RPspace

My plan was to start with a basic "flight komputer" and use a USB joystick for flight controls. Then if that went as planned, look at building a new box with integrated flight controls. This weekend I will try to get some EagleCAD proto drawings going and post them. Right now I'm working on getting an IDE setup so I can look into pulling data from the game and output via serial.

Thanks for the input. The last time I wrote in any program language was about ten years ago but I'll take a look and see what I can do. I did not expect to get info so quickly on this topic so that in itself is encouraging. I will try to post news of my progress here for those who are interested. Thanks again for the breadcrumbs at the start of my trail.

I'm wanting to build an Arduino based flight control panel with buttons for toggling RCS, SAS, gear, ect. That part will be easy. What I need help with is writing a plugin for KSP to output game state data like fuel levels, electric charge, alt, and velocity via serial port. My plan was to have the Arduino buffer this data and then write it to a LCD screen. If someone is interested in helping with this, if it's even possible, when I have a working prototype I will post details on how to build the flight controller and the Arduino code so anyone who wants to get their hands dirty can have a nerd toy of their own.

-searching for key to command module door -checking space suit for leaks -testing space toilet -scrubbing plasma manifold