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1. _ o e o A A GL G2 G5 G7 G8 m Ens m m o o o o 4 4 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 m o o A A A A a wt x Init button L2 Mode Jumper Jumper 100K 100K 100K 100K 100K 100K 100K 100K X potentiometer Y potentiometer Z potentiometer Rx potentiometer Ry potentiometer Rz potentiometer Slider potentiometer Dial potentiometer Ch Hat Switch NS IGHT All diodes are 1N4148 or other type with similar characteristics MJoy 16 Digital Input Connector Row Row G Row F Row E Row D Row C Row B Row A Column 8 Column 7 Column 6 Column 5 Column 4 Column 3 Column 2 Column 1 Row Row K Row J Row I Wiring MJoy16 C1 controls directly to MJoy16 board Pushbuttons Toggle Switches2. MJoy16 C1 User s Manual A2 MJoy16 C1 wiring diagram with Key Matrix board Schematic diagram of wiring MJoy16 C1 controls to the Key Matrix board is displayed on the next page www mindaugas com 35 Key Matrix board Digital Inputs connectors _ H5 H6 5 o m 1 G6 5 o FL F6 E oo om 5 m 5 5S o ci _ o 9 B5 B6 o m B7 im _ im Al on n 2 16 Y ave 7 n oo 8 8 E T art e 8 Ds oo 5 __2 s 1 Digital inputs 2 Hat Switch Init button Li 1 5 3 Rotary Swish Digital Inputs 1 MJoy16 Analog Inputs connectors JPI 2 2 Y 4 Rx 1 7 Slider X potentiometer 10 100K
3. Pu Pushbutton wiring example with Key Matrix board is shown below Pushbutton C1 Wiring pushbutton to Key Matrix board Note that no diode is needed as it is already included in Key Matrix board www mindaugas com 22 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Wiring toggle switches Toggle switches can be single throw or double throw MJoy16 C1 is mainly designed for single throw toggle switches but double throw toggles may also be used if required by your cockpit application Single throw toggle switches have two positions On and Off Single throw toggle switches are wired exactly as pushbuttons so please refer to pushbutton wiring description for wiring the single throw toggle switch Double throw toggle switches have three positions On1 Off and On2 Off is the middle position These toggle switches use 2 pairs of contacts on keys matrix The principle of connecting them is that common pin is connected to Column signal wire and the other two pins are connected to different Row signal wires Below is example of wiring double throw toggle switch without Key Matrix board Diodes 1N4148 Double throw toggle switch 156 Below is an example of a double throw toggle switch wiring to the Key Matrix board Toggle Switch J56 Wiring double throw toggle switch to Key Matrix board Please note that in above diagram wire from pin 4 next to green wire of digital inputs was not used This is because pins 2 and
4. R Y potentiometer 10 100K re Z potentiometer 10 100K Rx potentiometer Ry potentiometer Re Rz potentiometer 10 100K HR Slider potentiometer 10 100K Rs Dial potentiometer 10 100K Wiring MJoy16 C1 controls to Key Matrix board Pushbuttons
5. analogue circuits for reading analogue controls therefore it is advised to install MJoy16 board to a grounded site Four mounting screws may provide a ground connection of the MJoy16 board to the panel It is also advised to have the back of the board supported by ground shielded plate Possible good installation places may be grounded metal or metal covered cockpit panel backplane This could also be an unetched PCB board etc All of this is advisory You will have good quality operation even without these special shielding measures and you might not experience any problem Nevertheless good shielding will contribute to good jitter free analogue axis operation Below is an example of MJoy16 installation on grounded base Ground contact metal grounded base Generally your cockpit frame should be grounded to minimize possible interference But some cockpit designs might have some power actuators installed In these cases such power devices ground should be separated from signal ground and filtering measures installed if needed MJoy16 board should be connected to signal ground plane The Key Matrix board does not carry analogue signals so it does not require explicit shielding measures General advice is to install Key Matrix at a location where it will have the shortest lengths of cables Key Matrix is connected to sim cockpit panel controls using 40 wire flat ribbon cables These cables have 40 pin connector clamped on one end which connects t
6. going directly to controls This cable is similar to one described above but with 40 pin connector only on one end Each two adjacent pins form a contact pair for one button control in matrix Pair names are shown on the above layout diagram according to the naming convention next to input connector s positions For example if you want to connect button C3 you will use wires 5 and 6 of flat ribbon cable connected to Inputs 3 socket www mindaugas com 11 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Below is the table which shows Key Matrix board input connectors layout structure in detail Position Pins Pins Inputs1 Inputs2 Inputs3 Inputs4 Inputs 5 For simple pushbuttons there are 2 wires running directly to each button straight from the connector For more complex controls like rotary switches and hat switch there are is more wires running to each control Exact wiring of each type of the controls described in the wiring chapter www mindaugas com 12 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Installation Installing MJoy16 and Key Matrix boards ESD Hazard Note MJoy16 and Key Matrix board contain sensitive semiconductor devices and are subject to Electrostatic Discharge ESD hazard So care should be taken when handling them It is strongly advised to wear an electrostatic wrist wrap connected to ground or chassis of the installation site MJoy16 has some sensitive
