My several iterations over a CAN bus controller for my Train Simulator physical dashboard has made it simple to add new controls. Here’s how I used it plus a joystick to add UK horn control to my virtual train.| Christopher Mitchell, Ph.D.
In my ongoing quest to build a physical cab dashboard to control Train Simulator, an important set of components are the gauges that tell me what’s going on with the train. As I build the dashboard into which to embed my gauges, I realized I needed to better modularize my air pressure gauge, moving the control circuit board outside the gauge. Here’s how I did it.| Christopher Mitchell, Ph.D.
Having sporadically built controls and gauges to interface with Train Simulator over the course of a year, in April 2024 I began to figure out how to design the dashboard they would all fit into.| Christopher Mitchell, Ph.D.
