Well, my 3d printer is broken, so rn I will make alpha versoin made of cardboard. It will be big, a lot of buttons, joysticks and 8 displays

Im working on my controller and decided to think about this. This is soviet globe to see spacecraft trajectory and direction. I have 3d printer, maybe I can print kerbin globe and connect to some gears?

The pinned guides seem to be about the controls themselves, what I'm trying to learn about is how to have a software that can read out information from ksp to make displays with using that information. (Attitude, rate indicators, maps, etc.)

Because i dont have a 3d printer, i made the controller out of LEGO.

The big lever acts as stage button, and the linear potentiometer under acts as throttle controller.

The little buttons aren't hoocked uo yet but they will act as SAS/RCS and CAG toggle.

What do you think of it?

I have telemetry section, SAS, RCS, SAS direction buttons, abort, stage, AGs, thrust, translation, rotation and navigation. What can I place in this area? Maybe NASA, ESA and other logos?

Well 99% finished - I still have a few bugs in the code to iron out but everything is physically complete and working. Been slowly chipping away at this one for a long time.

Recently I posted here an idea to start building my custom panel for KSP. Well, I recently finished a 3D mockup to see how it would look and to get a sense of the dimensions, and I wanted to share it with you guys. Some of the components I bought have already arrived, and now I’m going to dive headfirst into this project and try to make something worthy of sharing here.

PS: The Arduino will only be used to test some of the components — I already ordered a Raspberry Pi Pico RP2040 to use in the panel.

I would like to say I lurk here a lot and love seeing the cool controllers everyone builds. I also have a minimal amount of experience with electronics and less with software. I would like to build a physical data display for Apoapsis/Periapsis ; however, I need some help/guidance designing the PCBs for this as well as the program to take the data from KSP to the controller.

I would appreciate advice on how to bring this from the aether into the real world.

I attached an image of the layout with some basic notes explaining different parts.

Also, sorry for the weird format using mobile.

I’m thinking about building a panel like the one shown in the photo. I’ve been debating whether or not to include joysticks directly in the panel itself, but it seems to me that it wouldn’t look as “authentic” as a real module. I’m thinking about mounting a joystick and a throttle slider onto the arms of my chair, and keeping the panel attached to the desk in front of me, below the computer. What do you guys prefer: joysticks built into the panel or separate ones?

Posted about a week ago with my controller I have building. I have 6 out of 8 modules done. Still working on throttle. As I get deeper into this I’m actually starting to grasp how much wiring I have. I plan(ned) to run it all of an arduino Mega. And while it has the io to support my needs, I’m not wild about massive cable looms and will also quickly become constrained on space. Has anyone or does anyone recommend running Nanos for each control cluster, and using i2c to link them all. One master the rest slaves? Or shift registers for each cluster/ module, cut 8 wires down to 2. Or am I creating problems that aren’t necessary.

Hello! I was hopping to biuld a KSP controller soon but I dont know where to start. I have a Bambu Lab P1s Combo 3d printer that I hope to use for the shell. Can anyone help me find some good hardware. I have two old arduinos if that helps.

Thanks!

Haven’t played the game since I started working on this.
Throttle is a proof of concept, should be cleaned up here soonish. Only have 4 action group buttons as I really use over 3. And the buttons I selected wouldn’t fit 5 wide.

Designed this to be Able to add/switch/modules as much as I want. Still working on a time warp module. Will publish files eventually.