7. it back to OFF It generates Button 25 press It s like Gear Up Down MJoy16 C1 has support for up to 16 toggle switches Exact mapping which toggle switches generate which button presses is described in Controls Mapping chapter Please read about Init button to learn more about toggle switches Rotary switches Support for rotary switches is implemented in flight simulators to facilitate control of radios autopilot settings etc All these controls are operated by rotary knobs One example of such simulator is Microsoft Flight Simulator tm MJoy16 C1 supports phase shifted rotary switches They have three leads and look very similar to ordinary pots How to connect these switches is described in wiring installation chapter In similar fashion as with toggle switches the controller translates raw signals from these rotary switches to corresponding momentary button presses One brief button press is generated when this rotary switch is rotated in clockwise CW direction and other when in counter clockwise CCW Depending on the exact type of rotary switch full rotation of it might generate from around 10 to 20 pulses For example If we map CW and CCW button presses Button1 and Button2 to increase or decrease Com1 radio frequency fractional part then we ll be able to exactly adjust frequency setting fractional part by rotating rotary switch knob in one or the other direction This would be very nice but inconvenient if you need to cha
8. on every joystick Their operation is exactly the same as on any ordinary joystick The only difference is that there are lots of them Ordinary joysticks usually have from 4 to 12 pushbuttons This controller has support for 64 pushbuttons giving much more possibilities Pushbutton contacts are of the normal open type When engaged their contacts are closed www mindaugas com MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Toggle switches Toggle switch support is an enhanced MJoy16 C1 feature It translates changes of toggle switch position into momentary joystick button presses There might be two ways of performing this translation One way is generating the same button press when toggle switch is switched ON or OFF The other way is generating different button presses when switch is toggled ON and OFF And guess what this way is used in MJoy16 C1 controller That s why their type is called double action Toggle switches are arranged in rows by 8 As each toggle switch generates different button presses for ON and OFF flip 8 toggle switch rows generate up to 16 different button presses These button positions are arranged in such a way that lower 8 position row buttons are momentary activated when toggles switches are flipped to ON position Whereas the upper row is activated when they are flipped OFF To illustrate Suppose we flip toggle switch 1 to ON position It generates a brief Button 17 press Then we flip
9. yourself USB interfacing makes this controller a true Plug and Play device You just need to plug it into your PC s USB port and let Windows discover it It s just that simple As a next step you will have to map your new joystick controls to your favourite flight simulator Below is the features and characteristics list of MJoy16 C1 Interface to host computer USB 1 1 USB interface speed Low Analogue axes and rotary switches update period 30ms Buttons and toggle switches update period 60ms Number of analogue inputs 8 Analogue inputs resolution 10 bits Number of pushbuttons 64 Number of toggle switches 16 Toggle switch action Double Number of rotary switches 4 Rotary switch action Double speed Number of 8 way hat switches 1 Automatic calibration feature ncluded Centring feature with disabling possibility Included Controls mapping mode selection feature Included www mindaugas com MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Controls This chapter describes the types of controls supported by MJoy16 C1 It will also explain how they operate and how to use them Analogue axes inputs The controllers analogue axes appear in Windows game control panel as X Y Z Rx Rz Dial and Slider They all have 10 bits resolution Input signal is simply a voltage between roughly 0 and 5 Volts It is usually taken from potentiometers that are connected to various rotating and sliding controls Details how to connect them are given in the wiri
