Raspberry Pi-based External FMC CDU for XPlane

This is the software to accompany my 737 FMC CDU project. Details of the project can be found on my blog here: http://blog.shahada.abubakar.net/tag/737fmccdu.

• 3D Printed faceplate model can be found here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:774564
• PCB Circuit board Schematic and Layout files can be found here: https://easyeda.com/dotsha747/737FMCCDU_V2-83f14eb14ced4e928df00539a30b3de3 (You may also order PCBs Online).

BUILDING FROM SOURCE

• I suggest just using the prebuilt packages (see below).
• If you really want to build from source, hunt down the dependencies, then do a "make" followed by "sudo make install"

PREBUILT PACKAGE QUICK INSTALLATION

Prebuilt .deb binaries are available for raspbian "Stretch". See http://blog.shahada.abubakar.net/post/installing-pixplanefmccdu-software for more details.

• Install the repository public key: wget -O- http://repo.shahada.abubakar.net/pubkey.asc | sudo apt-key add -

• Add the APT source: cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d sudo wget http://repo.shahada.abubakar.net/repo.shahada.abubakar.net.sources.list

• Install the binaries: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install pi-xplane-fmc-cdu

The software can be updated to the latest version at any time by executing: sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade

TESTING

• Two test programs are currently available:

  testFMCLED

  • This is a command line test program to test the functionality of the LEDs.

  testFMCkeypad

  • This is a command line test program to test the functionality of the keypad.

USAGE

• The main application is started by executing "piXPlaneFMCCDU".

• Read the Installation Guide to have the software start automatically when the Pi is powered on.