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F-16 Center Pedestal Display for Cockpit Simulators 0.2.5.0 RECENTLY UPDATED!
Click the picture above, to see a video in operation with Falcon 4.0
Features:
* Head-Down Display (Primary Flight Display and HSI)
* Tactical Awareness Display
* Simulator-agnostic (early releases include Falcon 4.0 support module)
* Designed for use with a replica Center Pedestal Display bezel, or standalone
*Download F-16 Center Pedestal Display for Cockpit Simulators v0.2.5.0 (current release)
* Discussion thread
[updated December 1, 2009]
Falcon MFD Extractor v0.5.0.4 RECENTLY UPDATED!
Export the Multi-Function Displays (MFDs) and the Head-Up Display (HUD) from Falcon 4.0! Display them on any monitor(s) on your system, or send them over the network to another machine!
-- Supports 2D cockpit mode in *all* Falcon 4 versions
-- Supports 3D cockpit mode in OpenFalcon
-- Supports sending video output to networked PCs
CLICK THE PICS BELOW TO SEE A VIDEO OF MFD EXTRACTOR IN ACTION! Video courtesy Raymond "Rayman" Peters
* Download Falcon MFD Extractor v0.5.0.4 (current release)
* Download user manual (updated June 24, 2008)
* Discussion thread
[updated December 14, 2009]
JoyMapper v0.3.5.0 UPDATED RECENTLY!
Make your non-joystick input devices appear as Windows Joysticks! Helps avoid having to use keystroke emulation to feed inputs into a game or simulation. You can also re-map high-numbered buttons or axes from high-density input devices to low-numbered positions on PPJoy virtual joystick devices, so that they can be used with legacy software that cannot read more than 32 buttons/8 axes on a single input device.
-- Requires PPJoy v0.84.5 from Deon van der Westhuysen
-- Supports all regular Windows joysticks
-- Supports BetaInnovations Plasma-class devices
-- Now, with support for all BetaInnovations HID-class devices (GammaRay, GammaTron, etc.)
-- Now, with support for the PHCC open source cockpit hardware suite
Download JoyMapper v0.3.5.0 (current release)
* Discussion thread
[updated January 22, 2010]
Falcon 4 Shared Memory Mirror v0.4.4.0 RECENTLY UPDATED!
Copy Falcon's shared memory values across a network to a remote PC.
Download Falcon 4 Shared Memory Mirror (current release)
* Discussion thread
[updated December 15, 2009]
PHCC Test Tool v0.1.2.0
Test your PHCC cockpit interface hardware. Test all analog inputs, digital inputs, analog outputs, digital outputs, servo motors, stepper motors, air core motors, seven-segment numeric LCD displays, graphical LCD displays, and even manage low-level I/O to Digital Output Type A (DOA), Digital Output Type B (DOB), and I2C devices.
Download PHCC Test Tool v0.1.2.0 (current release)
* Discussion thread
[updated September 14, 2009]
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Free Programming Tools & Code Libraries
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PHCC Interface Library v0.2.2.0 for .NET & COM
Control your PHCC cockpit hardware from within your own code. With the PHCC Interface Library, it's easy to read from any and all analog and digital inputs, send data to the analog, digital, and PWM outputs, control 7-seg LCDs, control individual LEDs, character LCDs, stepper motors, air cores, I2C peripherals, and much more.
* Download (source code, binaries, and SandCastle/.CHM documentation)
[updated April 25, 2009]
Falcon Textures Shared Memory Reader Library v1.4 for .NET & COM
Extract images of the HUD, DED, and the left and right MFDs from Falcon's textures shared memory, and use them in your own code.
-- Supports OpenFalcon; YMMV (your mileage may vary)
-- Images only update when you're in the 3D pit (no 2D extraction, see the MFD Extractor source code for 2D examples)
* Download (source code and binaries)
* Discussion thread
[updated January 28, 2009]
Falcon Shared Memory Reader Library v2.3.2 for .NET & COM RECENTLY UPDATED!
Read values from Falcon's shared memory into your own code.
-- Supports OpenFalcon, BMS2/RedViper/FreeFalcon, and Allied Force formats
* Download (source code and binaries)
* Discussion thread
[updated December 15, 2009]
Falcon Keyfile Library v1.2 for .NET & COM
Read and write to Falcon's keystroke mappings files from within your own code.
-- Supports all Falcon 4 versions
* Download (source code and binaries)
* Discussion thread
[updated January 28, 2009]
PPJoy Wrapper Library v2.1 for .NET & COM UPDATE PENDING!
Control PPJoy virtual joysticks from within your own code. Send "fake" joystick button and axis data to DirectInput programs, and much more.
-- Requires PPJoy v0.83 from Deon van der Westhuysen
* Download (source code, binaries, and SandCastle/.CHM documentation)
* Discussion thread
[updated January 3, 2008]
BetaInnovations USB SDK Wrapper Library v2.0.0 for .NET
Program your BetaInnovations devices from within your own .NET code.
* Download (source code, binaries, and SandCastle/.CHM documentation)
* Discussion thread
[updated January 27, 2009]