10. 4 are already interconnected on the connector so extra 4 wire is not needed www mindaugas com 23 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Wiring rotary switches Wiring of phase shifted rotary switches is similar to wiring of double throw toggle switches The first thing is to find out which pin on the rotary switch is common Its position depends on the type of rotary On some rotary switches it may be in the middle but some may have it on one side Below is an example how to directly wire a rotary switch to the MJoy16 board Diodes 1N4148 Rotary Switch K12 Wiring rotary switch to MJoy16 board If you wire rotary switch through Key Matrix board you should follow the example below Rotary Switch K78 DBDBmBmBdgsErE Wiring rotary switch to Key Matrix board www mindaugas com 24 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Wiring Hat switch Hat switch is 8 way hat switch and it is made of 4 microswitches arranged on 4 sides of hat switch enclosure A small joystick handle presses one or two switches at a time depending on angle of deflection When only one switch is pressed it gives four main directions at 90 degrees angles UP RIGHT DOWN and LEFT When two switches are pressed it gives intermediate directions UP RIGHT UP LEFT DOWN RIGHT and DOWN LEFT Below is a diagram showing how to wire the hat switch directly to the MJoy16 board Hat switch Diodes 1N4148 RIGHT esn
11. EJ DJ EJ EJ EJ EJ EI EJ EI EI E g g6 0gp p EI EI REI El EI EI EI EI EJ EI EI Microswitches www mindaugas com 25 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Below is a diagram showing how to wire hat switch to the Key Matrix board Hat switch UP RIGHT El EJ EJ Jf E31 El EJ EJ EJ EJ EI El E53 EJ EJ E1 EJ EJ EJ EI EI El D Microswitches www mindaugas com 26 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Wiring Init button The Init button is wired the same way as any other pushbutton Refer to the wiring in the pushbutton section for information how to wire the Init button Wiring Mode and Centre switches These switches set the mode of operation of MJoy16 C1 This mode is usually set during the installation phase and never needs to be changed unless some cockpit rework is to be done So they may be placed somewhere inside of the panel as user do not need to change them at any time during operation These switches may also be substituted by simple shorted or open pair of wires which resembles to On or Off state of the switches They might also be jumpers On the Key Matrix board you may short contact pairs L2 and or L3 or leave them open If you don t use the Key Matrix board you must connect the contacts via diode as if using a simple pushbutton www mindaugas com 27 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Controls Mapping MJoy16 C1 has two modes of mapping controls They differ from each other by the numbering of butt
12. ID whichever we like MJoy16 C1 just as later MJoy versions by default uses Vendor ID 0 which puts these MJoys on top of the list MJoy16 C1 controllers are available in several modifications which differ by Vendor ID Product ID and the Product Name which appears in Game Controllers list First modification name is MJ16 This is the default modification which should be installed if you use only one MJoy16 C1 in your cockpit Other modifications are named MJ62 MJ63 and so on They will appear in Windows in corresponding order MJ16 MJ62 MJ63 If you already have MJ16 this is default modification in your cockpit and you want to expand it with another MJoy16 C1 controller you should order MJ62 modification If you are expanding even further you should go for MJ63 and so on It is possible to program MJoy16 to have your custom IDs and name The procedure how to change Vendor ID Product ID and Product Name of MJoy16 C1 is included in Programming MJoy16 C1 manual which is located on http www mindaugas com website in MJoy16 C1 product section Programming is more advanced and complex procedure and it was left out of scope of this manual www mindaugas com 31 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Credits Very big Thank You to Jan L F Bos for his great help on this project Legal MJoy16 C1 Users Manual Copyright C 2005 Mindaugas Milasauskas mindaug mindaugas com MJoy MJoy16 Key Matrix and MJoy16 C1 are Cop
13. MJoy16 C1 Multifunction Home Simulator Cockpit Controller User s Manual version 1 1 written by Mindaugas Milasauskas reviewed by Jan L F Bos Copyright C 2005 Mindaugas Milasauskas mindaug mindaugas com MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Contents SOI CONS cos ect stashed enced un each ipie cox Helv DTE Dir 2 DISC AINA xe Dora err MES ERE Er 3 4 Soo Pe E 5 Analogue axes inputs eod ote t nete cerdo den t burnt n rice EE oa eb d eu ou ERO CHER qn 5 ejiis peo fm 5 e AREE 5 Toggle 5 prn 6 Rotary SWINE S citu ius Uc Uu hU IM 6 c ES 7 Controls Mapping Mode switch 2 cit o po sem d qoe rd eR Etre 7 Centre switch for auto centring feature 7 Controls naming convention eure ero qeu doeet in pee cS rU 8 Gontrols IMAI rio e oi OE oce o rox eb dard 8 Boards M c E 9 t6 board o onore oem dep e ne nt oii nie ene 9 Key Vath board description sooo eo nere tres eon e a Ca 11 crie ce Eco Cen n oum cor sud 13 Installing MJoy16 and K
14. Multiple joysticks WIFIQOWS cor iod a ene eds tax tux AN de Net e as laete xenon secs 31 ECOG dA A A AAA S A A MA E E 32 OCA ett Ae BA et tts tL uL Lc Lord 32 ADDOHUIXOS 2x rit DIU a ed eb 33 A1 MJoy16 C1 wiring schematic diagram without Key Matrix board 33 A2 MJoy16 C1 wiring diagram with Key Matrix board 35 www mindaugas com MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Disclaimer This documentation is provided for the purpose to be useful aid for implementing MJoy16 C1 for your own application It is meant to be used while complying with all safety and sensitive electronics handling measures We CAN NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE for any damage or injury of any kind which may occur or could occur either during building testing use or storage Use this material AT YOUR OWN RISK AND JUDGEMENT Printed copies of this document are uncontrolled Latest official version is located on http www mindaugas com website www mindaugas com MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Introduction At first what the name MJoy16 C1 means The name MJoy16 C1 consists of two parts MJoy16 is a new USB controller design which has evolved from the original MJoy 16 means that it uses a more powerful chip which is of course better than 8 As MJoy16 is capable of performing a lot of different tasks C1 has been added to indicate
