU0836X card from Leo Bodnar. Hope you find it helpful. I'm using this as a key part of building a home cockpit - an Airbus 320/330 to be precise. Visit me at www.freewebs.com/shamrock075. I've got a forum there if you have questions or comments.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• BU0836X
• Leo Bodnar
• Airbus
• home cockpit
• flight simulator
• FS2004
• FSX

[627hen]

nigelmtb thanks for your reply! how many buttons switches etc can i fit into it?

also can i put 7 segment displays in

Thanks and once again hope all goes well!

[nigelmtb]

@627hen 32 buttons/switches plus up to 8 rotary encoders - all information available on Leo's website. It's an input only card so no, you cannot use it for 7 seg displays.

[627hen]

Thanks this has been very helpfull. Just wondering where it is possible to find those push buttons. Please get back to me ASAP I am starting my A330 cockpit and I need the materials!

Thanks in advance! Hope all goes well with yours!

[nigelmtb]

@627hen All the switches in this video were purchased in Maplin's, They are expensive though, so pretty much every other switch of every type that I used in the project came from RapidOnline, an electronics shop. Hope that's ASAP enough for you!

[TheDantonable]

They dont ship this board to brazil... why?

[nigelmtb]

@TheDantonable I have no idea.

[dtipton61]

@mranderson1304 The gnd terminals on the 0836x are all tied (bussed) together at the board. You could jumper all the gnd terminals of your switches together and have just one gnd wire going to a single gnd terminal on the 0836x. The other side of the switch would go to its "button" terminal. Matter of fact, the E37 rotary you can also get from Mr Bodnar comes with a small PCB that brings the gnd for each switch (5 ea) out to a "COMN" gnd point. One gnd for 5 switches. -dtipton-

[TheDantonable]

I think it is the terrible postal service of brazil, that sucks and miss lot of packages...

[nigelmtb]

@mranderson1304 Hello! Yes, you connect both BUTTON and GROUND. The switch will not work otherwise. Why would you connect one switch to two button controls? You can do it though, just split the wires out into a Y and connect the relevant ends to BUTTON and GROUND. It will work. Visit my forum for more!

[mranderson1304]

Hi Nigel,

I've 2 questions: You mention that you have for example "button 1 and ground" and that you need both, do you connect one wire from the switch to button 1 and the other to ground?

Also, if you're connecting one switch to 2 buttons, what do you do with the ground, as surely there are 4 holes on the card for only 2 wires?

Sorry if these seem silly questions, I want to get as much theory behind me before I start to build. =]

Craig