15. ces You can still use your favourite joystick and have multiple MJoy16 C1 boards connected together All connected gaming input devices appear in Windows Game Controllers panel list in some order Newly discovered devices are placed in certain list position automatically The order of devices in this list is important when you setup joystick controls in your favourite simulator game Normally you would prefer to have your main joystick first on the list secondary second and so on Unfortunately current Windows versions including Windows XP SP2 and older don t allow you to change this list order There is a chance that Microsoft might implement this capability in their later Windows versions but for now we must live with that This order depends on internal identifier numbers of gaming devices These identifiers are Vendor ID and Product ID These two IDs identify different Plug and Play devices from various manufacturers Certain Vendor IDs are assigned to each vendor All different products from one vendor will have the same Vendor ID but they will have different Product IDs The order of gaming devices in Game Controllers panel list is arranged in ascending Vendor ID and then Product ID order That s why Thrustmaster Afterburner joystick will always be above Logitech Wingman series joysticks and Thrustmaster Top Gun R Afterburner will be above Thrustmaster Top Gun R Fox2 Pro joystick Fortunately for us we can choose Vendor ID and Product
16. ctures of the connector of analogue input shielded cable and potentiometer L1 1 Signal 2 Signal 3 Notconnected GND O O 4 5v Shielded microphone Analog connector cable on MJoy16 5V Signal GND 5 N Potentiometer It is recommended to connect potentiometer using shielded cable as short as possible www mindaugas com 17 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual If you are not using some of the axes then connect their signal terminal to the ground Otherwise unconnected inputs may generate random inputs that might be induced from other inputs external signals etc www mindaugas com 18 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Wiring digital controls Digital controls are connected using unshielded wires General recommendation to use wires as short as possible still applies Depending on whether you use Key Matrix board or not wiring will be different About use of diodes and their polarity All diodes shown in below sections are required to eliminate so called Phantom Buttons effect which occurs in matrix key layouts when three or more buttons are pressed simultaneously They are already included on the Key Matrix board If you are using the Key Matrix board then don t bother reading this section The diodes shown are widely popular 1N4148 but may be any other type of low power fast switching diodes Since diodes are asymmetric devices it does matter which way you connect them The black ba
17. ey Matrix boards 13 PoOWOL SUDDDIV 14 Wiring ND OY di tac 15 COV SLAM WIBIRG NAY OU ceci eoi e ox E nea a ave mE onc 15 Wiring potentiometers and other analogue 17 Wiring digital COMMONS MORE 19 About use of diodes and their polarity 19 Wiring digital controls without Key Matrix 20 Wiring digital controls with Key Matrix 21 Wino metet A RO OE D EC EE 22 Wiring toggle SWIICIIBS Seer exte a aetates ted 23 Wiring rotary 24 Wiring Hat SWICK 25 AS Ss cci re ae eA A C UD ADR tS 27 Wiring Mode and Centre 5 5 27 Controls 28 Setting MJoy16 C1 30 About limitation of 32 buttons per 30 Translating joystick buttons to keyboard 30
18. ing feature is disabled In this case centre is not being read from axes X Y and during start up This mode might be useful if MJoy16 C1 is used for other controls like throttle quadrant flaps trimmers etc The same as this switch takes effect only during start up of the controller If you change its selection you will have to restart the controller www mindaugas com MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Controls naming convention By convention we will reference all wires of matrix which are outputs of microcontroller as columns and inputs as rows Matrix is of 12 rows x 8 columns format By convention buttons are named by a Latin letter identifying a row and a digit which identifies a column So rows are named A B F G H I J K L Columns numbered from 1 to 8 Examples of names are A2 C3 and F5 etc This is simple with pushbuttons which use one contacts pair But more complex controls like rotary switches would require more pairs In this way phase shifted rotary switch will use two buttons For example one rotary will utilize buttons contact pairs D1 and D2 It will be named as D1 2 or D12 This naming convention will be used to refer to specific controls in text diagrams and tables throughout this document Controls matrix layout Controls are laid out in a matrix fashion in MJoy16 C1 controller Names for controls are used as described in naming convention above Below is the table which shows what co
19. ise characteristics but will draw more current from USB power supply Greater values will put fewer loads on USB power supply but will be more subject to noise and inter axis interference For example 10k pot will have very good noise characteristics but will draw a 0 5 miliAmperes current per each axis A 100k pot will draw only 0 05 miliAmperes but will be a bit more sensitive to external noise and interference As a general rule any linear pot in the range between 10k and 100k should do well with barely noticeable differences Analogue sensors can be any sensors providing an output voltage between 0 and 5V In most cases it is required to have a linear sensor output to get linear response over the full movement range Sensors should be connected using shielded cable Suggested type of cable for this is microphone cable They have two wires surrounded by a shield Inside wires are usually coloured white and red Shield is connected to the ground GND red wire to 5V and white to the signal terminal In case of rotary potentiometers the middle pin is always the slider the signal output If you are using a sliding potentiometer the slider pin position depends on type of the potentiometer used If you are using other type of sensors please consult the sensor documentation about pin out and operation of the specific sensor Many sensors have GND and 5V for power supply and one pin as a signal output Connect them accordingly Below are the pi
20. nd shown on the diode in below illustration corresponds to polarity marking of 1N4148 Diode 1N4148 This band colour may be other colour depending on typical body colour of the diode Other types may have different marking convention If you are not sure about the polarity of diodes you have you can easily test find this out by simple test described below 1 Connect MJoy16 to PC via USB cable Don t connect any digital controls yet Make sure that Windows has installed the MJoy16 and open Game Controllers panel for MJ16 This is done via Control Panel in Windows 2 Take two wires Row A and Column 1 from MJoy16 digital inputs connector When you connect these two wires together you should see Button 1 lighting up on MJ16 panel 3 Place the diode you have between these two wires in one or other way When Button 1 lights up again make a note of the diode marking and remember this position as a reference 4 When wiring all other controls use this reference to place all other diodes the same way www mindaugas com 19 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Wiring digital controls without Key Matrix board If you don t use Key Matrix board you will have to solder diodes directly to pushbuttons and switches These diodes are necessary to avoid so called Phantom Buttons presses They should be soldered directly next to each button control Below are some examples how pushbuttons and toggle switches are wired directly to MJoy16 board P
21. ng section MJoy16 C1 has an auto calibration feature so you don t have to worry about calibration in Windows To calibrate all controls simply move the control back and forth to its travel edges If you need to recalibrate controls press and hold the Init button while plugging the controller into USB In this case all axes controls will loose their calibration and will need to be recalibrated Axes X Y and Rx have a centring feature These axes are usually used for joystick yoke and rudder controls which are usually spring loaded and return to centre position when released This centre position is read during controller start up and used during operation Therefore it is important to leave these axes joystick yoke and pedals in centre position when powering on your PC or plugging in MJoy16 to USB This centring feature may be disabled by Centre switch Button Controls The controls described in following sections are common as they all are digital controls and use joystick button states to transfer their data to PC Please note that here by joystick button we mean not buttons wired on the panel but rather joystick button states which are transmitted to PC via the USB cable We will call the physical buttons pushbuttons to indicate a clear difference How controls are connected and what button presses are generated during their operation is described in the Controls Mapping section Pushbuttons These are most basic controls found
22. nge from one frequency to another which is far apart To solve this real radios have two co axial knobs one inside another which change either whole or part of the frequency In MJoy16 C1 this is solved in a different way In this controller rotaries processing is made dependent on how fast you rotate the rotary switch It sends one button press if you rotate knob slowly and other if you twist it fast So in this case fast knob rotation would generate button presses Button9 and Button10 As you can see one rotary switch utilizes 4 buttons If you map Fractional Increment to Buttoni Whole Increment to Button9 and decrements to buttons 2 and 10 respectively you will get fully functional rotary switch operation to control Com radio frequencies etc www mindaugas com MJoy16 C1 User s Manual In this way it provides natural and comfortable use and it does not require any time to get used to You instinctively rotate the knob faster when you want to change the number by larger amount Init button MJoy16 C1 has another convenient feature which is related to toggle switches and axis calibration If the Init button is pressed during the powering of MJoy16 the calibration data is reset to defaults and all axes will be recalibrated as from a fresh start By powering on we mean powering on the PC while having the MJoy16 connected or re plugging the MJoy16 into USB port of your computer During normal operation this Init button may be used to
23. ntrols use what positions in the matrix Column A B ie Centre As we see from the table above we have 64 pushbuttons named from A1 to H8 16 toggle switches named from to J8 4 rotary switches named from K12 to K78 Init button L1 Mode switch L2 Centre switch L3 and hat switch L5678 www mindaugas com MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Boards description MJoy16 C1 consists of two boards e 16 e Key Matrix board Key Matrix board is not necessary but helps to reduce the wiring complexity MJoy16 board description MJoy16 board layout is illustrated below ISP socket ATmega16 chip Digital inputs USB socket The main connectors on MJoy16 board are USB socket Analogue Inputs and Digital inputs The board USB socket takes a B type USB cable which connects it to host computer Analogue inputs are eight 4 pin sockets for connecting potentiometers or other analogue sensors for axis inputs Corresponding axis of each socket is marked on the MJoy16 board diagram Pin names and functions are shown in the table below Pins Signal Name 1 Input Signal 2 GND 3 4 5V Analogue sensor wiring is explained in detail in wiring chapter www mindaugas com MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Digital input is done via one 40 pin socket which is used to connect all digital controls such as pushbuttons toggle switches hat switches etc This
24. o the 40 pin sockets Other end wires will be split and run directly to the controls of the panel It is recommended to keep these wires laid out in bundles along panel sides provide a convenient and nice layout www mindaugas com 13 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Power supply MJoy16 C1 is powered from USB bus and no external power supply is needed Current consumption of MJoy16 C1 may reach up to 50mA It is not much but PC USB host controller power supply also has its limits Current from all connected USB devices adds up and puts stress on that power supply If you have already connected several USB powered devices such as scanners webcams and similar then it is better to place a USB hub with its own power supply adapter You can safely connect MJoy16 C1 to it without any fear to overstress your PC USB ports In case you plan to use more than one MJoy16 C1 or another USB device in your cockpit it is recommended to place a self powered USB hub inside of cockpit enclosure Then you would run USB cable to computer and hub s power supply adapter to mains socket This would save you from many USB cables running to the cockpit www mindaugas com 14 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Wiring MJoy16 C1 MJoy16 C1 wiring is simply connecting it to USB and connecting all the controls USB is a simple connection of MJoy16 to host computer USB ports via a USB cable This is standard type B USB cable which is sold in computer shops Control wiring consis
25. ons assigned to pushbuttons toggle switches and rotary switches Mapping Mode 1 puts pushbuttons first toggle switches next and rotary switches last Mapping Mode 2 is basically bottom up version of this layout It puts rotary switches first toggle switches next and pushbuttons last Below is the table of mapping of controls in Mode 1 Tgll4On Tgll5bOn TglleOn Tgll7 On Tgl l8 On li Off Tgll2 Off I3 Off Tgll4 Off Tgll5 Off Toll6 Off I7 Off l8 Off Tgl T On Tgl On Tgl J3 On Tgl T On Tgl 5 T On Tgl T On Tgl 91 100 101 102 103 104 m 2 E m 2 ER m Rot K34 Rot K56 Rot K56 Rot K78 Rot K78 CW CCW CW CCW CW CCW CW CCW 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 Rot K12 Rot K12 Rot K34 Rot K34 Rot K56 Rot K56 Rot K78 Rot K78 FCW FCCW FCW FCCW FCW FCCW FCW FCCW Bold numbers in above table show button number as it is seen by Windows These are the same numbers which are seen in joystick control panel from game controllers menu Mnemonics in the table mean following Btn pushbutton Tgl toggle switch Rot rotary switch CW clockwise CCW counter clockwise FCW fast clockwise FCCW fast counter clockwise For example Pushbutton A3 acts like a joystick Button 3 in Windows When you switch toggle switch J6 to position it generates joystick Button 86 brief press When you www mindaugas com 28 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual slowly rotate rotary swi
26. socket may be used to connect the controls directly or via Key Matrix board Direct wiring would require complex wiring including diodes to be connected directly to the switches on the backside of the panel Using Key Matrix board does simplify wiring a great deal Names of each pin of the Digital Inputs connector of MJoy16 are shown on the board layout diagram above and in the corresponding table below MJoy16 Digital Inputs connector pin out Signal Name Pins Pins Signal Name Row H 1 2 Row G Row F 3 4 Row E Row D 5 6 Row C Row B 7 8 Row A GND 9 10 GND 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 45V 25 26 45V Column 8 27 28 Column 7 Column 6 29 30 Column 5 Column 4 31 32 Column 3 Column 2 33 34 Column 1 RowL 35 36 RowK Row J 37 38 Row 39 40 For example if you would connect Row A pin to Column 3 pin you will get button A3 press Detailed wiring of different digital controls is described in the wiring chapter Patch pins are reserved for possible future use They can be connected to Analogue inputs by jumper wires to provide additional digital connections on the Digital Inputs interface Of course for this application a different code will be needed in the ATmega16 chip which would use these pins not as ADCs but as general purpose digital pins The ISP connector is for connecting the MJoy16 to a computer for writing software
27. tch K12 clockwise it generates joystick Button 97 press pulses in Windows If you quickly rotate the same K12 rotary switch in counter clockwise direction it will generate joystick Button 106 presses If you select Mode2 you will have controls mapping as shown in table below In this mode advanced controls are arranged at the beginning of buttons range This provides some advantage when setting up this joystick in Windows because some Windows games have limitations Possible ways of overcoming these limitations is described in next chapter about setting up MJoy16 C1 in Windows environment www mindaugas com 29 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Setting up MJoy16 C1 in Windows About limitation of 32 buttons per joystick This joystick controller has 112 buttons This number of buttons is supported by recent Windows and DirectX versions Older versions of Windows supported only up to 32 buttons per joystick device This limitation was removed by introducing alternative DirectX version 5 and newer interface to joysticks This enables all contemporary programs to process more than 32 buttons from single joystick Yet still some games use old interface to joystick and thus have limitation of 32 buttons per joystick device One example of such games is Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 MSFS which unfortunately still has this limitation This was the reason of introducing two controls mapping modes If your priority is to use rotary and toggle s
28. that this MJoy16 is a multifunction home sim cockpit controller MJoy16 C1 is a cost effective hardware solution for those who want to build aircraft or other cockpit simulator Under Windows it will be conveniently recognized as a Plug and Play joystick But it is much more It has significant enhancements which make it much better suited for cockpit applications than an ordinary joystick It has 8 high resolution analogue axes inputs These inputs may be connected to various analogue input controls like joystick or yoke axes rudder pedals throttle s flaps trimmers etc In addition to precision axes MJoy16 C1 supports many buttons and switches It supports as much as 64 simple pushbuttons 16 toggle switches 4 rotary switches and 1 hat switch If you choose a simple cockpit solution you might just need to prepare a front panel with holes and artwork place buttons pots and switches and connect them to controller This connection is done by simply soldering wires of MJoy16 C1 s flat ribbon cables straight to the controls Connecting joystick pedals throttle and other axes might involve more work You may as well choose to use this MJoy16 C1 controller in tandem with your favourite joystick In this way you ll have even less work on analogue axes as you may put MJoy16 C1 s analogue controls as potentiometers on the panel which may be used for trimmers mixture flaps etc Of course as always more reality in your cockpit means more work for
29. to the 16 chip www mindaugas com 10 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Key Matrix board description Key Matrix is an optional board which significantly reduces digital controls wiring complexity Below is the picture of Key Matrix board layout Digital inputs 1 Digital inputs 2 Digital inputs 3 Digital inputs 4 Digital inputs 5 T gt o o 2 o 5 S Key Matrix board consists of digital inputs and outputs The Output socket is meant to be connected to MJoy16 via 40 wire flat ribbon cable It could be the type of cable that is used for IDE hard disk drives in PCs But you can also make this cable easily yourself For this you ll have to buy from local electronics shop required length of plain 40 pin flat ribbon cable and 40 pin snap on connectors These connectors are exactly the same as on IDE cables but are in non assembled condition yet Two connector parts are simply pressed against each other onto the cable till they clamp on and make a good contact with wires It is recommended to use some kind of table press device as it won t be enough force to do it by hands Doing this with pliers could result in uneven pressure or even break of connector Making this cable yourself would allow you to choose the length which best suits your installation layout General recommendation is to keep this cable as short as possible Digital inputs sockets accept 40 pin connectors with flat ribbon cables
30. transmit all double action toggle switches states by generating short key presses of according switches that are transmitted to computer It might be useful when you start a new game or flight and want your simulator to be in sync with toggle switches states of your panel If you use this button it is recommended to place it at a convenient place on the panel where it would not interfere with main simulator controls but would be easily accessible for start up initialization of the flight Controls Mapping Mode switch This mapping mode switch allows you to choose between two layouts of buttons It initializes the mode when MJoy16 is powered on The Off position means Mapping Mode 1 and Mapping Mode 2 About the exact mapping of controls please read the Controls Mapping chapter Please note that if you change Mode switch selection you will need to restart the MJoy16 controller For this you should disconnect the MJoy16 and reconnect it back to the host USB port Centre switch for auto centring feature disabling This switch controls whether to use auto centring feature or not If this switch is left open or in the Off position then auto centring is enabled and axes X Y and Rx register their centre position when MJoy16 is powered up This is useful when MJoy16 C1 is used as main controller in the sim cockpit which has connected joystick rudder pedals throttle etc When this switch is On and contacts are closed auto centr
31. ts of wiring analogue controls and digital controls Please refer to the appendixes for complete MJoy16 C1 wiring schematic diagrams Next sections will explain wiring of different types of controls in detail Overall wiring layout If you are using Key Matrix board the wiring job is significantly simplified But you can also do it with just a MJoy16 board alone Below is simplified wiring layout diagram should a Key Matrix board not be used and all controls are directly connected to the MJoy16 board Simulator cockpit panel Joystick and rudder As you see in the diagram above you must form a wiring matrix of all buttons and switches directly on the panel plus soldering the diodes to each digital control www mindaugas com 15 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Below is a simplified example of cockpit panel wiring when using Key Matrix board Simulator cockpit panel Trim pots Rotary switches Toggle switches Joystick and rudder pots In this layout all wires can be laid out as a bundle along the edges of the panel This provides easy maintenance access to all buttons and switches www mindaugas com 16 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Wiring potentiometers and other analogue sensors Analogue controls are usually standard linear potentiometers The value of potentiometers may be different but not less than 10 kOhm Choosing a potentiometer value is a matter of compromise Smaller values will give better no
32. ushbutton E7 oo oo Pushbutton E5 oO oo oo E E Toggle og Switch I7 oo V BE OG oo Toggle oo Switch I5 oo V o It can be seen that a lot of soldering is made directly to the panel and there are wires that are going from one control or diode to another With more controls this complexity increases even more Different types of digital controls are wired in slightly different ways Exact wiring of them will be described further in this chapter Key Matrix greatly simplifies wiring and possible rewiring of the panel www mindaugas com 20 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Wiring digital controls with Key Matrix board When wiring with Key Matrix board wires from buttons and switches go directly to digital input connectors on Key Matrix board An example of wiring pushbuttons and toggle switches is shown below Pushbutton C1 Column 1 Pushbutton C2 Column 2 Switch 14 0 E1 EJ E1 EJ EJ EI EJ EJ EI El L1 C1 E12 EJ CI EDI E3 E372 EI EI EJ EI EI CI EI EI CI E www mindaugas com 21 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Wiring pushbuttons If you don t use Key Matrix board you will need to solder a diode in series to one of the pushbutton pins A wiring example is shown below Pushbutton E7 Diode 1N4148 Wiring pushbutton directly to MJoy16 board E EJ EJ EJ E31 EJ EJ EJ El 00 E EJ EJ EJ EJ E1 EJ EJ EJ EJ EI EJ EI El
33. witches of MJoy16 C1 then you should use mapping mode 2 In this mode you will be able to use rotary switches and first 8 toggle switches directly from simulator software Otherwise you may use mode 1 which places 32 pushbuttons in the first rows Mapping modes concept will work even better if you will use several MJoy16 C1 controllers Then some controllers may be set to mode 1 and some to mode 2 For example if you have two MJoy16 C1 sets you can use the first set in mode 1 and the second set in mode 2 This will allow you to use 32 pushbuttons 4 rotary switches and 8 toggle switches directly from Microsoft Flight Simulator There is another possibility to use all buttons from on MJoy16 C1 To be able to use all 112 buttons in MSFS you should use some software which translates joystick button presses to keyboard key presses One example is described in next section Translating joystick buttons to keyboard keys There are programs which can translate joystick buttons to keyboard key presses As these programs and their availability is rapidly changing please see MJoy16 C1 product page on http www mindaugas com website Known available options will be listed there www mindaugas com 30 MJoy16 C1 User s Manual Multiple joysticks in Windows First of all it is perfectly possible to have several joysticks or other game controller devices connected to the same computer USB HID drivers allow up to 16 simultaneously operating gaming devi
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